As of the 2007 season, the NFL record for passing yardage in a season is held by Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins who threw for 5,084 yards in 1984.
Then in the 2011 season Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints lit it up for a record setting 5,476 (not counting playoffs).
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5,084 by Dan Marino in 1984.
Marino's record has been broken in 2011 by Drew Brees, who has 5087 yards through 15 games, with one game still remaining.
Steve young had 340 yards in a playoff game which is the most passing yards a quarterback has thrown in a NFL game.
Through the 2008 season, that is Rodney Peete with 16,338 career passing yards. Carson Palmer of the Bengals currently has 15,630 career passing yards and, barring disaster, should pass Peete next season.
Norm Van Brocklin with 554 yards
The quarterback with the most pro football passing yards is Damon Allen (brother of NFL great Marcus Allen), with 72,381. Allen played from 1985 to 2007 in the Canadian Football League, a pro league that has been around since 1957.The QB with the most career passing yards in the NFL is Brett Favre with 61,655 as of the 2008 season.
As of the start of the 2008 season, the NFL single game record for passing yardage is held by Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams who threw for 554 yards in a game against the New York Yanks in 1951.
The Vikings single season passing yards record is held by Daunte Culpepper who threw for 4717 yards in 2004.