nfl player highest passing yard per completion with a minimum 20 passing attempts in a game

Jim Kelly has the most passing yards per completion in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with 44 against the Panthers on September 10, 1995.

Interpreted as:
NFL player highest passing yard per completion with a minimum 20 passing attempts in a regular-season game
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPDATETMOPPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
44
21
176
4
9/10/1995
vs
19.0
8.4
1
3
38.3
4.8
14.3
0
0
2Adrian Burk
A. Burk
40
20
160
4
10/15/1950
vs
20.0
8.0
2
1
72.9
10.0
5.0
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
38.6
23
193
5
11/22/1987
vs
21.7
8.4
1
3
37.0
4.3
13.0
3
22
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
36.67
20
110
3
12/6/1970
vs
15.0
5.5
1
4
27.1
5.0
20.0
5Tony Banks
T. Banks
33.5
26
268
8
12/12/1999
@
30.8
10.3
3
0
109.1
11.5
0.0
4
26
6Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
33.3
21
333
10
11/1/1942
vs
47.6
15.9
5
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
33.07
28
496
15
9/24/1972
@
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
8Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
33
20
297
9
10/19/1958
@
45.0
14.9
2
1
104.2
10.0
5.0
9Tom Yewcic
T. Yewcic
32.5
20
195
6
11/30/1962
vs
30.0
9.8
1
1
63.5
5.0
5.0
10Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
31.67
22
285
9
11/28/1965
vs
40.9
13.0
3
0
127.8
13.6
0.0
11Tom Flores
T. Flores
31
21
217
7
9/7/1963
@
33.3
10.3
1
0
88.8
4.8
0.0
12Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
30.55
24
336
11
11/19/1967
vs
45.8
14.0
3
2
97.2
12.5
8.3
13John Hadl
J. Hadl
30.4
23
152
5
11/10/1968
@
21.7
6.6
1
2
32.9
4.3
8.7
14Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
30.14
24
211
7
11/3/1968
vs
29.2
8.8
1
2
42.9
4.2
8.3
15Ed Brown
E. Brown
29.38
23
235
8
10/13/1963
@
34.8
10.2
1
1
70.0
4.3
4.3
16Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
29
25
232
8
10/20/2002
@
32.0
9.3
1
2
47.4
4.0
8.0
3
15
17Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
28.83
23
173
6
11/11/1962
@
26.1
7.5
3
1
79.9
13.0
4.3
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
28.63
21
229
8
9/29/1963
vs
38.1
10.9
3
1
99.0
14.3
4.8
19Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
28
20
308
11
11/16/1952
@
55.0
15.4
4
0
139.6
20.0
0.0
20Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
27.93
34
419
15
12/16/1962
@
44.1
12.3
5
3
93.0
14.7
8.8
21Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
27.92
29
335
12
11/24/1968
vs
41.4
11.6
4
2
95.5
13.8
6.9
22Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
27.75
21
333
12
11/3/1974
vs
57.1
15.9
4
1
121.5
19.0
4.8
23Bobby Clatterbuck
B. Clatterbuck
27.67
28
249
9
12/12/1954
@
32.1
8.9
2
3
50.1
7.1
10.7
24Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
27.63
31
442
16
11/10/1991
vs
51.6
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
25Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
27.57
25
193
7
11/1/1981
@
28.0
7.7
1
2
39.3
4.0
8.0
3
25
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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