highest yards per completion in a game with at least 400 yards

Joe Namath has the most passing yards per completion in a game when throwing for 400+ yards, with 33.07 against the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1972.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards, Completions: player game data may be incomplete before 1950
NAMEYDS/CMPYDSCMPDATETMOPPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
33.07
496
15
9/24/1972
@
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
27.93
419
15
12/16/1962
@
34
44.1
12.3
5
3
93.0
14.7
8.8
3Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
27.63
442
16
11/10/1991
vs
31
51.6
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
26.24
446
17
10/31/1948
vs
24
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
5George Blanda
G. Blanda
25.78
464
18
10/29/1961
@
32
56.3
14.5
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
6James Harris
J. Harris
25.65
436
17
10/3/1976
@
29
58.6
15.0
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
7Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
24.5
490
20
11/2/1986
@
35
57.1
14.0
4
1
128.0
11.4
2.9
4
19
8Phil Simms
P. Simms
24
432
18
10/6/1985
vs
36
50.0
12.0
3
2
98.4
8.3
5.6
4
29
9Tom Flores
T. Flores
23.94
407
17
12/22/1963
vs
29
58.6
14.0
6
2
113.9
20.7
6.9
10Steve McNair
S. McNair
23.39
421
18
10/12/2003
vs
27
66.7
15.6
3
0
146.8
11.1
0.0
1
0
11Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
22.1
442
20
10/5/1998
@
32
62.5
13.8
4
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
0
0
12Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
21.58
410
19
12/18/1988
@
32
59.4
12.8
4
1
130.2
12.5
3.1
3
21
13Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
21.4
428
20
10/13/1963
vs
41
48.8
10.4
2
1
92.3
4.9
2.4
14Josh Allen
J. Allen
21.2
424
20
10/9/2022
vs
31
64.5
13.7
4
1
134.1
12.9
3.2
0
0
15Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
21.2
424
20
10/31/1993
vs
32
62.5
13.3
2
2
101.0
6.3
6.3
3
22
16Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
21.16
402
19
10/29/2017
@
30
63.3
13.4
4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
20.9
418
20
11/19/1961
vs
32
62.5
13.1
7
1
132.8
21.9
3.1
18Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
20.62
433
21
11/14/1943
@
32
65.6
13.5
7
1
135.4
21.9
3.1
19Dan Marino
D. Marino
20.57
473
23
9/4/1994
vs
42
54.8
11.3
5
1
124.3
11.9
2.4
2
17
20Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
20.52
554
27
9/28/1951
vs
41
65.9
13.5
5
2
128.3
12.2
4.9
21Tony Romo
T. Romo
20.24
506
25
10/6/2013
vs
36
69.4
14.1
5
1
140.0
13.9
2.8
4
36
22Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
19.86
437
22
11/8/1953
vs
44
50.0
9.9
4
1
106.0
9.1
2.3
23Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
19.86
417
21
9/9/2018
@
28
75.0
14.9
4
0
156.3
14.3
0.0
0
0
24Warren Moon
W. Moon
19.52
527
27
12/16/1990
@
45
60.0
11.7
3
0
123.1
6.7
0.0
3
22
25Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
19.5
468
24
12/11/1949
vs
39
61.5
12.0
6
3
110.9
15.4
7.7

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