most attempts-completions by a qb in a game

Joe Namath has the most passing attempts - completions by a quarterback in a game, with 36 against the Broncos on December 3, 1967.

Interpreted as:
most passing attempts-completions by a qb in a regular-season game
NAMEATT-CMPATTCMPDATETMOPPPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
36
60
24
12/3/1967
NYJ NYJ
vs
DEN DEN
40.0
292
4.9
3
4
44.6
5.0
6.7
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
35
53
18
12/16/2007
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
34.0
184
3.5
1
0
51.1
1.9
0.0
2
16
3Dick Wood
D. Wood
35
52
17
11/27/1966
MIA MIA
vs
BOS BOS
32.7
276
5.3
2
3
40.2
3.8
5.8
4George Blanda
G. Blanda
35
54
19
10/17/1965
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
35.2
287
5.3
0
5
15.0
0.0
9.3
5Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
33
53
20
10/21/2013
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
37.7
190
3.6
0
1
40.6
0.0
1.9
1
14
6Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
33
68
35
12/30/2001
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
51.5
411
6.0
2
1
73.8
2.9
1.5
2
8
7Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
33
69
36
12/24/2000
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
52.2
481
7.0
2
3
66.2
2.9
4.3
1
8
8Kerry Collins
K. Collins
33
53
20
9/27/1998
CAR CAR
vs
GB GB
37.7
188
3.5
2
1
53.0
3.8
1.9
4
18
9Brett Favre
B. Favre
33
61
28
10/14/1996
GB GB
vs
SF SF
45.9
395
6.5
1
2
59.1
1.6
3.3
2
17
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
33
45
12
10/26/1969
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
26.7
167
3.7
1
3
22.2
2.2
6.7
11George Blanda
G. Blanda
33
60
27
11/7/1965
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
45.0
308
5.1
2
3
51.3
3.3
5.0
12Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
32
56
24
10/8/1995
NE NE
vs
DEN DEN
42.9
248
4.4
0
0
56.3
0.0
0.0
2
23
13Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
32
55
23
10/9/1994
NE NE
vs
RAI RAI
41.8
321
5.8
2
3
50.6
3.6
5.5
3
16
14Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
32
59
27
11/12/1989
NE NE
vs
NO NO
45.8
283
4.8
1
1
58.8
1.7
1.7
2
11
15Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
32
53
21
9/28/1986
IND IND
vs
NYJ NYJ
39.6
233
4.4
1
1
51.8
1.9
1.9
1
3
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
32
52
20
10/5/1980
OAK OAK
vs
KC KC
38.5
238
4.6
2
5
26.4
3.8
9.6
17Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
32
48
16
11/15/1970
LA LA
vs
NYJ NYJ
33.3
274
5.7
2
3
41.5
4.2
6.3
18Ryan Mallett
R. Mallett
31
58
27
9/20/2015
HOU HOU
@
CAR CAR
46.6
244
4.2
1
1
57.0
1.7
1.7
1
5
19Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
31
62
31
12/13/2010
HOU HOU
vs
BAL BAL
50.0
393
6.3
3
2
72.8
4.8
3.2
2
15
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
31
51
20
10/12/1969
SF SF
vs
LA LA
39.2
254
5.0
3
3
50.6
5.9
5.9
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
31
52
21
12/15/1968
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
40.4
359
6.9
1
2
54.9
1.9
3.8
22Terry Nofsinger
T. Nofsinger
31
46
15
11/13/1966
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
32.6
187
4.1
0
3
19.0
0.0
6.5
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
31
54
23
9/25/1966
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
42.6
303
5.6
2
5
34.7
3.7
9.3
24George Blanda
G. Blanda
31
68
37
11/1/1964
HOU HOU
@
BUF BUF
54.4
393
5.8
1
3
58.0
1.5
4.4
25Johnny Green
J. Green
31
49
18
10/30/1960
BUF BUF
vs
HOU HOU
36.7
334
6.8
2
1
66.2
4.1
2.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
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Bills Bills
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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JAX JAX
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12/7
WAS WAS
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MIN MIN
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