most yards per attempt with at least 15 pass attempts in a game including playoffs ever

Craig Morton has averaged the most passing yards per attempt with 15+ passing attempts in a regular-season or postseason game, with 20.5 yards against the Houston Oilers on December 20, 1970.

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most passing yards by a player per attempt with at least 15 pass attempts in a game including playoffs ever

	NAME	AVG	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Craig Morton C. Morton	20.5	17	12/20/1970	DAL	vs	HOU	13	76.5	349	5	1	133.0	29.4	5.9
2	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	19.7	15	10/17/1965	NYG	vs	PHI	10	66.7	296	4	0	149.3	26.7	0.0
3	Tony Banks T. Banks	19.0	16	12/15/1996	STL	@	ATL	11	68.8	304	3	1	125.0	18.8	6.3	2	13
4	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	18.6	24	10/31/1948	WAS	vs	BOS	17	70.8	446	4	0	152.8	16.7	0.0
5	Len Dawson L. Dawson	18.5	15	9/7/1963	KC	@	DEN	12	80.0	278	4	0	158.3	26.7	0.0
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	18.5	20	11/12/1967	BAL	@	ATL	17	85.0	370	4	0	158.3	20.0	0.0
7	James Harris J. Harris	18.4	15	10/20/1974	LA	vs	SF	12	80.0	276	3	0	158.3	20.0	0.0
8	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	18.2	15	10/23/1949	NYG	vs	CHB	8	53.3	273	4	0	138.2	26.7	0.0
9	John Hadl J. Hadl	17.8	18	10/20/1968	SD	vs	DEN	9	50.0	321	4	1	112.3	22.2	5.6
10	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	17.8	15	10/2/1983	GB	vs	TB	10	66.7	267	3	1	121.5	20.0	6.7	1	8
11	Joe Namath J. Namath	17.7	28	9/24/1972	NYJ	@	BAL	15	53.6	496	6	1	123.5	21.4	3.6
12	Kurt Warner K. Warner	17.7	19	9/24/2000	STL	@	ATL	12	63.2	336	4	1	124.5	21.1	5.3	3	15
13	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	17.5	18	9/9/1979	NE	vs	NYJ	13	72.2	315	5	0	153.9	27.8	0.0
14	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	17.2	17	10/29/1950	LA	vs	DET	13	76.5	293	5	0	157.5	29.4	0.0
15	Craig Morton C. Morton	17.1	18	9/27/1981	DEN	vs	SD	17	94.4	308	4	0	158.3	22.2	0.0	2	17
16	John Brodie J. Brodie	16.9	19	11/19/1961	SF	vs	CHI	11	57.9	322	3	0	142.0	15.8	0.0
17	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	16.9	16	10/30/1960	BAL	@	DLC	8	50.0	270	4	0	135.4	25.0	0.0
18	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	16.8	16	10/29/1978	CIN	vs	HOU	11	68.8	268	1	0	132.3	6.3	0.0
19	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	16.5	16	9/29/1968	NYG	vs	WAS	9	56.3	264	2	0	140.6	12.5	0.0
20	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	16.5	20	9/21/1975	DEN	vs	KC	12	60.0	329	3	2	104.2	15.0	10.0
21	Warren Rabb W. Rabb	16.4	16	10/28/1962	BUF	@	DEN	9	56.3	262	2	0	140.6	12.5	0.0
22	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	16.4	17	10/1/1989	BUF	vs	NE	12	70.6	278	3	0	152.6	17.6	0.0	3	22
23	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	16.3	19	9/26/1965	STL	@	CLE	11	57.9	310	6	1	120.1	31.6	5.3
24	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	16.3	21	11/25/1962	PHI	vs	DLC	13	61.9	342	1	2	82.0	4.8	9.5
25	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	16.3	19	10/7/1984	RAI	vs	SEA	12	63.2	309	2	0	141.9	10.5	0.0	3	13

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