Craig Morton has the most passing yards in a game with 18 or fewer passing attempts, with 349 yards versus the Houston Oilers on December 20, 1970.
Interpreted as:
maximum 18 passing attempts most pass yards by a player in a regular-season game| NAME | YDS | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Morton | 349 | 17 | 12/20/1970 |  DAL | vs |  HOU | 13 | 76.5 | 20.5 | 5 | 1 | 133.0 | 29.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 2 | | J. Hadl | 321 | 18 | 10/20/1968 |  SD | vs |  DEN | 9 | 50.0 | 17.8 | 4 | 1 | 112.3 | 22.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 3 | | S. Grogan | 315 | 18 | 9/9/1979 |  NE | vs |  NYJ | 13 | 72.2 | 17.5 | 5 | 0 | 153.9 | 27.8 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Morton | 308 | 18 | 9/27/1981 | DEN | vs | SD | 17 | 94.4 | 17.1 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | | M. Plum | 308 | 14 | 10/2/1960 |  CLE | vs |  PIT | 10 | 71.4 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 137.5 | 7.1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | | T. Banks | 304 | 16 | 12/15/1996 |  STL | @ |  ATL | 11 | 68.8 | 19.0 | 3 | 1 | 125.0 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | | E. Morrall | 296 | 15 | 10/17/1965 |  NYG | vs |  PHI | 10 | 66.7 | 19.7 | 4 | 0 | 149.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 293 | 17 | 10/29/1950 |  LA | vs |  DET | 13 | 76.5 | 17.2 | 5 | 0 | 157.5 | 29.4 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 |  | J. Goff | 292 | 18 | 9/30/2024 | DET | vs |  SEA | 18 | 100.0 | 16.2 | 2 | 0 | 155.8 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | | N. Van Brocklin | 290 | 18 | 11/7/1954 | LA | @ |  SF | 16 | 88.9 | 16.1 | 3 | 1 | 135.2 | 16.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 11 | | Y.A. Tittle | 284 | 18 | 12/2/1956 | SF | @ |  BAL | 14 | 77.8 | 15.8 | 2 | 0 | 155.8 | 11.1 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | | C. Morton | 283 | 18 | 10/11/1981 | DEN | vs | DET | 13 | 72.2 | 15.7 | 3 | 1 | 130.8 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | | J. Lee | 281 | 13 | 11/20/1960 |  HOU | vs | DEN | 6 | 46.2 | 21.6 | 3 | 1 | 100.2 | 23.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 14 | | F. Tarkenton | 280 | 18 | 10/25/1970 | NYG | vs |  STL | 15 | 83.3 | 15.6 | 5 | 0 | 158.3 | 27.8 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 |  | J. Kelly | 278 | 17 | 10/1/1989 |  BUF | vs | NE | 12 | 70.6 | 16.4 | 3 | 0 | 152.6 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 |
| 16 | | L. Dawson | 278 | 15 | 9/7/1963 |  KC | @ | DEN | 12 | 80.0 | 18.5 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Harris | 276 | 15 | 10/20/1974 | LA | vs | SF | 12 | 80.0 | 18.4 | 3 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | | L. McHan | 276 | 18 | 11/9/1958 |  CHC | @ |  WAS | 12 | 66.7 | 15.3 | 4 | 2 | 109.7 | 22.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 19 | | G. Ratterman | 276 | 18 | 10/29/1950 |  NYY | vs |  CHB | 10 | 55.6 | 15.3 | 2 | 1 | 114.4 | 11.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 20 | | L. Dawson | 275 | 17 | 11/18/1962 | DLT | @ | DEN | 11 | 64.7 | 16.2 | 3 | 0 | 147.7 | 17.6 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | | E. Morrall | 273 | 18 | 9/11/1966 | NYG | @ | PIT | 10 | 55.6 | 15.2 | 3 | 2 | 100.5 | 16.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 22 | | C. Conerly | 273 | 15 | 10/23/1949 | NYG | vs | CHB | 8 | 53.3 | 18.2 | 4 | 0 | 138.2 | 26.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | | B. Starr | 272 | 17 | 10/15/1961 |  GB | @ | CLE | 15 | 88.2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 138.4 | 5.9 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 |  | P. Rivers | 270 | 18 | 10/7/2007 | SD | @ | DEN | 13 | 72.2 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 151.4 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | W. Moon | 270 | 17 | 9/8/1985 | HOU | vs |  MIA | 12 | 70.6 | 15.9 | 1 | 1 | 108.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3 | 41 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.
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