The Detroit Lions have struggled to consistently win games for most of their 90-year existence – and haven’t been successful against the spread in NFL betting lately – but have produced a lot of notable passing performances over the last decade.
Matthew Stafford completed 26 of 43 passes for five touchdowns and 422 yards in a win over the Cleveland Browns in 2009, his rookie season. At the time, the Lions were only two years removed from their most recent 400-yard game (Jon Kitna in 2007) but it was just the fourth 400-yard game in franchise history.
Twelve years later, Stafford is gone but his name dominates the Lions’ record books, especially for most passing yards in a single game. The former No. 1 overall pick had 10 games with at least 400 passing yards over 12 seasons with the franchise, owns the only 500-yard game in franchise history, and has 17 of the top 20 highest yardage totals.
Entering the 2021 season, here are the highest single-game passing yardage totals in Detroit Lions’ history:
| Rank | Player | Date | Yards |
| 1 | Matthew Stafford | 1/1/2012 | 520 |
| 2 | Matthew Stafford | 10/27/2013 | 488 |
| 3 | Jon Kitna | 9/23/2007 | 446 |
| 4 | Matthew Stafford | 12/22/2012 | 443 |
| 5 | Matthew Stafford | 11/22/2012 | 441 |
| 6 | Charlie Batch | 11/18/2001 | 436 |
| 7 | Matthew Stafford | 10/29/2017 | 423 |
| 8 | Matthew Stafford | 11/22/2009 | 422 |
| 9 | Scott Mitchell | 11/23/1995 | 410 |
| 10 | Matthew Stafford | 12/4/2011 | 408 |
| 11 | Matthew Stafford | 11/3/2019 | 406 |
| 12 | Matthew Stafford | 10/18/2015 | 405 |
| 13 | Matthew Stafford | 12/6/2020 | 402 |
| 14 | Matthew Stafford | 12/18/2011 | 391 |
| 15 | Matthew Stafford | 11/27/2014 | 390 |
| 16 | Matthew Stafford | 9/25/2016 | 385 |
| 17 | Matthew Stafford | 9/8/2019 | 385 |
| 18 | Matthew Stafford | 9/22/2013 | 385 |
| 19 | Matthew Stafford | 12/10/2017 | 381 |
| 20 | Matthew Stafford | 9/25/2011 | 378 |
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