players who passed 500 passing yards in a game

Kirk Cousins had 58 passing attempts when passing for 500+ yards versus the Buccaneers on October 3, 2024.

Interpreted as:
players who passed 500 or more passing yards in a regular-season game
NAMEDATEATTYDSTMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
10/3/2024
58
509
vs
42
72.4
8.8
4
1
114.8
6.9
1.7
4
32
2Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
12/26/2021
46
525
vs
37
80.4
11.4
4
0
143.2
8.7
0.0
3
27
3Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
10/4/2020
58
502
vs
41
70.7
8.7
4
1
112.9
6.9
1.7
3
21
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
9/29/2019
68
517
vs
45
66.2
7.6
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
12/10/2017
66
506
vs
44
66.7
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.0
0.0
3
20
6Derek Carr
D. Carr
10/30/2016
59
513
@
40
67.8
8.7
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
10/2/2016
37
503
vs
28
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
11/1/2015
50
505
vs
39
78.0
10.1
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
10/18/2015
65
503
@
43
66.2
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
10/26/2014
49
522
vs
40
81.6
10.7
6
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
11Tony Romo
T. Romo
10/6/2013
36
506
vs
25
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
12Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
11/18/2012
55
527
vs
43
78.2
9.6
5
2
121.7
9.1
3.6
2
23
13Eli Manning
E. Manning
9/16/2012
51
510
vs
31
60.8
10.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
14Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1/1/2012
59
520
@
36
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
15Tom Brady
T. Brady
9/12/2011
48
517
@
32
66.7
10.8
4
1
121.6
8.3
2.1
1
1
16Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
12/20/2009
46
503
vs
29
63.0
10.9
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
11/19/2006
52
510
vs
37
71.2
9.8
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
18Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
11/5/2000
53
504
@
39
73.6
9.5
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
11/10/1996
59
522
@
35
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
20Warren Moon
W. Moon
12/16/1990
45
527
@
27
60.0
11.7
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
21Dan Marino
D. Marino
10/23/1988
60
521
vs
35
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
10/13/1985
62
513
@
40
64.5
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
23Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
12/26/1982
46
509
vs
30
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
24Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10/28/1962
39
505
vs
27
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
25Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
9/28/1951
41
554
vs
27
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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8
9
0
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8
9
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6
11
0
.353
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19

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0
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12
5
0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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5
12
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13
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5
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8
9
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14
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
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6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176