quarterbacks with the highest average yards per attempt in a game min 10 attempts

Ken O'Brien has the most yards per attempt per game played by a quarterback in a game when throwing 10+ pass attempts, with 17.5 against the Patriots on December 23, 1990.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Passing Attempts: player game data may be incomplete before 1950
NAMEAVG/GPATTAVGGPDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSPASS AVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
17.5
12
17.5
1
12/23/1990
vs
11
91.7
210
17.5
2
0
158.3
16.7
0.0
0
0
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
17.3
10
17.3
1
10/11/2009
vs
8
80.0
173
17.3
2
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
0
0
3Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
16.19
15
16.2
1
10/2/1983
vs
10
66.7
267
17.8
3
1
121.5
20.0
6.7
1
8
4Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
16
14
16.0
1
9/23/2001
vs
11
78.6
244
17.4
2
1
128.6
14.3
7.1
1
4
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
15.93
11
15.9
1
9/11/2005
vs
9
81.8
218
19.8
2
0
158.3
18.2
0.0
0
0
6Brett Favre
B. Favre
15.08
13
15.1
1
1/2/2005
@
9
69.2
196
15.1
2
0
151.4
15.4
0.0
0
0
7Charlie Batch
C. Batch
15
13
15.0
1
10/22/2006
@
8
61.5
195
15.0
2
0
145.0
15.4
0.0
0
0
8Mike Buck
M. Buck
14.91
11
14.9
1
10/17/1993
@
10
90.9
164
14.9
2
0
158.3
18.2
0.0
0
0
9Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
14.75
12
14.8
1
10/13/1991
vs
9
75.0
177
14.8
3
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
10Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
14.71
20
14.7
1
9/27/1992
@
15
75.0
308
15.4
3
0
156.3
15.0
0.0
0
0
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
14.65
17
14.6
1
12/9/2007
@
13
76.5
249
14.6
4
0
157.5
23.5
0.0
0
0
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
14.64
23
14.6
1
11/30/2009
vs
18
78.3
371
16.1
5
0
158.3
21.7
0.0
1
4
13Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
14.59
21
14.6
1
12/2/1990
@
15
71.4
331
15.8
2
0
145.4
9.5
0.0
1
10
14Jeff George
J. George
14.5
12
14.5
1
10/17/1999
@
10
83.3
214
17.8
2
1
123.6
16.7
8.3
2
11
15Steve Young
S. Young
14.35
23
14.3
1
12/19/1993
@
17
73.9
354
15.4
4
0
155.3
17.4
0.0
0
0
16Steve Young
S. Young
14.23
28
14.2
1
10/18/1992
vs
18
64.3
399
14.3
3
1
128.6
10.7
3.6
0
0
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
14.14
22
14.1
1
11/5/2017
@
14
63.6
311
14.1
4
0
146.8
18.2
0.0
0
0
18Vince Evans
V. Evans
14.14
18
14.1
1
10/4/1987
vs
10
55.6
248
13.8
2
0
137.5
11.1
0.0
0
0
19Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
14.06
15
14.1
1
12/22/1990
@
10
66.7
234
15.6
4
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
0
0
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
14
13
14.0
1
12/26/2020
@
9
69.2
182
14.0
1
0
137.5
7.7
0.0
0
0
21Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
13.94
31
13.9
1
11/10/1991
vs
16
51.6
442
14.3
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
22Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
13.88
15
13.9
1
11/13/2011
@
11
73.3
242
16.1
2
0
154.9
13.3
0.0
1
7
23Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
13.83
16
13.8
1
9/16/2007
vs
10
62.5
243
15.2
2
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
0
0
24Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
13.75
24
13.8
1
11/2/2025
@
21
87.5
330
13.8
4
1
141.0
16.7
4.2
0
0
25Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
13.71
20
13.7
1
9/8/2019
@
17
85.0
324
16.2
5
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
1
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