Records updated through the 2007 season
PASSING
Most Seasons Leading League
6 Sammy Baugh, Washington, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949
Steve Young San Francisco, 1991-94, 1996-97
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
4 Steve Young, San Francisco, 1991-94
PASSER RATING
Highest Passer Rating, Career (1,500 attempts)
96.8 Steve Young, Tampa Bay, 1985-86; San Francisco, 1987-1999
Highest Passer Rating, Season (Qualifiers)
121.1 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 2004
Highest Passer Rating, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
98.1 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, 2004
ATTEMPTS
Most Seasons Leading League
5 Dan Marino, Miami, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
3 Johnny Unitas, Baltimore, 1959-1961
George Blanda, Houston, 1963-65
Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994-96
Most Passes Attempted, Career
8,758 Brett Favre, Atlanta, 1991; Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Passes Attempted, Season
691 Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994
Most Passes Attempted, Rookie, Season
575 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
Most Passes Attempted, Game
70 Drew Bledsoe, New England vs. Minnesota, Nov. 13, 1994 (OT)
COMPLETIONS
Most Seasons Leading League
6 Dan Marino, Miami, 1984-86, 1988, 1992, 1997
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
3 George Blanda, Houston, 1963-65
Dan Marino, Miami, 1984-86
Most Passes Completed, Career
5,377 Brett Favre, Atlanta, 1991; Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Passes Completed, Season
440 Drew Brees, New orleans, 2007
Most Passes Completed, Rookie, Season
326 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
Most Passes Completed, Game
45 Drew Bledsoe, New England vs. Minnesota, Nov. 13, 1994 (OT)
Most Consecutive Passes Completed
24 Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Giants (10), Nov. 28, 2004; vs. Green Bay (14), Dec. 5, 2004
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
Most Seasons Leading League
8 Len Dawson, Dall. Texans, 1962; Kansas City, 1964-69, 1975
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
6 Len Dawson, Kansas City, 1964-69
Highest Completion Percentage, Career (1,500 attempts)
65.61 Chad Pennington, N.Y. Jets, 2000-07 (1,919-1,259)
Highest Completion Percentage, Season (Qualifiers)
70.55 Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, 1982 (309-218) (224-4,986)
Highest Completion Percentage, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
66.44 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, 2004 (295-196)
Highest Completion Percentage, Game (20 attempts)
91.30 Vinny Testaverde, Cleveland vs. L.A. Rams, Dec. 26, 1993 (23-21)
YARDS GAINED
Most Seasons Leading League
5 Sonny Jurgensen, Philadelphia, 1961-62; Washington, 1966-67, 1969
Dan Marino, Miami, 1984-86, 1988, 1992
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
4 Dan Fouts, San Diego, 1979-1982
Most Yards Gained, Career
71,838 Brett Favre, Atlanta, 1991; Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Seasons, 3,000 or More Yards Passing
16 Brett Favre, Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Yards Gained, Season
5,084 Dan Marino, Miami, 1984
Most Yards Gained, Rookie, Season
3,739 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
Most Yards Gained, Game
554 Norm Van Brocklin, Los Angeles vs. N.Y. Yanks, Sept. 28, 1951
Most Games, 400 or More Yards Passing, Career
13 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983-1999
Most Games, 400 or More Yards Passing, Season
4 Dan Marino, Miami, 1984
Most Consecutive Games, 400 or More Yards Passing
2 Dan Fouts, San Diego, 1982
Dan Marino, Miami, 1984
Phil Simms, N.Y. Giants, 1985
Billy Volek, Tennessee, 2004
Most Games, 300 or More Yards Passing, Career
63 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983-1999
Most Games, 300 or More Yards Passing, Season
10 Rich Gannon, Oakland, 2002
Most Consecutive Games, 300 or More Yards Passing
6 Steve Young, San Francisco, 1998
Kurt Warner, St. Louis, 2000
Rich Gannon, Oakland, 2002
Longest Pass Completion (All TDs except as noted)
99 Frank Filchock (to Farkas), Washington vs. Pittsburgh, Oct. 15, 1939
George Izo (to Mitchell), Washington vs. Cleveland, Sept. 15, 1963
Karl Sweetan (to Studstill), Detroit vs. Baltimore, Oct. 16, 1966
Sonny Jurgensen (to Allen), Washington vs. Chicago, Sept. 15, 1968
Jim Plunkett (to Branch), L.A. Raiders vs. Washington, Oct. 2, 1983
Ron Jaworski (to Quick), Philadelphia vs. Atlanta, Nov. 10, 1985
Stan Humphries (to Martin), San Diego vs. Seattle, Sept. 18, 1994
Brett Favre (to Brooks), Green Bay vs. Chicago, Sept. 11, 1995
Trent Green (to Boerigter), Kansas City vs. San Diego, Dec. 22, 2002
Jeff Garcia (to Davis), Cleveland vs. Cincinnati, Oct. 17, 2004
AVERAGE GAIN
Most Seasons Leading League
7 Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears, 1939-1943, 1946-47
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
5 Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears, 1939-1943
Highest Average Gain, Career (1,500 attempts)
8.63 Otto Graham, Cleveland, 1950-55 (1,565-13,499)
Highest Average Gain, Season (Qualifiers)
11.17 Tommy O'Connell, Cleveland, 1957 (110-1,229)
Highest Average Gain, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
9.411 Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 1969 (197-1,854)
Highest Average Gain, Game (20 attempts)
18.58 Sammy Baugh, Washington vs. Boston, Oct. 31, 1948 (24-446)
TOUCHDOWNS
Most Seasons Leading League
4 Johnny Unitas, Baltimore, 1957-1960
Len Dawson, Dall. Texans, 1962; Kansas City, 1963, 1965-66
Steve Young, San Francisco, 1992-94, 1998
Brett Favre, Green Bay, 1995-97, 2003
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League
4 Johnny Unitas, Baltimore, 1957-1960
Most Touchdown Passes, Career
442 Brett Favre, Atlanta, 1991; Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Touchdown Passes, Season
50 Tom Brady, New England, 2007
Most Touchdown Passes, Rookie, Season
26 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
Most Touchdown Passes, Game
7 Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears vs. N.Y. Giants, Nov. 14, 1943
Adrian Burk, Philadelphia vs. Washington, Oct. 17, 1954
George Blanda, Houston vs. N.Y. Titans, Nov. 19, 1961
Y.A. Tittle, N.Y. Giants vs. Washington, Oct. 28, 1962
Joe Kapp, Minnesota vs. Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1969
Most Games, Four or More Touchdown Passes, Career
21 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983-1999
Most Games, Four or More Touchdown Passes, Season
6 Dan Marino, Miami, 1984
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 2004
Most Consecutive Games, Four or More Touchdown Passes
5 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 2004
Most Consecutive Games, Touchdown Passes
47 Johnny Unitas, Baltimore, 1956-1960
HAD INTERCEPTED
Most Consecutive Passes Attempted, None Intercepted
308 Bernie Kosar, Cleveland, 1990-91
Most Passes Had Intercepted, Career
288 Brett Favre, Atlanta, 1991; Green Bay, 1992-2007
Most Passes Had Intercepted, Season
42 George Blanda, Houston, 1962
Most Passes Had Intercepted, Game
8 Jim Hardy, Chi. Cardinals vs. Philadelphia, Sept. 24, 1950
Most Attempts, No Interceptions, Game
70 Drew Bledsoe, New England vs. Minnesota, Nov. 13, 1994 (OT)
LOWEST PERCENTAGE, PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED
Most Seasons Leading League, Lowest Percentage, Passes Had Intercepted
5 Sammy Baugh, Washington, 1940, 1942, 1944-45, 1947
Lowest Percentage, Passes Had Intercepted, Career (1,500 attempts)
2.11 Neil O'Donnell, Pittsburgh, 1991-95; N.Y. Jets, 1996-97; Cincinnati, 1998; Tennessee, 1999-2003 (3,229-68)
Lowest Percentage, Passes Had Intercepted, Season (Qualifiers)
0.41 Damon Huard, Kansas City, 2006 (244-1)
Lowest Percentage, Passes Had Intercepted, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
1.98 Charlie Batch, Detroit, 1998 (303-6)
TIMES SACKED
Times Sacked has been compiled since 1963.
Most Times Sacked, Career
516 John Elway, Denver, 1983-1998
Most Times Sacked, Season
76 David Carr, Houston, 2002
Most Times Sacked, Game
12 Bert Jones, Baltimore vs. St. Louis, Oct. 26, 1980
Warren Moon, Houston vs. Dallas, Sept. 29, 1985
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Giants, Sept. 30, 2007
