highest average passing yards per attempt in a game by a player

Frank Gifford has the most passing yards per attempt in a game, with 83.0 yards versus the Browns on October 31, 1954.

Interpreted as:
highest average passing passing yards per attempt in a regular-season game by a player
NAMEAVGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
83.0
10/31/1954
NYG NYG
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
83
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
2Josh Miller
J. Miller
81.0
12/28/2003
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
81
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
3Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
81.0
12/6/1992
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
4Gary Hammond
G. Hammond
81.0
10/13/1974
STL STL
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
5Bill McColl
B. McColl
79.0
11/25/1956
CHB CHB
@
NYG NYG
1
1
100.0
79
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
6Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
77.0
10/21/2005
MIA MIA
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
77
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
7Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
75.0
1/9/2022
DET DET
vs
GB GB
1
1
100.0
75
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
8Tom Moore
T. Moore
75.0
11/12/1967
ATL ATL
vs
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
75
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
9Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
74.0
12/11/1983
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
1
100.0
74
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
10Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
74.0
11/23/1967
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
1
1
100.0
74
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
11Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
73.0
9/23/2012
CIN CIN
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
73
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
12Rod Smith
R. Smith
72.0
10/5/2003
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
1
1
100.0
72
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
13Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
71.0
9/14/1963
SD SD
vs
BOS BOS
1
1
100.0
71
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
14Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
71.0
11/6/1955
NYG NYG
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
71
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
15Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
69.0
12/29/2024
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
1
100.0
69
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
16Mike Lind
M. Lind
69.0
12/6/1964
SF SF
vs
LA LA
1
1
100.0
69
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
17Ron Widby
R. Widby
68.0
11/19/1972
GB GB
@
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
68
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
18Ernie Koy
E. Koy
68.0
10/1/1967
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
68
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
19Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
68.0
10/25/1959
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
1
1
100.0
68
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
20Kevin Byard III
K. Byard III
66.0
9/16/2018
TEN TEN
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
21Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
66.0
12/20/1982
SD SD
vs
CIN CIN
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
22Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
66.0
10/4/1981
NE NE
vs
KC KC
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
23Louis Carter
L. Carter
66.0
11/5/1978
TB TB
@
LA LA
1
1
100.0
66
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
66.0
10/31/1954
CHB CHB
@
SF SF
1
1
100.0
66
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
25Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
66.0
11/8/1953
WAS WAS
vs
CHC CHC
1
1
100.0
66
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
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Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
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Commanders Commanders
4
10
0
.286
Giants Giants
2
12
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
NYG NYG
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
1/4
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Last Game
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29

Final

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Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
8
6
0
.571
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
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Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
28-29
Sat
9/13
PHI PHI
@
KC KC
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
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Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM