most passing yards per attempt by a qb in a game including playoffs 1920 to 2022 minimum 50 attempts

Between the 1920 and 2022 seasons, Drew Brees averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback with 50+ passing attempts in a regular-season or postseason game, with 10.1 yards against the Giants on November 1, 2015.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per attempt by a qb in a game including playoffs 1920 to 2022 minimum 50 passing attempts
NAME AVG ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Drew Brees
D. Brees
10.1
50
11/1/2015
NO NO
vs
NYG NYG
39
78.0
505
7
2
131.7
14.0
4.0
0
0
2 Eli Manning
E. Manning
10.0
51
9/16/2012
NYG NYG
vs
TB TB
31
60.8
510
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
3 Drew Brees
D. Brees
9.8
52
11/19/2006
NO NO
vs
CIN CIN
37
71.2
510
2
3
91.0
3.8
5.8
2
6
4 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
9.6
55
11/18/2012
HOU HOU
vs
JAX JAX
43
78.2
527
5
2
121.7
9.1
3.6
2
23
5 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
9.6
52
9/19/2010
HOU HOU
@
WAS WAS
38
73.1
497
3
1
114.0
5.8
1.9
5
29
6 Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
9.5
53
11/5/2000
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
39
73.6
504
2
2
99.9
3.8
3.8
4
30
7 Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
9.4
50
9/18/2022
MIA MIA
@
BAL BAL
36
72.0
469
6
2
124.1
12.0
4.0
1
8
8 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
9.1
55
10/31/2004
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
31
56.4
499
4
3
88.4
7.3
5.5
0
0
9 Josh McCown
J. McCown
9.0
51
10/11/2015
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
36
70.6
457
2
0
111.3
3.9
0.0
4
35
10 Dan Marino
D. Marino
9.0
50
9/21/1986
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
30
60.0
448
6
2
112.3
12.0
4.0
2
13
11 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
8.9
50
11/10/2019
KC KC
@
TEN TEN
36
72.0
446
3
0
119.3
6.0
0.0
2
13
12 Richard Todd
R. Todd
8.9
50
9/25/1983
NYJ NYJ
vs
RAM RAM
37
74.0
446
2
2
97.6
4.0
4.0
4
43
13 Jim Everett
J. Everett
8.9
51
11/26/1989
RAM RAM
@
NO NO
29
56.9
454
1
2
76.8
2.0
3.9
6
39
14 Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
8.8
53
11/14/2010
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
33
62.3
469
4
0
116.0
7.5
0.0
4
36
15 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
8.8
59
11/10/1996
ARI ARI
@
WAS WAS
35
59.3
522
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
16 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
8.8
52
10/27/2019
ATL ATL
vs
SEA SEA
39
75.0
460
1
1
99.8
1.9
1.9
2
19
17 Doug Williams
D. Williams
8.8
55
11/16/1980
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
30
54.5
486
4
2
93.4
7.3
3.6
18 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8.8
59
1/1/2012
DET DET
@
GB GB
36
61.0
520
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
19 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.7
51
10/17/2021
DAL DAL
@
NE NE
36
70.6
445
3
1
108.7
5.9
2.0
0
0
20 Derek Carr
D. Carr
8.7
59
10/30/2016
OAK OAK
@
TB TB
40
67.8
513
4
0
117.4
6.8
0.0
2
15
21 Dan Marino
D. Marino
8.7
60
10/23/1988
MIA MIA
vs
NYJ NYJ
35
58.3
521
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
22 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.7
58
10/4/2020
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
41
70.7
502
4
1
112.9
6.9
1.7
3
21
23 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8.6
53
9/26/2010
SD SD
@
SEA SEA
29
54.7
455
2
2
80.3
3.8
3.8
4
26
24 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
8.5
54
12/17/2022
MIN MIN
vs
IND IND
34
63.0
460
4
2
99.3
7.4
3.7
7
34
25 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8.5
52
10/7/2018
GB GB
@
DET DET
32
61.5
442
3
0
108.0
5.8
0.0
4
19
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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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
5
12
0
.294
Panthers Panthers
5
12
0
.294
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
9/14
SF SF
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
NO NO
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

10 - 7 - 0

27

Final

19

NO Saints

5 - 12 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

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NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM