Passing
- First 3,000 yard passing season: Frank Tripucka, 3,038 passing yards
- First 3,500 yard passing season: Sonny Jurgensen, 3,723 passing yards, Washington Redskins, 1961
- First 4,000 yard passing season: Joe Namath, 4,007 passing yards, New York Jets, 1967
- First 4,500 yard passing season: Dan Fouts, 4,715 passing yards, San Diego Chargers, 1981
- First 5,000 yard passing season: Dan Marino, 5,084 passing yards, Miami Dolphins, 1984
- First 300 completion season: Fran Tarkenton, 345 completions, Minnesota Vikings, 1978
- First 350 completion season: Dan Fouts, 360 completions, San Diego Chargers, 1981
- First 400 completion season: Warren Moon, 404 completions, Houston Oilers, 1991
- First 450 completion season: Peyton Manning, 450 completions, Indianapolis Colts, 2010
- First 20 touchdown pass season: Benny Friedman, 20 touchdown passes, New York Giants, 1929
- First 30 touchdown pass season: Johnny Unitas, 32 touchdown passes, Baltimore Colts, 1959
- First 40 touchdown pass season: Dan Marino, 48 touchdown passes, Miami Dolphins, 1984
- First 50 touchdown pass season: Tom Brady, 50 touchdown passes, New England Patriots, 2007 – only 50 touchdown pass season
- First 400 yard passing game: Sid Luckman, 433 passing yards, Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants, November 14, 1943
- First 500 yard passing game: Norm Van Brocklin, 554 passing yards, Los Angeles Rams vs. New York Yanks, Sept. 28, 1951 – remains an NFL record
- First 40 completion game: Richard Todd, 42 completions, New York Jets vs. San Francisco 49ers, September 21, 1980
- First 6 touchdown pass game: Sammy Baugh, 6 touchdown passes, Washington Redskins vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, October 31, 1943
- First 7 touchdown pass game: Sid Luckman, 7 touchdown passes, Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants, November 14, 1943
- First player with 100 career touchdown passes Sammy Baugh
- First player with 200 career touchdown passes Y.A. Tittle
- First player with 300 career touchdown passes Fran Tarkenton
- First player with 400 career touchdown passes Dan Marino
- First player with 500 career touchdown passes Brett Favre
- First player with 10,000 career passing yards Sammy Baugh
- First player with 20,000 career passing yards Sammy Baugh
- First player with 30,000 career passing yards Johnny Unitas
- First player with 40,000 career passing yards Johnny Unitas
- First player with 50,000 career passing yards Dan Marino
- First player with 60,000 career passing yards Dan Marino
- First player with 70,000 career passing yards Brett Favre
- First player with 1,000 career pass completions Bobby Layne
- First player with 2,000 career pass completions Y.A. Tittle
- First player with 3,000 career pass completions Fran Tarkenton
- First player with 4,000 career pass completions Dan Marino
- First player with 5,000 career pass completions Brett Favre
- First player with 6,000 career pass completions Brett Favre
- First player with 1,000 career pass attempts Arnie Herber
- First player with 2,000 career pass attempts Sammy Baugh
- First player with 3,000 career pass attempts Bobby Layne
- First player with 4,000 career pass attempts Johnny Unitas
- First player with 5,000 career pass attempts Johnny Unitas
- First player with 6,000 career pass attempts Fran Tarkenton
- First player with 7,000 career pass attempts Dan Marino
- First player with 8,000 career pass attempts Dan Marino
- First player with 9,000 career pass attempts Brett Favre
- First player with 10,000 career pass attempts Brett Favre
- First player with 100 career passing interceptions Sammy Baugh
- First player with 200 career passing interceptions Sammy Baugh
- First player with 300 career passing interceptions Brett Favre
Read more about this topic: List Of National Football League Records (individual), Professional Football Firsts
Famous quotes containing the word passing:
“Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth ... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.”
—Julie Burchill (b. 1960)
“It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind; Mbut when a beginning is madewhen felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, feltit must be a very heavy set that does not ask for more.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“Is it not passing brave to be a King,
And ride in triumph through Persepolis?”
—Christopher Marlowe (15641593)