starter quarterback highest passing avg in a game

Taysom Hill and Mike Livingston are tied for the most passing yards per attempt among starting quarterbacks in a game, with 44.0 yards.

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NAMEAVGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Taysom Hill
T. Hill
44.0
10/28/2018
@
1
1
100.0
44
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
2Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
44.0
10/3/1976
@
1
1
100.0
44
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
3Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
39.3
12/27/1998
vs
3
3
100.0
118
2
0
158.3
66.7
0.0
0
0
4Taysom Hill
T. Hill
38.0
9/13/2020
vs
1
1
100.0
38
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
5Stan Humphries
S. Humphries
28.0
12/19/1993
@
1
1
100.0
28
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
6John Stofa
J. Stofa
25.5
9/17/1967
vs
2
2
100.0
51
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
7Taysom Hill
T. Hill
22.0
10/29/2023
@
1
2
50.0
44
0
0
95.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
22.0
10/2/1960
vs
10
14
71.4
308
1
0
137.5
7.1
0.0
9Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
21.0
11/15/1964
@
7
10
70.0
210
2
1
112.5
20.0
10.0
10Norm Snead
N. Snead
21.0
12/16/1962
vs
2
3
66.7
63
0
0
109.7
0.0
0.0
11Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
20.2
10/29/1972
@
8
9
88.9
182
1
0
155.8
11.1
0.0
12Bart Starr
B. Starr
20.0
12/5/1965
vs
2
2
100.0
40
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
13Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
19.8
9/11/2005
vs
9
11
81.8
218
2
0
158.3
18.2
0.0
0
0
14Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
19.7
10/17/1965
vs
10
15
66.7
296
4
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
15Tony Banks
T. Banks
19.0
12/15/1996
@
11
16
68.8
304
3
1
125.0
18.8
6.3
2
13
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
19.0
9/27/1964
vs
11
13
84.6
247
3
1
126.3
23.1
7.7
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
18.9
10/5/1975
@
7
8
87.5
151
1
0
158.3
12.5
0.0
18Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
18.8
10/6/1957
@
5
6
83.3
113
1
0
158.3
16.7
0.0
19Jim Hart
J. Hart
18.6
11/23/1975
@
11
13
84.6
242
2
0
158.3
15.4
0.0
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
18.6
9/30/1979
vs
6
10
60.0
186
1
1
97.9
10.0
10.0
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
18.5
11/12/1967
@
17
20
85.0
370
4
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
18.4
12/12/1965
@
7
12
58.3
221
2
2
102.8
16.7
16.7
23Len Dawson
L. Dawson
18.3
11/13/1966
vs
10
14
71.4
256
3
1
123.5
21.4
7.1
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
18.2
11/11/1956
vs
8
10
80.0
182
1
0
152.1
10.0
0.0
25Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
18.2
10/23/1949
vs
8
15
53.3
273
4
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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.500
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2
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.500
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3
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4
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.750
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
2
2
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
3
1
0
.750
2
2
0
.500
0
4
0
.000
0
4
0
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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1.000
3
1
0
.750
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2
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.500
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4
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