Broncos' Peyton Manning Has Milestone-Filled Day Against Cardinals

Needing just one touchdown pass to reach 500 for his career, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning reached that milestone and more in Sunday's 41-20 drubbing of the Arizona Cardinals.

The 38-year-old future Hall of Famer completed 31 of his 47 pass attempts for a career-high 479 yards in the victory, tossing four touchdowns and two interceptions.

Manning's 500th scoring pass came in the first quarter on a seven-yard strike to tight end Julius Thomas, who would later catch his NFL-leading seventh touchdown of the season. Manning's other two touchdowns went to wideout Demaryius Thomas, who broke out of his early-season slump with an eight-catch, 226-yard performance.

In addition to surpassing 500 touchdowns and setting a personal single-game best for yardage, Manning also tied Dan Marino's all-time record of 13 career 400-yard passing games, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Though he spent the vast majority of his career in Indianapolis, Manning has recorded five of his 13 400-yard games in a Denver uniform, with four coming last season alone.

However, his previous career-best mark of 472 passing yards was set with the Colts in a 45-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004. Manning threw five touchdowns and just one interception in the game, but he was bested by a combined six touchdowns from Kansas City quarterback Trent Green and running back Priest Holmes.

Ten years later, Manning needs just six more touchdown passes to top Brett Favre's all-time record of 508, and after setting NFL single-season records for passing yards (5,477 yards) and passing touchdowns (55) in 2013, Manning is on pace for 5,172 yards and 48 touchdowns through four games.

All stats courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.com unless otherwise specified.