fewest yards per attempt in a game by a qb minimum 40 attempts

Jesse Palmer has averaged the fewest yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game when throwing 40+ pass attempts, with 2.2 yards per attempt against the Panthers on December 28, 2003.

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  • Data note: Passing Attempts: player game data may be incomplete before 1950
NAMEAVGATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSPASS AVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jesse Palmer
J. Palmer
2.2
43
12/28/2003
vs
18
41.9
110
2.6
2
4
26.2
4.7
9.3
2
11
2Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2.2
46
1/3/2022
vs
24
52.2
123
2.7
1
1
56.3
2.2
2.2
2
14
3Bubby Brister
B. Brister
2.5
41
10/15/1995
@
17
41.5
143
3.5
0
3
20.7
0.0
7.3
3
30
4Jeff George
J. George
2.5
40
11/24/1991
@
21
52.5
184
4.6
1
1
62.9
2.5
2.5
7
67
5Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
2.5
43
10/2/2011
vs
20
46.5
164
3.8
1
0
64.5
2.3
0.0
7
37
6Derek Carr
D. Carr
2.5
41
12/8/2016
@
17
41.5
117
2.9
0
0
49.1
0.0
0.0
1
8
7Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2.6
43
10/21/2012
@
21
48.8
147
3.4
1
2
45.4
2.3
4.7
4
26
8Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
2.6
44
11/20/1994
@
17
38.6
151
3.4
0
1
39.1
0.0
2.3
4
41
9Mike Busch
M. Busch
2.6
41
10/11/1987
vs
14
34.1
183
4.5
1
1
47.1
2.4
2.4
6
59
10Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
2.6
44
12/2/1984
vs
23
52.3
190
4.3
1
2
52.3
2.3
4.5
7
55
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2.7
41
11/26/2006
@
21
51.2
214
5.2
0
2
46.2
0.0
4.9
9
73
12Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
2.8
47
11/2/1997
@
21
44.7
158
3.4
0
4
17.9
0.0
8.5
4
27
13Cleo Lemon
C. Lemon
2.8
41
12/23/2007
@
18
43.9
171
4.2
1
0
64.2
2.4
0.0
7
38
14Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
2.8
43
9/23/1990
@
23
53.5
207
4.8
0
2
47.3
0.0
4.7
8
64
15Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
2.8
42
11/16/1986
@
18
42.9
179
4.3
2
1
61.5
4.8
2.4
4
49
16Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
2.8
40
9/4/1994
@
18
45.0
158
4.0
1
2
43.5
2.5
5.0
4
30
17Kent Graham
K. Graham
2.8
40
9/14/1997
@
17
42.5
132
3.3
0
0
51.3
0.0
0.0
2
16
18Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
2.9
48
10/29/2006
@
20
41.7
139
2.9
0
0
49.3
0.0
0.0
2
5
19Cody Carlson
C. Carlson
2.9
48
11/6/1994
vs
22
45.8
205
4.3
0
0
58.1
0.0
0.0
6
45
20Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
2.9
40
10/12/2003
@
24
60.0
202
5.1
0
1
62.7
0.0
2.5
7
62
21Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
2.9
43
11/14/1994
@
22
51.2
212
4.9
1
2
53.6
2.3
4.7
6
54
22John Elway
J. Elway
3.0
43
10/20/1985
vs
22
51.2
166
3.9
0
0
60.8
0.0
0.0
3
18
23Jeff Rutledge
J. Rutledge
3.0
46
10/24/1983
@
20
43.5
210
4.6
0
2
39.2
0.0
4.3
6
48
24Kerry Collins
K. Collins
3.0
53
9/27/1998
vs
20
37.7
188
3.5
2
1
53.0
3.8
1.9
4
18
25Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
3.0
42
11/26/1989
@
19
45.2
200
4.8
2
1
65.6
4.8
2.4
5
61

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