most yards per attempt percentage by a rookie qb in a wildcard playoff game minimum 20 attempts

C.J. Stroud has the most passing yards per passing attempt by a rookie quarterback in a Wild Card game, with 13.05 in the 2023 AFC Wild Card game against the Browns on January 13, 2024.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per passing attempt percentage by a rookie qb in a wildcard playoff game minimum 20 passing attempts
NAMEYDS/ATTATTYDSDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
13.05
21
274
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
16
76.2
13.0
3
0
157.2
14.3
0.0
0
0
2Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
12.13
15
182
1/9/2010
AFC Wild Card
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
12
80.0
12.1
1
0
139.4
6.7
0.0
0
0
3Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
11.07
30
332
1/14/2023
NFC Wild Card
SF SF
vs
SEA SEA
18
60.0
11.1
3
0
131.5
10.0
0.0
1
8
4Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
9.17
29
266
12/30/2000
NFC Wild Card
NO NO
vs
STL STL
16
55.2
9.2
4
1
111.5
13.8
3.4
2
15
5John Elway
J. Elway
8.2
15
123
12/24/1983
AFC Wild Card
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
10
66.7
8.2
0
1
64.0
0.0
6.7
0
0
6T.J. Yates
T.J. Yates
7.95
20
159
1/7/2012
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
11
55.0
8.0
1
0
97.7
5.0
0.0
2
7
7Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
7.66
35
268
1/12/2025
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
@
TB TB
24
68.6
7.7
2
0
110.2
5.7
0.0
1
0
8Jim Everett
J. Everett
7.56
18
136
12/28/1986
NFC Wild Card
RAM RAM
@
WAS WAS
9
50.0
7.6
1
2
54.2
5.6
11.1
1
10
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.19
26
187
1/6/2013
NFC Wild Card
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
15
57.7
7.2
1
0
92.9
3.8
0.0
5
31
10Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.69
29
194
1/6/2019
AFC Wild Card
BAL BAL
vs
LAC LAC
14
48.3
6.7
2
1
78.8
6.9
3.4
7
55
11Bo Nix
B. Nix
6.55
22
144
1/12/2025
AFC Wild Card
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
13
59.1
6.5
1
0
93.8
4.5
0.0
2
14
12Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
6.12
42
257
1/7/2012
AFC Wild Card
CIN CIN
@
HOU HOU
27
64.3
6.1
0
3
51.4
0.0
7.1
4
33
13Mac Jones
M. Jones
6.11
38
232
1/15/2022
AFC Wild Card
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
24
63.2
6.1
2
2
75.8
5.3
5.3
3
16
14Todd Marinovich
T. Marinovich
6.09
23
140
12/28/1991
AFC Wild Card
RAI RAI
@
KC KC
12
52.2
6.1
0
4
31.3
0.0
17.4
2
16
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
5.87
23
135
1/4/2009
AFC Wild Card
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
9
39.1
5.9
0
0
59.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
16Jarious Jackson
J. Jackson
5.4
10
54
12/31/2000
AFC Wild Card
DEN DEN
@
BAL BAL
5
50.0
5.4
0
0
66.3
0.0
0.0
1
9
17Andrew Luck
A. Luck
5.33
54
288
1/6/2013
AFC Wild Card
IND IND
@
BAL BAL
28
51.9
5.3
0
1
59.8
0.0
1.9
3
21
18AJ McCarron
AJ McCarron
5.17
41
212
1/9/2016
AFC Wild Card
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
23
56.1
5.2
1
1
68.3
2.4
2.4
3
24
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4.97
40
199
1/3/2009
NFC Wild Card
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
26
65.0
5.0
2
2
72.8
5.0
5.0
3
9
20Skylar Thompson
S. Thompson
4.89
45
220
1/15/2023
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
18
40.0
4.9
1
2
44.7
2.2
4.4
4
31
21John Wolford
J. Wolford
4.83
6
29
1/9/2021
NFC Wild Card
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
3
50.0
4.8
0
0
63.9
0.0
0.0
1
0
22Nathan Peterman
N. Peterman
4.67
3
14
1/7/2018
AFC Wild Card
BUF BUF
@
JAX JAX
1
33.3
4.7
0
1
9.7
0.0
33.3
0
0
23Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
4.42
19
84
1/6/2013
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
10
52.6
4.4
2
1
77.5
10.5
5.3
2
16
24Connor Cook
C. Cook
3.58
45
161
1/7/2017
AFC Wild Card
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
18
40.0
3.6
1
3
30.0
2.2
6.7
3
22
25Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
3.1
10
31
1/6/2013
NFC Wild Card
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
3
30.0
3.1
0
0
40.0
0.0
0.0
0
0

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Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
Texans Texans
3
5
0
.375
Titans Titans
1
8
0
.111
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Sun
11/9
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
HOU HOU
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Thu
11/20
BUF BUF
@
HOU HOU
8:15 PM
Sun
11/30
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
HOU HOU
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Last Game
DEN Broncos

7 - 2 - 0

18

Final

15

HOU Texans

3 - 5 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
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2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
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Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
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Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
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5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
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2
0
.750

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
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@
NE NE
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM