most yards per completion by a quarterback with 50+ attempts in a game

Dan Marino has the most passing yards per completion by a quarterback in a game with 50+ passing attempts, with 17.86 versus the Washington Redskins on December 20, 1987.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per completion by a quarterback with 50+ passing attempts in a regular-season game
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPDATETMOPPPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
17.86
50
393
22
12/20/1987
MIA MIA
vs
WAS WAS
44.0
7.9
3
1
83.2
6.0
2.0
0
0
2Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
17.33
51
416
24
10/9/2011
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
47.1
8.2
2
2
72.0
3.9
3.9
3
13
3John Hadl
J. Hadl
17.1
52
359
21
12/15/1968
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
40.4
6.9
1
2
54.9
1.9
3.8
4Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
16.5
50
330
20
11/16/2014
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
40.0
6.6
1
1
61.3
2.0
2.0
3
20
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
16.45
51
510
31
9/16/2012
NYG NYG
vs
TB TB
60.8
10.0
3
3
89.5
5.9
5.9
0
0
6Andrew Luck
A. Luck
16.29
54
391
24
12/2/2012
IND IND
@
DET DET
44.4
7.2
4
3
70.8
7.4
5.6
2
19
7Dick Wood
D. Wood
16.24
52
276
17
11/27/1966
MIA MIA
vs
BOS BOS
32.7
5.3
2
3
40.2
3.8
5.8
8Doug Williams
D. Williams
16.2
55
486
30
11/16/1980
TB TB
@
MIN MIN
54.5
8.8
4
2
93.4
7.3
3.6
9Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
16.1
55
499
31
10/31/2004
DEN DEN
vs
ATL ATL
56.4
9.1
4
3
88.4
7.3
5.5
0
0
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
15.69
53
455
29
9/26/2010
SD SD
@
SEA SEA
54.7
8.6
2
2
80.3
3.8
3.8
4
26
11Jim Everett
J. Everett
15.66
51
454
29
11/26/1989
RAM RAM
@
NO NO
56.9
8.9
1
2
76.8
2.0
3.9
6
39
12Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
15.57
55
436
28
9/19/1985
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
50.9
7.9
3
3
73.0
5.5
5.5
4
25
13Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
15.41
56
447
29
9/15/1962
DEN DEN
@
BUF BUF
51.8
8.0
2
3
68.1
3.6
5.4
14Jeff Kemp
J. Kemp
15.33
50
322
21
9/15/1991
SEA SEA
@
DEN DEN
42.0
6.4
0
2
47.3
0.0
4.0
2
10
15Eli Manning
E. Manning
15.32
53
429
28
12/28/2014
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
52.8
8.1
1
1
78.3
1.9
1.9
0
0
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
15.11
54
423
28
11/23/1998
NE NE
vs
MIA MIA
51.9
7.8
2
2
74.8
3.7
3.7
1
9
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
15.11
54
287
19
10/17/1965
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
35.2
5.3
0
5
15.0
0.0
9.3
18Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
15
56
465
31
11/15/1998
ARI ARI
vs
DAL DAL
55.4
8.3
3
1
93.2
5.4
1.8
3
17
19Dan Marino
D. Marino
14.93
50
448
30
9/21/1986
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
60.0
9.0
6
2
112.3
12.0
4.0
2
13
20Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
14.91
59
522
35
11/10/1996
ARI ARI
@
WAS WAS
59.3
8.8
3
4
77.1
5.1
6.8
2
15
21Dan Marino
D. Marino
14.89
60
521
35
10/23/1988
MIA MIA
vs
NYJ NYJ
58.3
8.7
3
5
68.8
5.0
8.3
0
0
22Dan Marino
D. Marino
14.86
54
431
29
9/25/1994
MIA MIA
@
MIN MIN
53.7
8.0
3
3
75.5
5.6
5.6
1
5
23Jameis Winston
J. Winston
14.62
58
497
34
12/2/2024
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
58.6
8.6
4
3
88.1
6.9
5.2
3
22
24Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
14.5
53
406
28
10/31/1948
LA LA
vs
CHC CHC
52.8
7.7
3
2
81.2
5.7
3.8
25Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
14.44
59
520
36
1/1/2012
DET DET
@
GB GB
61.0
8.8
5
2
103.8
8.5
3.4
2
18
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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
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6
7
0
.462
Jets Jets
3
10
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
CIN CIN
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
TB TB
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
MIA MIA
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM