Sammy Baugh has averaged the most passing yards per attempt in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with 18.6 yards against the Boston Yanks on October 31, 1948.
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highest yards per passing attempt in a single regular-season game for players with at least 20 passing attempts| NAME | AVG | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | YDS | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Baugh | 18.6 | 24 | 10/31/1948 |  WAS | vs | BOS | 17 | 70.8 | 446 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 |  | J. Unitas | 18.5 | 20 | 11/12/1967 |  BAL | @ |  ATL | 17 | 85.0 | 370 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Namath | 17.7 | 28 | 9/24/1972 |  NYJ | @ | BAL | 15 | 53.6 | 496 | 6 | 1 | 123.5 | 21.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | | C. Johnson | 16.5 | 20 | 9/21/1975 |  DEN | vs |  KC | 12 | 60.0 | 329 | 3 | 2 | 104.2 | 15.0 | 10.0 | ||
| 5 | | S. Jurgensen | 16.3 | 21 | 11/25/1962 |  PHI | vs |  DLC | 13 | 61.9 | 342 | 1 | 2 | 82.0 | 4.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 6 |  | L. Jackson | 16.2 | 20 | 9/8/2019 |  BAL | @ |  MIA | 17 | 85.0 | 324 | 5 | 0 | 158.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 |  | D. Brees | 16.1 | 23 | 11/30/2009 |  NO | vs |  NE | 18 | 78.3 | 371 | 5 | 0 | 158.3 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  | D. Fouts | 15.9 | 21 | 11/3/1974 |  SD | vs |  CLE | 12 | 57.1 | 333 | 4 | 1 | 121.5 | 19.0 | 4.8 | ||
| 9 | | E. Brown | 15.9 | 21 | 10/9/1960 |  CHI | vs |  LA | 13 | 61.9 | 333 | 3 | 1 | 125.5 | 14.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 10 | | C. Isbell | 15.9 | 21 | 11/1/1942 |  GB | vs |  CHC | 10 | 47.6 | 333 | 5 | 1 | 113.6 | 23.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 11 | | S. DeBerg | 15.8 | 21 | 12/2/1990 | KC | @ | NE | 15 | 71.4 | 331 | 2 | 0 | 145.4 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | | J. Unitas | 15.7 | 24 | 11/10/1963 | BAL | vs |  DET | 17 | 70.8 | 376 | 2 | 1 | 123.6 | 8.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 13 | | B. Waterfield | 15.7 | 21 | 11/22/1945 |  CLE | @ | DET | 12 | 57.1 | 329 | 2 | 3 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 14 | | J. Unitas | 15.6 | 22 | 12/8/1963 | BAL | vs |  MIN | 17 | 77.3 | 344 | 3 | 0 | 158.1 | 13.6 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | | S. McNair | 15.6 | 27 | 10/12/2003 |  TEN | vs |  HOU | 18 | 66.7 | 421 | 3 | 0 | 146.8 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 |  | J. Kelly | 15.4 | 20 | 9/27/1992 |  BUF | @ | NE | 15 | 75.0 | 308 | 3 | 0 | 156.3 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 15.4 | 20 | 11/16/1952 | LA | @ | CHB | 11 | 55.0 | 308 | 4 | 0 | 139.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 |  | S. Young | 15.4 | 23 | 12/19/1993 |  SF | @ | DET | 17 | 73.9 | 354 | 4 | 0 | 155.3 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | L. Jackson | 15.3 | 21 | 12/31/2023 | BAL | vs | MIA | 18 | 85.7 | 321 | 5 | 0 | 158.3 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | | S. Jurgensen | 15.3 | 23 | 11/26/1961 | PHI | vs | DLC | 16 | 69.6 | 351 | 5 | 2 | 115.5 | 21.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 21 | | D. Meredith | 15.2 | 26 | 10/9/1966 | DAL | vs | PHI | 19 | 73.1 | 394 | 5 | 0 | 154.6 | 19.2 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | | D. Shaw | 15.1 | 21 | 10/4/1970 | BUF | vs | NYJ | 12 | 57.1 | 317 | 2 | 2 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 23 |  | K. Warner | 15.0 | 24 | 9/14/2008 |  ARI | vs | MIA | 19 | 79.2 | 361 | 3 | 0 | 158.3 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 |
| 24 | | J. Harris | 15.0 | 29 | 10/3/1976 | LA | @ | MIA | 17 | 58.6 | 436 | 2 | 1 | 111.6 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 25 |  | C. Palmer | 15.0 | 20 | 11/10/2011 |  OAK | @ | SD | 14 | 70.0 | 299 | 2 | 1 | 125.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.
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