In Joe Burrow’s 75th career game, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback passed for 309 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-21 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Burrow also had a passer rating of 146.5 in the game.
Burrow threw for 20,269 yards in his first 75 career games, joining Patrick Mahomes (22,799 passing yards), Matthew Stafford (21,254), Andrew Luck (20,569) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (20,293) as the only players in NFL history to throw for at least 20,000 yards in his first 75 career games.
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Burrow also became the third player in NFL history to throw at least 150 touchdown passes in 75 career games, joining Patrick Mahomes (181 touchdown passes) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (173 touchdown passes). He has thrown 152 touchdown passes in his career so far and will take the field next week.
Since entering the NFL in 2020, Burrow has thrown at least four touchdowns in nine games, surpassing Jeff Garcia (8 games), Andrew Luck (8 games) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas (8 games) to become the player with the fifth most passing touchdowns in a player’s first six seasons in NFL history. Only Patrick Mahomes (16 games) and Josh Allen (10), along with Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino (16) and Brett Favre (10) have more.
Burrow has 27 career games with at least 300 passing yards, tied with Matthew Stafford (27) and Jameis Winston (27) for the fifth-most games in NFL history by a player with at least 300 yards passing in his first six seasons. Only Patrick Mahomes (41 games) and Justin Herbert (31, in his sixth season), and Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino (32) and Kurt Warner (30) have more.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: Joe Burrow: Breaking NFL records and joining the elite ranks