I would have sworn he did it at least twice. 1996 - Boomer Esiason - 522 yardsįor me, the most surprising part of this list is that Marino, despite the prolific numbers he put up throughout his career, only eclipsed 500-yards once. SeptemNorm Van Brocklin - 554 yards (NFL record) You can see the full list, to include the yardage and the date accomplished below, and head over to the NFL.com story to see videos of the last eight (including Dan Marino). 7 Ben Roethlisberger holds the record for most 500 yard performances in the regular season with three and most overall with four when including the postseason. The list of quarterbacks to break the 500-yards mark in a single game include Hall of Famers, and some surprising members of the club.

Since then, 11 more 500-yard games have been completed, with no quarterback accomplishing the feat more than once. At the time, Esiason was only the seventh quarterback to throw for 500 yards in an NFL game and ranked third on the all-time list for most passing yards in a game. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. NFL.com published a run down of every 500 yard passing game in the league's history, starting with the first one in 1951 when Norn Van Brocklin passed for 554-yards, the single game NFL record that still stands. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football.

Who has the most 500 yard passing games