500-yard Games
Quarterbacks have thrown for at least 500 yards fourteen times; most recently, Matt Schaub threw for 527 yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11 of the 2012 season (a game played on November 18, 2012).
- Norm Van Brocklin 554 yards
- Matt Schaub 527 yards
- Warren Moon 527 yards
- Boomer Esiason 522 yards
- Dan Marino 521 yards
- Matthew Stafford 520 yards
- Tom Brady 517 yards
- Phil Simms 513 yards
- Drew Brees 510 yards
- Eli Manning 510 yards
- Vince Ferragamo 509 yards
- Y. A. Tittle 505 yards
- Elvis Grbac 504 yards
- Ben Roethlisberger 503 yards
None of these games ranks in the top ten for yards per attempt in a game with 400 or more passing yards. The teams with the 500-yard passer have lost six of the fourteen games. Y. A. Tittle (NY Giants) had perhaps the most prolific yardage and passing touchdown game in NFL history, when on October 28, 1962, he passed for 505 yards and 7 touchdowns against the Washington Redskins in a 49–34 victory. Boomer Esiason is the only left handed passer to have thrown for 500 yards. No player has ever passed for 500 yards more than once.
Read more about this topic: List Of NFL Quarterbacks Who Have Passed For 400 Or More Yards In A Game
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