30 Detroit Lions passing records QB Matthew Stafford set
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Most career pass attempts
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Stafford has the most pass attempts in Lions history with 6,224.
Most pass attempts in a single season
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Stafford's 727 pass attempts in 2012 were the most in a season in Lions history.
Most career completions
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Stafford leaves the Lions with 3,898 career completions, the most in team history.
Most completions in a single season
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Stafford completed 435 passes in 2012, the most in a single season in team history.
Most pass attempts in a game
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Stafford threw 63 passes in on Nov. 13, 2011, versus the Chicago Bears.
Most consecutive pass attempts in a single game
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Stafford produced 14 against the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 4, 2016.
Highest career completion percentage
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford signals before taking the snap from center Frank Ragnow against the Chicago Bears at Ford Field, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.
Stafford has a career completion percentage of 62.6%.
Highest completion percentage in a single season
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Stafford had a completion percentage of 67.2% in 2015.
Highest completion percentage in a game
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Stafford had an 88.0% completion percentage against the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 21, 2015.
Most career passing yards
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Stafford tallied 45,109 passing yards in his time with the Lions.
Most passing yards in a single season
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In 2011, Stafford collected 5,038 passing yards.
Most passing yards in a single game
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In a shootout with Matt Flynn, Stafford logged 520 passing yards on Jan. 1, 2012.
Most career 4,000-yard passing seasons
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Stafford pulled it off eight times and the Lions finished with a winning record in four of those seasons (2011, 2014, 2016, 2017).
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000 yards passing
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Stafford logged seven straight seasons with at least 4,000 yards passing from 2011-17.
Most career games with 400 yards passing
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Stafford pulled it off 10 times in his career. Detroit was 4-6 in such games.
Most career games of 300 yards passing
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Stafford pulled it off 49 times.
Most games with 300 passing yards in a single season
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Stafford pulled it off twice: 2011 and 2012 with eight each season.
Most passing touchdowns in a single season
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Stafford threw 41 touchdown passes in 2011.
Most passing touchdowns in a game
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Stafford threw five passing touchdowns in a game four times. The lone loss was the aforementioned shootout with Matt Flynn.
Most career passing touchdowns
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Stafford has 282 career passing touchdowns.
Most games in a season with at least one passing touchdown
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Stafford hit that mark with 16 in 2011.
Lowest career interception percentage
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Stafford set the record at 2.3%.
Most career yards per game
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Try 273.4.
Most passing yards per game in a single season
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Stafford's 2011 season continues to shine as he had 314.9 passing yards per game that season.
Highest career passer rating
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Stafford leaves Detroit with an 89.9 career passer rating.
Highest passer rating in a single season
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In 2017, Stafford completed the 16-game slate with a 99.3 passer rating.
Most career fourth quarter comebacks
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Stafford pulled out the improbable victory 31 times in his career.
Most fourth quarter comebacks in a season
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In 2016, Stafford's fourth quarter comebacks accounted for eight of the Lions' nine wins that season.
Most career game-winning drives
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Stafford delivered victory on 38 game-winning drives.
Most game-winning drives in a single season
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In 2016, Stafford produced eight game-winning drives.
