highest yards per attempt in a playoff game with 20 pass attempts

Tim Tebow has the most passing yards per attempt with 20+ passing attempts in a playoff game, with 15.0 yards in the 2011 AFC Wild Card game against the Steelers on January 8, 2012.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards by a player per attempt in a playoff game with 20 or more pass attempts
NAMEAVGATTDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tim Tebow
T. Tebow
15.0
21
1/8/2012
AFC Wild Card
vs
10
47.6
316
2
0
125.6
9.5
0.0
0
0
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14.7
21
1/20/1980
Super Bowl
vs
14
66.7
309
2
3
101.9
9.5
14.3
0
0
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
14.5
26
1/4/2004
AFC Wild Card
vs
22
84.6
377
5
0
158.3
19.2
0.0
0
0
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
13.9
33
1/9/2005
AFC Wild Card
vs
27
81.8
458
4
1
145.7
12.1
3.0
1
4
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
13.3
21
12/17/1950
NFL Divisional
vs
14
66.7
280
3
1
129.5
14.3
4.8
0
0
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
13.2
32
1/6/1985
AFC Championship
vs
21
65.6
421
4
1
135.4
12.5
3.1
0
0
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
13.1
23
1/1/1984
NFC Divisional
vs
18
78.3
302
2
0
147.7
8.7
0.0
0
0
8C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
13.0
21
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
vs
16
76.2
274
3
0
157.2
14.3
0.0
0
0
9Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
13.0
23
1/20/1991
AFC Championship
vs
17
73.9
300
2
1
126.6
8.7
4.3
0
0
10Jordan Love
J. Love
13.0
21
1/14/2024
NFC Wild Card
@
16
76.2
272
3
0
157.2
14.3
0.0
0
0
11Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
12.8
20
1/26/1986
Super Bowl
@
12
60.0
256
0
0
104.2
0.0
0.0
1
3
12Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
12.7
22
12/22/1968
NFL Divisional
vs
13
59.1
280
2
1
114.8
9.1
4.5
4
35
13Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
12.4
21
1/25/1981
Super Bowl
@
13
61.9
261
3
0
145.0
14.3
0.0
1
1
14Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
12.3
23
2/5/2017
Super Bowl
vs
17
73.9
284
2
0
144.1
8.7
0.0
5
44
15Josh Allen
J. Allen
12.3
25
1/15/2022
AFC Wild Card
vs
21
84.0
308
5
0
157.6
20.0
0.0
0
0
16Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
12.3
23
1/6/2013
AFC Wild Card
vs
12
52.2
282
2
0
125.6
8.7
0.0
1
13
17Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
12.2
22
1/10/2015
NFC Divisional
vs
15
68.2
268
3
0
149.2
13.6
0.0
2
20
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
12.0
28
1/24/2016
NFC Championship
vs
19
67.9
335
2
1
117.4
7.1
3.6
1
11
19John Elway
J. Elway
12.0
20
1/7/1990
AFC Divisional
vs
12
60.0
239
1
1
97.7
5.0
5.0
1
13
20Kurt Warner
K. Warner
11.8
33
1/16/2000
NFC Divisional
vs
27
81.8
391
5
1
143.0
15.2
3.0
2
17
21Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
11.8
21
2/1/2015
Super Bowl
vs
12
57.1
247
2
1
110.6
9.5
4.8
3
13
22Doug Williams
D. Williams
11.7
29
1/31/1988
Super Bowl
@
18
62.1
340
4
1
127.9
13.8
3.4
1
10
23Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
11.7
29
1/12/1991
AFC Divisional
vs
19
65.5
339
3
1
125.5
10.3
3.4
0
0
24John Elway
J. Elway
11.6
29
1/31/1999
Super Bowl
@
18
62.1
336
1
1
99.2
3.4
3.4
0
0
25Richard Todd
R. Todd
11.5
24
1/15/1983
AFC Divisional
@
15
62.5
277
1
2
81.4
4.2
8.3
4
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11
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14
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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5
12
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.294
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8
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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11
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176