which qb has the most yards per att in a game with a minimum 20 att

Sammy Baugh has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with 18.6 yards against the Boston Yanks on October 31, 1948.

Interpreted as:
Which qb has the most passing yards per att in a regular-season game with a minimum 20 passing att?
NAMEAVGATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
18.6
24
10/31/1948
vs
17
70.8
446
4
0
152.8
16.7
0.0
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
18.5
20
11/12/1967
@
17
85.0
370
4
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
17.7
28
9/24/1972
@
15
53.6
496
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
4Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
16.5
20
9/21/1975
vs
12
60.0
329
3
2
104.2
15.0
10.0
5Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
16.3
21
11/25/1962
vs
13
61.9
342
1
2
82.0
4.8
9.5
6Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
16.2
20
9/8/2019
@
17
85.0
324
5
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
1
1
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
16.1
23
11/30/2009
vs
18
78.3
371
5
0
158.3
21.7
0.0
1
4
8Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
15.9
21
11/3/1974
vs
12
57.1
333
4
1
121.5
19.0
4.8
9Ed Brown
E. Brown
15.9
21
10/9/1960
vs
13
61.9
333
3
1
125.5
14.3
4.8
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
15.8
21
12/2/1990
@
15
71.4
331
2
0
145.4
9.5
0.0
1
10
11Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
15.7
24
11/10/1963
vs
17
70.8
376
2
1
123.6
8.3
4.2
12Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
15.7
21
11/22/1945
@
12
57.1
329
2
3
93.9
9.5
14.3
13Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
15.6
22
12/8/1963
vs
17
77.3
344
3
0
158.1
13.6
0.0
14Steve McNair
S. McNair
15.6
27
10/12/2003
vs
18
66.7
421
3
0
146.8
11.1
0.0
1
0
15Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
15.4
20
9/27/1992
@
15
75.0
308
3
0
156.3
15.0
0.0
0
0
16Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
15.4
20
11/16/1952
@
11
55.0
308
4
0
139.6
20.0
0.0
17Steve Young
S. Young
15.4
23
12/19/1993
@
17
73.9
354
4
0
155.3
17.4
0.0
0
0
18Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
15.3
21
12/31/2023
vs
18
85.7
321
5
0
158.3
23.8
0.0
1
9
19Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
15.3
23
11/26/1961
vs
16
69.6
351
5
2
115.5
21.7
8.7
20Don Meredith
D. Meredith
15.2
26
10/9/1966
vs
19
73.1
394
5
0
154.6
19.2
0.0
21Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
15.1
21
10/4/1970
vs
12
57.1
317
2
2
93.9
9.5
9.5
22Kurt Warner
K. Warner
15.0
24
9/14/2008
vs
19
79.2
361
3
0
158.3
12.5
0.0
2
12
23James Harris
J. Harris
15.0
29
10/3/1976
@
17
58.6
436
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
24Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
15.0
20
11/10/2011
@
14
70.0
299
2
1
125.0
10.0
5.0
1
1
25Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
14.9
25
12/6/2009
@
18
72.0
373
2
0
140.8
8.0
0.0
1
8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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