Joe Namath has the most passing yards in a game with 20 or fewer completions, with 496 yards against the Colts on September 24, 1972.
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most passing yards by a player in a regular-season game, maximum 20 completions| NAME | YDS | CMP | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | PCT | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Namath | 496 | 15 | 9/24/1972 | @ | 28 | 53.6 | 17.7 | 6 | 1 | 123.5 | 21.4 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2 | | T. Kramer | 490 | 20 | 11/2/1986 | @ | 35 | 57.1 | 14.0 | 4 | 1 | 128.0 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 4 | 19 | ||
| 3 | | G. Blanda | 464 | 18 | 10/29/1961 | @ | 32 | 56.3 | 14.5 | 4 | 4 | 101.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | ||||
| 4 | | S. Baugh | 446 | 17 | 10/31/1948 | vs | 24 | 70.8 | 18.6 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 | | R. Cunningham | 442 | 20 | 10/5/1998 | @ | 32 | 62.5 | 13.8 | 4 | 0 | 145.8 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | M. Rypien | 442 | 16 | 11/10/1991 | vs | 31 | 51.6 | 14.3 | 6 | 0 | 136.8 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | J. Harris | 436 | 17 | 10/3/1976 | @ | 29 | 58.6 | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 111.6 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||||
| 8 | | P. Simms | 432 | 18 | 10/6/1985 | vs | 36 | 50.0 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 | 98.4 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 9 | | C. Johnson | 428 | 20 | 10/13/1963 | vs | 41 | 48.8 | 10.4 | 2 | 1 | 92.3 | 4.9 | 2.4 | ||||
| 10 |  | J. Allen | 424 | 20 | 10/9/2022 | vs | 31 | 64.5 | 13.7 | 4 | 1 | 134.1 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Hostetler | 424 | 20 | 10/31/1993 | vs | 32 | 62.5 | 13.3 | 2 | 2 | 101.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 12 | | S. McNair | 421 | 18 | 10/12/2003 | vs | 27 | 66.7 | 15.6 | 3 | 0 | 146.8 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | S. Jurgensen | 419 | 15 | 12/16/1962 | @ | 34 | 44.1 | 12.3 | 5 | 3 | 93.0 | 14.7 | 8.8 | ||||
| 14 | | G. Blanda | 418 | 20 | 11/19/1961 | vs | 32 | 62.5 | 13.1 | 7 | 1 | 132.8 | 21.9 | 3.1 | ||||
| 15 | | D. Krieg | 410 | 19 | 12/18/1988 | @ | 32 | 59.4 | 12.8 | 4 | 1 | 130.2 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 3 | 21 | ||
| 16 | | T. Flores | 407 | 17 | 12/22/1963 | vs | 29 | 58.6 | 14.0 | 6 | 2 | 113.9 | 20.7 | 6.9 | ||||
| 17 |  | D. Watson | 402 | 19 | 10/29/2017 | @ | 30 | 63.3 | 13.4 | 4 | 3 | 106.9 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 5 | 35 | ||
| 18 |  | S. Young | 399 | 18 | 10/18/1992 | vs | 28 | 64.3 | 14.3 | 3 | 1 | 128.6 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | R. Todd | 396 | 17 | 10/23/1977 | vs | 29 | 58.6 | 13.7 | 4 | 2 | 113.9 | 13.8 | 6.9 | ||||
| 20 | | D. Meredith | 394 | 19 | 10/9/1966 | vs | 26 | 73.1 | 15.2 | 5 | 0 | 154.6 | 19.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 21 |  | J. Kelly | 392 | 18 | 10/21/1991 | vs | 27 | 66.7 | 14.5 | 5 | 3 | 109.7 | 18.5 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | C. Johnson | 386 | 17 | 12/16/1962 | vs | 32 | 53.1 | 12.1 | 2 | 2 | 91.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | ||||
| 23 | | G. Blanda | 386 | 20 | 9/16/1962 | @ | 36 | 55.6 | 10.7 | 3 | 4 | 81.3 | 8.3 | 11.1 | ||||
| 24 |  | J. Unitas | 385 | 19 | 12/16/1962 | vs | 34 | 55.9 | 11.3 | 4 | 4 | 95.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | ||||
| 25 |  | A. Dalton | 383 | 20 | 9/27/2015 | @ | 32 | 62.5 | 12.0 | 3 | 1 | 122.3 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 2 | 11 | ||
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