most passing yards per completion in a game with 15+ attempts

Joe Namath has the most passing yards per completion in a game with 15+ passing attempts, with 45.6 against the Baltimore Colts on October 22, 1972.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per completion by a player in a regular-season game with 15+ passing attempts
NAME YDS/CMP ATT YDS CMP DATE TM OPP PCT AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joe Namath
J. Namath
45.6
16
228
5
10/22/1972
NYJ NYJ
vs
BAL BAL
31.3
14.3
2
3
80.2
12.5
18.8
2 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
44
21
176
4
9/10/1995
BUF BUF
vs
CAR CAR
19.0
8.4
1
3
38.3
4.8
14.3
0
0
3 Don Gault
D. Gault
44
16
44
1
10/3/1970
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
6.3
2.8
0
2
0.0
0.0
12.5
4 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
40
20
160
4
10/15/1950
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
20.0
8.0
2
1
72.9
10.0
5.0
5 Warren Moon
W. Moon
38.6
23
193
5
11/22/1987
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
21.7
8.4
1
3
37.0
4.3
13.0
3
22
6 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
36.8
18
184
5
9/16/1962
SD SD
vs
NYT NYT
27.8
10.2
1
1
65.0
5.6
5.6
7 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
36.67
20
110
3
12/6/1970
PIT PIT
vs
GB GB
15.0
5.5
1
4
27.1
5.0
20.0
8 Tom Tupa
T. Tupa
36.33
19
218
6
9/8/1991
PHX PHX
@
PHI PHI
31.6
11.5
1
1
71.8
5.3
5.3
1
1
9 Joe Geri
J. Geri
36
15
144
4
10/22/1950
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
26.7
9.6
1
4
49.7
6.7
26.7
10 John Hadl
J. Hadl
35.67
18
321
9
10/20/1968
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
50.0
17.8
4
1
112.3
22.2
5.6
11 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
35.4
17
177
5
10/22/1950
BAL BAL
@
LA LA
29.4
10.4
3
3
70.5
17.6
17.6
12 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.6
16
173
5
10/23/1955
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
31.3
10.8
2
2
73.2
12.5
12.5
13 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
34.13
15
273
8
10/23/1949
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
53.3
18.2
4
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
14 George Herring
G. Herring
34
16
102
3
11/19/1961
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
18.8
6.4
0
2
14.1
0.0
12.5
15 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
33.75
16
270
8
10/30/1960
BAL BAL
@
DLC DLC
50.0
16.9
4
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
16 Tony Banks
T. Banks
33.5
26
268
8
12/12/1999
BAL BAL
@
PIT PIT
30.8
10.3
3
0
109.1
11.5
0.0
4
26
17 Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
33.3
21
333
10
11/1/1942
GB GB
vs
CHC CHC
47.6
15.9
5
1
113.6
23.8
4.8
18 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
33.14
19
232
7
9/17/1967
NYG NYG
@
STL STL
36.8
12.2
3
0
123.2
15.8
0.0
19 Joe Namath
J. Namath
33.07
28
496
15
9/24/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
53.6
17.7
6
1
123.5
21.4
3.6
20 John Elway
J. Elway
33
19
198
6
10/1/1989
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
31.6
10.4
1
1
67.4
5.3
5.3
4
37
21 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
33
20
297
9
10/19/1958
GB GB
@
WAS WAS
45.0
14.9
2
1
104.2
10.0
5.0
22 Tom Yewcic
T. Yewcic
32.5
20
195
6
11/30/1962
BOS BOS
vs
NYT NYT
30.0
9.8
1
1
63.5
5.0
5.0
23 Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
32
17
64
2
12/12/1976
CHI CHI
vs
DEN DEN
11.8
3.8
0
2
3.2
0.0
11.8
24 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
31.71
16
222
7
11/5/1972
WAS WAS
@
NYJ NYJ
43.8
13.9
3
1
104.2
18.8
6.3
25 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
31.67
22
285
9
11/28/1965
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
40.9
13.0
3
0
127.8
13.6
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
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5
12
0
.294
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4
13
0
.235
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/14
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
NYJ NYJ
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Mon
9/29
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
7:15 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
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20

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM