highest yards per passing attempt in a single game

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

Interpreted as:
highest yards by a player per passing attempt in a single regular-season game
NAME AVG DATE TM OPP CMP ATT PCT YDS TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Frank 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
2 Josh 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
3 Arthur 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
4 Gary 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
5 Bill 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
6 Sage 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
7 Tom 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
8 Tom 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
9 Matt 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
10 Dan 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
11 Mohamed 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
12 Rod 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
13 Paul 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
14 Frank 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
15 Mitchell 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
16 Mike 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
17 Ron 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
18 Ernie 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
19 Tom 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
20 Kevin 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
21 Chuck 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
22 Andy 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
23 Louis 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
24 Ed 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
25 Eddie 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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2
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7
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9
0
.471
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2
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6
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