highest passing yards per completion in a single game by a qb 12 attempts

Zeke Bratkowski has the most passing yards per completion by a quarterback in a game with 12+ passing attempts, with 59 versus the Lions on September 26, 1954.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per completion in a single regular-season game by a qb 12 or more passing attempts
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPDATETMOPPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
59
12
118
2
9/26/1954
@
16.7
9.8
1
4
56.3
8.3
33.3
2Jacky Lee
J. Lee
46.83
13
281
6
11/20/1960
vs
46.2
21.6
3
1
100.2
23.1
7.7
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
45.6
16
228
5
10/22/1972
vs
31.3
14.3
2
3
80.2
12.5
18.8
4Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
44.5
13
178
4
10/8/1961
vs
30.8
13.7
1
3
65.9
7.7
23.1
5Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
44
21
176
4
9/10/1995
vs
19.0
8.4
1
3
38.3
4.8
14.3
0
0
6Don Gault
D. Gault
44
16
44
1
10/3/1970
vs
6.3
2.8
0
2
0.0
0.0
12.5
7Adrian Burk
A. Burk
40
20
160
4
10/15/1950
vs
20.0
8.0
2
1
72.9
10.0
5.0
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
38.6
23
193
5
11/22/1987
vs
21.7
8.4
1
3
37.0
4.3
13.0
3
22
9Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
36.8
18
184
5
9/16/1962
vs
27.8
10.2
1
1
65.0
5.6
5.6
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
36.67
20
110
3
12/6/1970
vs
15.0
5.5
1
4
27.1
5.0
20.0
11Tom Tupa
T. Tupa
36.33
19
218
6
9/8/1991
@
31.6
11.5
1
1
71.8
5.3
5.3
1
1
12John Hadl
J. Hadl
35.67
18
321
9
10/20/1968
vs
50.0
17.8
4
1
112.3
22.2
5.6
13Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
35.4
12
177
5
12/1/1957
vs
41.7
14.8
2
0
128.5
16.7
0.0
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
35.4
17
177
5
10/22/1950
@
29.4
10.4
3
3
70.5
17.6
17.6
15Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.6
16
173
5
10/23/1955
vs
31.3
10.8
2
2
73.2
12.5
12.5
16Ogden Compton
O. Compton
34.4
13
172
5
11/13/1955
@
38.5
13.2
1
2
72.3
7.7
15.4
17Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
34.33
13
103
3
9/29/1968
vs
23.1
7.9
1
2
46.2
7.7
15.4
18John Roach
J. Roach
34.17
13
205
6
9/23/1960
@
46.2
15.8
4
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
19Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
34.13
15
273
8
10/23/1949
vs
53.3
18.2
4
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
20Adrian Burk
A. Burk
34
14
136
4
10/28/1951
vs
28.6
9.7
2
1
77.4
14.3
7.1
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
33.75
16
270
8
10/30/1960
@
50.0
16.9
4
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
22Tony Banks
T. Banks
33.5
26
268
8
12/12/1999
@
30.8
10.3
3
0
109.1
11.5
0.0
4
26
23Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
33.14
19
232
7
9/17/1967
@
36.8
12.2
3
0
123.2
15.8
0.0
24Joe Namath
J. Namath
33.07
28
496
15
9/24/1972
@
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
25John Elway
J. Elway
33
19
198
6
10/1/1989
@
31.6
10.4
1
1
67.4
5.3
5.3
4
37
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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