which qb has the most yards per att in a game with a minimum 25 att

Joe Namath has the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game with 25+ passing attempts, with 17.7 yards versus the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1972.

Interpreted as:
Which qb has the most passing yards per att in a regular-season game with a minimum 25 passing att?
NAMEAVGATTDATETMOPPCMPPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
17.7
28
9/24/1972
@
15
53.6
496
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
2Steve McNair
S. McNair
15.6
27
10/12/2003
vs
18
66.7
421
3
0
146.8
11.1
0.0
1
0
3Don Meredith
D. Meredith
15.2
26
10/9/1966
vs
19
73.1
394
5
0
154.6
19.2
0.0
4James Harris
J. Harris
15.0
29
10/3/1976
@
17
58.6
436
2
1
111.6
6.9
3.4
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
14.9
25
12/6/2009
@
18
72.0
373
2
0
140.8
8.0
0.0
1
8
6Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
14.9
28
9/9/2018
@
21
75.0
417
4
0
156.3
14.3
0.0
0
0
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
14.8
25
11/29/1981
@
18
72.0
371
2
1
124.2
8.0
4.0
3
23
8Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
14.7
26
9/23/2007
vs
21
80.8
381
4
0
158.3
15.4
0.0
1
5
9Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
14.6
25
12/23/2000
@
20
80.0
366
3
0
158.3
12.0
0.0
0
0
10Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
14.5
26
10/11/1964
@
14
53.8
378
3
3
97.9
11.5
11.5
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
14.5
25
11/16/1997
@
18
72.0
363
3
2
120.4
12.0
8.0
3
29
12Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
14.5
25
9/13/1992
vs
22
88.0
363
2
0
145.4
8.0
0.0
4
30
13Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
14.5
27
10/21/1991
vs
18
66.7
392
5
3
109.7
18.5
11.1
0
0
14Peyton Manning
P. Manning
14.5
29
9/23/2001
vs
23
79.3
421
4
2
129.6
13.8
6.9
1
3
15Nick Foles
N. Foles
14.5
28
11/3/2013
@
22
78.6
406
7
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
1
1
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
14.5
32
10/29/1961
@
18
56.3
464
4
4
101.0
12.5
12.5
17Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
14.5
27
12/8/2019
@
21
77.8
391
3
1
140.4
11.1
3.7
0
0
18Steve Young
S. Young
14.4
32
11/28/1993
@
26
81.3
462
4
1
145.3
12.5
3.1
3
10
19Geno Smith
G. Smith
14.3
25
12/28/2014
@
20
80.0
358
3
0
158.3
12.0
0.0
1
6
20Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
14.3
31
11/10/1991
vs
16
51.6
442
6
0
136.8
19.4
0.0
0
0
21Steve Young
S. Young
14.3
28
10/18/1992
vs
18
64.3
399
3
1
128.6
10.7
3.6
0
0
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
14.2
29
11/17/2024
vs
24
82.8
412
4
0
158.3
13.8
0.0
0
0
23Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
14.2
30
12/21/1986
vs
23
76.7
425
5
1
143.8
16.7
3.3
2
9
24Tom Brady
T. Brady
14.2
25
10/21/2007
@
21
84.0
354
6
0
158.3
24.0
0.0
1
10
25Jared Goff
J. Goff
14.1
33
9/27/2018
vs
26
78.8
465
5
0
158.3
15.2
0.0
1
9
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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