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List of 500-yard passing games in the NFL

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In the history of the National Football League (NFL), 22 different quarterbacks have passed for at least 500 yards in a single game 27 times, a feat also referred to as the "500 Club".[1][2][3][4]

History

Norm Van Brocklin was the first to do so, whose 554-yard performance in a 1951 game remains the league record for most passing yards in a game.[5]

Only three quarterbacks have thrown for over 500 yards more than once in their career; Drew Brees and Tom Brady did so twice (both of Brees' 500-yard games occurred in regular season games, while Brady had one 500-yard game each in both a regular season game and a postseason game), and Ben Roethlisberger did so four times (three times in the regular season and once in the postseason).[6] Kirk Cousins became the latest member of the club, after a 509-yard performance on October 3, 2024 against Tampa Bay. No quarterback has thrown for 600 yards in a league game during regulation, but Tom Brady was the first player to total 600 or more yards passing over four consecutive quarters.[7] If counting interception return yards, then Jameis Winston holds the league record with a 668-yard game (497 passing + 171 return yards).[8][9]

Brady and Roethlisberger are the only quarterbacks to have thrown for over 500 yards in a postseason game during the modern era; Brady did so in a Super Bowl LII loss to the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2017–18 playoffs while Roethlisberger did so in a Wild Card round loss to the Cleveland Browns during the 2020–21 NFL playoffs.[10][11] Quarterbacks throwing for 500 yards have amassed 15 wins and 12 losses while doing so. Over time, the frequency of quarterbacks throwing for 500 or more yards in a game has increased, with 17 of 27 such performances occurring since 2010.

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Norm Van Brocklin threw for an NFL record 554 yards in a 1951 game.
Tom Brady threw for 505 yards in Super Bowl LII, the most in NFL playoff history.
Ben Roethlisberger has thrown for at least 500 yards an NFL-record four times.
Playoff performance
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No. Quarterback Date Team Opponent Result Comp. Att. Comp. % Yards Y/A TDs INTs Passer rating Ref.
1 Norm Van Brocklin September 28, 1951 Los Angeles Rams New York Yanks W 54–14 27 41 65.9 554 13.51 5 2 128.3 [5]
2 Y. A. Tittle October 28, 1962 New York Giants Washington Redskins W 49–34 27 39 69.2 505 12.94 7 0 151.4 [12]
3 Vince Ferragamo December 26, 1982 Los Angeles Rams Chicago Bears L 34–26 30 46 65.2 509 11.07 3 2 106.2 [13]
4 Phil Simms October 13, 1985 New York Giants Cincinnati Bengals L 35–30 40 62 64.5 513 8.27 1 2 82.3 [14]
5 Dan Marino October 23, 1988 Miami Dolphins New York Jets L 44–30 35 60 58.3 521 8.68 3 5 68.8 [15]
6 Warren Moon December 16, 1990 Houston Oilers Kansas City Chiefs W 27–10 27 45 60.0 527 11.71 3 0 123.1 [16]
7 Boomer Esiason November 10, 1996 Arizona Cardinals Washington Redskins W 37–34 (OT) 35 59 59.3 522 8.85 3 4 77.1 [17]
8 Elvis Grbac November 5, 2000 Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders L 49–31 39 53 73.6 504 9.51 2 2 99.9 [18]
9 Drew Brees November 19, 2006 New Orleans Saints Cincinnati Bengals L 31–16 37 52 71.2 510 9.81 2 3 91.0 [3]
10 Ben Roethlisberger December 20, 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers Green Bay Packers W 37–36 29 46 63.0 503 10.93 3 0 121.9 [6]
11 Tom Brady September 12, 2011 New England Patriots Miami Dolphins W 38–24 32 48 66.7 517 10.77 4 1 121.6 [3]
12 Matthew Stafford January 1, 2012 Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers L 45–41 36 59 61.0 520 8.81 5 2 103.8 [3]
13 Eli Manning September 16, 2012 New York Giants Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 41–34 31 51 60.8 510 10.00 3 3 89.5 [19]
14 Matt Schaub November 18, 2012 Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars W 43–37 (OT) 43 55 78.2 527 9.58 5 2 121.7 [20]
15 Tony Romo October 6, 2013 Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos L 51–48 25 36 69.4 506 14.06 5 1 140.0 [21]
16 Ben Roethlisberger (2) October 26, 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers Indianapolis Colts W 51–34 40 49 81.6 522 10.65 6 0 150.6 [6]
17 Philip Rivers October 18, 2015 San Diego Chargers Green Bay Packers L 27–20 43 65 66.2 503 7.74 2 0 99.7 [22]
18 Drew Brees (2) November 1, 2015 New Orleans Saints New York Giants W 52–49 39 50 78.0 505 10.10 7 2 131.7 [23]
19 Matt Ryan October 2, 2016 Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers W 48–33 28 37 75.7 503 13.59 4 1 142.0 [24]
20 Derek Carr October 30, 2016 Oakland Raiders Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–24 (OT) 40 59 67.8 513 8.69 4 0 117.4 [25]
21 Ben Roethlisberger (3) December 10, 2017 Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens W 39–38 44 66 66.7 506 7.67 2 0 99.7 [6]
22 Tom Brady (2) February 4, 2018 New England Patriots Philadelphia Eagles L 41–33 28 48 58.3 505 10.52 3 0 115.4 [10]
23 Jared Goff September 29, 2019 Los Angeles Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 55–40 45 68 66.2 517 7.60 2 3 80.3 [26]
24 Dak Prescott October 4, 2020 Dallas Cowboys Cleveland Browns L 49–38 41 58 70.6 502 8.7 4 1 112.9 [27]
25 Ben Roethlisberger (4) January 10, 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers Cleveland Browns L 48–37 47 68 69.1 501 7.4 4 4 85.5 [28]
26 Joe Burrow December 26, 2021 Cincinnati Bengals Baltimore Ravens W 41–21 37 46 80.4 525 11.4 4 0 143.2 [29]
27 Kirk Cousins October 3, 2024 Atlanta Falcons Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 36–30 (OT) 42 58 72.4 509 8.8 4 1 114.8 [30]
No. Quarterback Date Team Opponent Result Comp. Att. Comp. % Yards Y/A TDs INTs Passer rating Ref.
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Most 500 yard passing games

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Count Player Seasons Team(s)
4 Ben Roethlisberger 2009, 2014, 2017, 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers
2 Tom Brady 2011, 2017 New England Patriots
Drew Brees 2006, 2015 New Orleans Saints
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