highest average passer ratind in an afc championship game

Bob Griese has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in an AFC Championship game, with 19.8 yards against the Baltimore Colts on January 2, 1972.

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highest passing average passer ratind in an afc championship game
NAMEAVGDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bob Griese
B. Griese
19.8
1/2/1972
AFC Championship
vs
4
8
50.0
158
1
1
95.8
12.5
12.5
2
16
2Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
14.5
1/11/1981
AFC Championship
@
14
18
77.8
261
2
0
155.8
11.1
0.0
6
37
3Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
14.0
1/10/1982
AFC Championship
vs
1
1
100.0
14
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
4Bob Griese
B. Griese
14.0
12/31/1972
AFC Championship
@
3
5
60.0
70
0
0
104.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
13.2
1/6/1985
AFC Championship
vs
21
32
65.6
421
4
1
135.4
12.5
3.1
0
0
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
13.0
1/20/1991
AFC Championship
vs
17
23
73.9
300
2
1
126.6
8.7
4.3
0
0
7Gary Kubiak
G. Kubiak
11.3
1/12/1992
AFC Championship
@
11
12
91.7
136
0
0
113.9
0.0
0.0
1
10
8Craig Morton
C. Morton
11.2
1/1/1978
AFC Championship
vs
10
20
50.0
224
2
1
102.9
10.0
5.0
1
7
9John Elway
J. Elway
10.8
1/17/1988
AFC Championship
vs
14
26
53.8
281
3
1
114.4
11.5
3.8
2
25
10John Elway
J. Elway
10.7
1/14/1990
AFC Championship
vs
20
36
55.6
385
3
0
120.7
8.3
0.0
1
8
11Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
10.6
1/14/2001
AFC Championship
@
9
18
50.0
190
1
1
83.1
5.6
5.6
2
18
12Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
10.5
1/7/1979
AFC Championship
vs
11
19
57.9
200
2
2
89.7
10.5
10.5
0
0
13Tom Brady
T. Brady
9.9
1/23/2005
AFC Championship
@
14
21
66.7
207
2
0
130.5
9.5
0.0
2
11
14Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.7
1/24/2010
AFC Championship
vs
26
39
66.7
377
3
0
123.6
7.7
0.0
2
17
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
9.5
1/20/2019
AFC Championship
vs
16
31
51.6
295
3
0
117.0
9.7
0.0
4
46
16Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
9.5
1/22/2006
AFC Championship
@
21
29
72.4
275
2
0
124.9
6.9
0.0
2
7
17Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
9.4
1/26/2025
AFC Championship
vs
18
26
69.2
245
1
0
111.9
3.8
0.0
2
12
18Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
9.4
1/23/2005
AFC Championship
vs
14
24
58.3
226
2
3
78.1
8.3
12.5
1
1
19Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.3
1/19/2014
AFC Championship
vs
32
43
74.4
400
2
0
118.4
4.7
0.0
0
0
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
9.1
1/22/2017
AFC Championship
vs
32
42
76.2
384
3
0
127.5
7.1
0.0
2
10
21Gifford Nielsen
G. Nielsen
9.0
1/6/1980
AFC Championship
@
1
1
100.0
9
0
0
104.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
22Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8.9
1/8/1984
AFC Championship
vs
17
24
70.8
214
1
2
77.4
4.2
8.3
2
18
23Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
8.7
1/17/1988
AFC Championship
@
26
41
63.4
356
3
1
105.3
7.3
2.4
2
20
24Mark Malone
M. Malone
8.7
1/6/1985
AFC Championship
@
20
36
55.6
312
3
3
77.5
8.3
8.3
0
0
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8.6
1/4/1976
AFC Championship
vs
15
25
60.0
215
1
3
61.7
4.0
12.0
0
0

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