This is a list of the records in the National Football League (NFL) set by individual quarterbacks. For NFL records set by players in other positions, see List of NFL individual records.

Playing Most seasons: 26, George Blanda, 1949–1958, 1960–1975 Most games played: 335, Tom Brady, 2001–2007; 2009–2022 Most consecutive starts: 297 (321 including playoffs), Brett Favre, 1992–2010 Most consecutive starts to begin a career: 208 (227 including playoffs) Peyton Manning, 1998–2011

Passing

Passer rating Most seasons led league: 6, Sammy Baugh, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949; Steve Young, 1991–1994, 1996–1997 Most consecutive seasons led league: 4, Steve Young, 1991–1994 Highest passer rating, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 102.2, Aaron Rodgers, 2005–2025, Lamar Jackson, 2018-2025 Highest passer rating, season (minimum 100 attempts): 122.5, Aaron Rodgers, 2011 Highest passer rating, rookie, season: 104.9, Dak Prescott, 2016 Youngest player, 158.3 perfect passer rating, game: Marcus Mariota (21 years, 318 days), September 13, 2015 Oldest player, 158.3 perfect passer rating, game: Tom Brady (43 years, 145 days), December 26, 2020 Most games, 100+ passer rating, career: 156, Tom Brady, 2001–2022 Most games, 120+ passer rating, career: 63, Drew Brees, 2002–2020 Most games, 130+ passer rating, career: 41, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Aaron Rodgers, 2005–2024 Most games, 140+ passer rating, career: 22, Tom Brady, 2001–2022 Most games, 150+ passer rating, career: 8, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Ben Roethlisberger, 2004–2018; Lamar Jackson, 2018-2024 Most games, 158.3 perfect passer rating, career: 4, Lamar Jackson, 2018–2024 Tied with Ben Roethlisberger Most games, 100+ passer rating, season: 14, Aaron Rodgers, 2020 Most games, 120+ passer rating, season: 10, Aaron Rodgers, 2020 Most games, 130+ passer rating, season: 7, Lamar Jackson, 2024 Most games, 140+ passer rating, season: 5, Lamar Jackson, 2024 Most games, 150+ passer rating, season: 3, Roger Staubach, 1973; Kirk Cousins, 2015; Drew Brees, 2018; Jared Goff, 2024; Lamar Jackson, 2024 Most games, 158.3 perfect passer rating, season: 2, Ben Roethlisberger, 2007; Lamar Jackson, 2019 Most seasons, 100+ passer rating (minimum 10 games started): 9, Drew Brees, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015–2019; Aaron Rodgers, 2009-2014, 2016, 2020-2021 Most seasons, 120+ passer rating (minimum 10 games started): 2, Aaron Rodgers, 2011, 2020

Passing attempts Most seasons led league: 5, Dan Marino, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997 Most consecutive seasons led league: 3, Johnny Unitas, 1959–1961; George Blanda, 1963–1965; Drew Bledsoe, 1994–1996 Most pass attempts, career: 12,050, Tom Brady, 2000–2022 Most pass attempts, season: 733, Tom Brady, 2022 Most pass attempts, rookie, season: 627, Andrew Luck, 2012 Most pass attempts, game: 70, Drew Bledsoe, November 13, 1994 (OT) Most pass attempts, regulation game: 69, Vinny Testaverde, December 24, 2000 Most pass attempts per game, career: 38.3, Andrew Luck, 2012-2018 Most pass attempts per game, season: 45.44, Matthew Stafford, (727 attempts/16 games), 2012 Most pass attempts, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 33, Jared Goff, September 27, 2018; Deshaun Watson, October 6, 2019 Most seasons, 500+ pass attempts: 17, Tom Brady, 2002–2022 Most seasons, 550+ pass attempts: 14, Tom Brady; 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011–2015, 2017–2022

Pass completions Most seasons led league: 6, Dan Marino; 1984–1986, 1988, 1992, 1997; Drew Brees; 2007–2008, 2011, 2014, 2016–2017 Most consecutive seasons led league: 3, George Blanda, 1963–1965, Dan Marino, 1984–1986 Most pass completions, career: 7,753, Tom Brady, 2000–2022 Most pass completions, season: 490, Tom Brady, 2022 Most pass completions per game, career: 24.9, Drew Brees, 2001-2020; Joe Burrow, 2020-2025 Most pass completions per game, season: 29.4, Drew Brees, 2016 Most pass completions, rookie, season: 396, Justin Herbert, 2020 Most pass completions, rookie, game: 37, Joe Burrow on Sep 17, 2020;; Justin Herbert on Nov 22, 2020 Most seasons 300+ completions: 18, Tom Brady, 2000–2022; Brett Favre, 1992–2009 Most seasons 350+ completions: 14, Tom Brady, 2002–2022 Most seasons 400+ completions: 9, Drew Brees, 2007–2008, 2010–2016 Most consecutive seasons 300+ completions: 18, Brett Favre, 1992–2009 Most consecutive seasons 350+ completions: 13, Drew Brees, 2006–2018 Most consecutive seasons 400+ completions: 7, Drew Brees, 2010–2016 Most pass completions, playoff game: 47, Ben Roethlisberger, 01-10-2021 Most pass completions, regulation game, regular season: 47, Jacoby Brissett, Nov 16, 2025 Most pass completions, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 28, Deshaun Watson, Oct 6, 2019 Most consecutive pass completions: 25, Ryan Tannehill, Oct 18–25, 2015 (last 7 completions on October 18, 2015; first 18 completions on October 25, 2015);; Philip Rivers, November 25, 2018 Nick Foles, December 30, 2018, Philip Rivers, November 25, 2018

Pass completion percentage Most seasons led league: 8, Len Dawson; 1962, 1964–1969, 1975 Most consecutive seasons led league: 6, Len Dawson, 1964–1969 Highest completion percentage, career (minimum 1,500 attempts): 68.5, Joe Burrow (1,921 passing completions/2,806 attempts), 2020–2025 Highest completion percentage, season (among qualified players): 74.44, Drew Brees, (364/489), 2018 Highest completion percentage, rookie, season: 67.76, Dak Prescott, (311/459), 2016 Highest completion percentage, regular season game (minimum 20 attempts): 96.67, Drew Brees, (29/30), December 16, 2019 Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 28, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 4, Drew Brees, 2018; Kirk Cousins, 2019; Trevor Lawrence, 2022 Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 passes per game): 26, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 passes per game): 4, Drew Brees, 2018; Kirk Cousins, 2019 Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 67, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 8, Tom Brady, 2007 Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 51, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 75% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 6, Tom Brady, 2007; Dak Prescott, 2016 Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 116, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 13, Drew Brees, 2017 Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game): 75, Drew Brees, 2004–2020 Most games with at least 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, season (minimum 20 attempts per game): 9, Dak Prescott, 2016 Most seasons with at least 70% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season): 5, Drew Brees; 2009, 2011, 2016–2018 Most seasons with at least 60% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season): 21, Tom Brady; 2001–2007, 2009–2022

Passing yards Most seasons leading league: 7, Drew Brees, 2006, 2008, 2011–2012, 2014–2016 Most consecutive seasons leading league: 4, Dan Fouts, 1979–1982 Most passing yards, career: 89,214, Tom Brady, 2000–2022 Highest yards per game, career: 285.2, Patrick Mahomes, (35,939 yards/126 games), 2017–2025 Highest yards per game, season: 342.3, Peyton Manning, (5,477 yards/16 games), 2013, Drew Brees, (5,476 yards/16 games), 2011 Most seasons 2,000+ yards: 21, Tom Brady, 2001–2007; 2009–2022 Most seasons 2,500+ yards: 21, Tom Brady, 2001–2007, 2009–2022 Most seasons 3,000+ yards: 20, Tom Brady, 2002–2007, 2009–2022 Most seasons 3,500+ yards: 20, Tom Brady, 2002–2007, 2009–2022 Most seasons 4,000+ yards: 14, Peyton Manning; 1999–2004, 2006–2010, 2012–2014; Tom Brady, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011-2015, 2017-2022 Most seasons 4,500+ yards: 8, Drew Brees, 2008, 2010–2016 Most seasons 5,000+ yards: 5, Drew Brees; 2008, 2011–2013, 2016 Most consecutive seasons 2,000+ yards: 19, Drew Brees, 2002–2020; Brett Favre, 1992–2010 Most consecutive seasons 2,500+ yards: 19, Brett Favre, 1992–2010 Most consecutive seasons 3,000+ yards: 18, Brett Favre, 1992–2009 Most consecutive seasons 3,500+ yards: 14, Drew Brees, 2005–2018; Tom Brady, 2009–2022 Most consecutive seasons 4,000+ yards: 12, Drew Brees, 2006–2017 Most consecutive seasons 4,500+ yards: 7, Drew Brees, 2010–2016 Most consecutive seasons 5,000+ yards: 3, Drew Brees, 2011–2013 Most passing yards, season: 5,477, Peyton Manning, 2013 Most passing yards, rookie, season: 4,374, Andrew Luck, 2012 Most passing yards, season, home: 2,853, Drew Brees, 2015 Most passing yards, season, away: 2,852, Drew Brees, 2011 Most passing yards, game: 554, Norm Van Brocklin, September 28, 1951 Most passing yards, combined, game: 1,000, Matthew Stafford, (520) and Matt Flynn, (480), January 1, 2012 Most passing yards, 1st half: 361, Peyton Manning, January 9, 2005 Most passing yards, 2nd half: 417, Kirk Cousins, December 17, 2022 Most passing yards, overtime: 219, Derek Carr, October 30, 2016 Most passing yards, game, perfect passer rating (158.3): 465, Jared Goff, Sep 27, 2018 Most passing yards, game, rookie: 470, C. J. Stroud, November 5, 2023 Most games, 200+ yards passing, career: 238, Tom Brady, 2000–2021 Most games, 250+ yards passing, career: 189, Tom Brady, 2001–2022 Most games, 300+ yards passing, career: 122, Drew Brees, 2002–2020 Most games, 350+ yards passing, career: 63, Drew Brees, 2002–2019 Most games, 400+ yards passing, career: 16, Drew Brees, 2001–2018 Most games, 450+ yards passing, career: 6, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2018 Most games, 500+ yards passing, career: 3, Ben Roethlisberger, 2009–2017 Most games, 250+ yards passing, season: 16, Drew Brees, 2011 Most games, 300+ yards passing, season: 13, Drew Brees, 2011 Most games, 350+ yards passing, season: 8, Drew Brees, 2011; Peyton Manning, 2013 Most games, 400+ yards passing, season: 4, Dan Marino, 1984; Peyton Manning, 2013; Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018 Most consecutive 200+ yards passing games: 64, Matt Ryan, 2013–2017 Most consecutive 250+ yards passing games: 18, Drew Brees, 2010–2012 Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games: 9, Drew Brees (twice) 2011–2012, 2012–2013 Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games as rookie: 3, Joe Burrow, 2020 Most consecutive 350+ yards passing games: 4, Drew Brees, 2011; Matthew Stafford, 2011–2012 Most consecutive 400+ yards passing games: 3, Ryan Fitzpatrick, 2018; Dak Prescott, 2020 Most consecutive 450+ yards passing games: 3, Dak Prescott, 2020 Longest pass completion: 99 yards, by 13 players, most recently Eli Manning, December 24, 2011 Youngest player, 3,000 yards passing: Jameis Winston (21 years, 342 days) December 13, 2015 Youngest player, 4,000 yards passing: Jameis Winston (21 years, 363 days) January 3, 2016 Fewest games to reach 10,000 career passing yards: 34, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2020 Fewest games to reach 15,000 career passing yards: 49, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2021 Fewest games to reach 20,000 career passing yards: 67, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2022 Fewest games to reach 25,000 career passing yards: 83, Patrick Mahomes, 2017–2023 Fewest games to reach 30,000 career passing yards: 103, Patrick Mahomes, 2017-2024 Fewest games to reach 35,000 career passing yards: 123, Patrick Mahomes, 2017-2025 Fewest games to reach 40,000 career passing yards: 147, Matthew Stafford, 2009–2019 Fewest games to reach 45,000 career passing yards: 165, Matthew Stafford, 2009–2020