who was the first qb to throw for 500 yards in a game

Norm Van Brocklin had 554 passing yards against the New York Yanks on September 28, 1951.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first qb to throw for 500 or more yards in a game?
NAMEDATEYDSTMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
9/28/1951
554
LA LA
vs
NYY NYY
27
41
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10/28/1962
505
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
27
39
69.2
12.9
7
0
151.4
17.9
0.0
3Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
12/26/1982
509
RAM RAM
vs
CHI CHI
30
46
65.2
11.1
3
2
106.2
6.5
4.3
1
3
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
10/13/1985
513
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
40
62
64.5
8.3
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
10/23/1988
521
MIA MIA
vs
NYJ NYJ
35
60
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
6Warren Moon
W. Moon
12/16/1990
527
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
27
45
60.0
11.7
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
7Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
11/10/1996
522
ARI ARI
@
WAS WAS
35
59
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
8Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
11/5/2000
504
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
39
53
73.6
9.5
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
11/19/2006
510
NO NO
vs
CIN CIN
37
52
71.2
9.8
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
12/20/2009
503
PIT PIT
vs
GB GB
29
46
63.0
10.9
3
0
121.9
6.5
0.0
5
31
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
9/12/2011
517
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
32
48
66.7
10.8
4
1
121.6
8.3
2.1
1
1
12Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1/1/2012
520
DET DET
@
GB GB
36
59
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
13Eli Manning
E. Manning
9/16/2012
510
NYG NYG
vs
TB TB
31
51
60.8
10.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
14Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
11/18/2012
527
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
43
55
78.2
9.6
5
2
121.7
9.1
3.6
2
23
15Tony Romo
T. Romo
10/6/2013
506
DAL DAL
vs
DEN DEN
25
36
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
16Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
10/26/2014
522
PIT PIT
vs
IND IND
40
49
81.6
10.7
6
0
150.6
12.2
0.0
0
0
17Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
10/18/2015
503
SD SD
@
GB GB
43
65
66.2
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
11/1/2015
505
NO NO
vs
NYG NYG
39
50
78.0
10.1
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
10/2/2016
503
ATL ATL
vs
CAR CAR
28
37
75.7
13.6
4
1
142.0
10.8
2.7
3
22
20Derek Carr
D. Carr
10/30/2016
513
OAK OAK
@
TB TB
40
59
67.8
8.7
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
12/10/2017
506
PIT PIT
vs
BAL BAL
44
66
66.7
7.7
2
0
99.7
3.0
0.0
3
20
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
2/4/2018
505
NE NE
vs
PHI PHI
28
48
58.3
10.5
3
0
115.4
6.3
0.0
1
5
23Jared Goff
J. Goff
9/29/2019
517
LAR LAR
vs
TB TB
45
68
66.2
7.6
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
24Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
10/4/2020
502
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
41
58
70.7
8.7
4
1
112.9
6.9
1.7
3
21
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
1/10/2021
501
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
47
68
69.1
7.4
4
4
85.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
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