most passing yards per attempt by a qb in a game including playoffs 1920 to 2022 minimum 60 attempts

Between the 1920 and 2022 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback with 60+ passing attempts in a regular-season or postseason game, with 8.7 yards against the Jets on October 23, 1988.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per attempt by a qb in a game including playoffs 1920 to 2022 minimum 60 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
8.7
60
10/23/1988
vs
35
58.3
521
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
2Phil Simms
P. Simms
8.3
62
10/13/1985
@
40
64.5
513
1
2
82.3
1.6
3.2
7
70
3Billy Volek
B. Volek
8.2
60
12/19/2004
@
40
66.7
492
4
1
107.1
6.7
1.7
3
26
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.7
65
10/18/2015
@
43
66.2
503
2
0
99.7
3.1
0.0
3
15
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.7
66
12/10/2017
vs
44
66.7
506
2
0
99.7
3.0
0.0
3
20
6Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
7.6
64
1/3/1987
vs
33
51.6
489
1
2
69.1
1.6
3.1
4
11
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
7.6
68
9/29/2019
vs
45
66.2
517
2
3
80.3
2.9
4.4
2
27
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.5
60
9/16/2018
vs
39
65.0
452
3
0
104.3
5.0
0.0
1
10
9Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.5
62
2/5/2017
@
43
69.4
466
2
1
95.2
3.2
1.6
5
24
10Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
7.5
61
9/20/1987
@
32
52.5
457
3
1
86.6
4.9
1.6
5
45
11Andrew Luck
A. Luck
7.5
62
9/30/2018
vs
40
64.5
464
4
0
108.5
6.5
0.0
4
27
12Richard Todd
R. Todd
7.5
60
9/21/1980
vs
42
70.0
447
3
1
101.2
5.0
1.7
13Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.4
68
1/10/2021
vs
47
69.1
501
4
4
85.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
14Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.4
60
11/17/1986
@
33
55.0
441
0
3
57.7
0.0
5.0
3
23
15Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.3
63
1/14/2012
@
40
63.5
462
4
2
93.5
6.3
3.2
3
27
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.2
61
11/22/2012
vs
31
50.8
441
2
0
85.5
3.3
0.0
3
22
17Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
7.1
62
10/2/2005
@
40
64.5
442
2
3
76.1
3.2
4.8
1
8
18Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.1
62
11/22/2012
vs
37
59.7
441
3
2
84.1
4.8
3.2
2
18
19Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
7.0
61
10/7/2018
@
33
54.1
430
1
4
54.7
1.6
6.6
5
29
20Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.0
62
10/28/2012
vs
36
58.1
437
1
4
58.3
1.6
6.5
4
22
21Charlie Batch
C. Batch
7.0
62
11/18/2001
@
36
58.1
436
3
3
75.7
4.8
4.8
1
7
22Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
7.0
69
12/24/2000
@
36
52.2
481
2
3
66.2
2.9
4.3
1
8
23Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
6.9
61
12/10/2006
vs
34
55.7
423
1
3
62.4
1.6
4.9
2
5
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
6.8
65
12/16/2012
vs
36
55.4
443
1
2
68.9
1.5
3.1
3
18
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6.8
61
11/4/2012
vs
39
63.9
414
4
3
85.0
6.6
4.9
2
16
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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