most yards passing in a game with under 20 completions

Joe Namath has the most passing yards in a game with <20 completions, with 496 yards versus the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1972.

Interpreted as:
most yards passing by a player in a regular-season game with under 20 completions
NAMEYDSCMPDATETMOPPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
496
15
9/24/1972
@
28
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
2George Blanda
G. Blanda
464
18
10/29/1961
@
32
56.3
14.5
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
446
17
10/31/1948
vs
24
70.8
18.6
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
4Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
442
16
11/10/1991
vs
31
51.6
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
5James Harris
J. Harris
436
17
10/3/1976
@
29
58.6
15.0
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
6Phil Simms
P. Simms
432
18
10/6/1985
vs
36
50.0
12.0
3
2
98.4
8.3
5.6
4
29
7Steve McNair
S. McNair
421
18
10/12/2003
vs
27
66.7
15.6
3
0
146.8
11.1
0.0
1
0
8Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
419
15
12/16/1962
@
34
44.1
12.3
5
3
93.0
14.7
8.8
9Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
410
19
12/18/1988
@
32
59.4
12.8
4
1
130.2
12.5
3.1
3
21
10Tom Flores
T. Flores
407
17
12/22/1963
vs
29
58.6
14.0
6
2
113.9
20.7
6.9
11Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
402
19
10/29/2017
@
30
63.3
13.4
4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
12Steve Young
S. Young
399
18
10/18/1992
vs
28
64.3
14.3
3
1
128.6
10.7
3.6
0
0
13Richard Todd
R. Todd
396
17
10/23/1977
vs
29
58.6
13.7
4
2
113.9
13.8
6.9
14Don Meredith
D. Meredith
394
19
10/9/1966
vs
26
73.1
15.2
5
0
154.6
19.2
0.0
15Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
392
18
10/21/1991
vs
27
66.7
14.5
5
3
109.7
18.5
11.1
0
0
16Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
386
17
12/16/1962
vs
32
53.1
12.1
2
2
91.4
6.3
6.3
17Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
385
19
12/16/1962
vs
34
55.9
11.3
4
4
95.5
11.8
11.8
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
381
19
11/17/1968
@
37
51.4
10.3
1
0
96.8
2.7
0.0
19Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
378
14
10/11/1964
@
26
53.8
14.5
3
3
97.9
11.5
11.5
20Ed Brown
E. Brown
377
15
10/27/1963
vs
31
48.4
12.2
4
3
93.1
12.9
9.7
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
376
17
11/10/1963
vs
24
70.8
15.7
2
1
123.6
8.3
4.2
22Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
376
16
10/31/1943
@
28
57.1
13.4
6
3
101.8
21.4
10.7
23Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
375
19
9/18/1988
vs
38
50.0
9.9
2
1
91.4
5.3
2.6
9
70
24Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
373
18
12/6/2009
@
25
72.0
14.9
2
0
140.8
8.0
0.0
1
8
25Jared Goff
J. Goff
372
17
10/27/2019
vs
31
54.8
12.0
2
0
119.3
6.5
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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