average career length of a starter qb since 1980

Steve Bartkowski has thrown for an average of 7.3 yards per attempt as a starter since 1980.

Interpreted as:
passing average career length of a starter qb since 1980
NAMEAVGGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
7.3
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
15,995
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7.7
39
551
1,042
52.9
8,071
206.9
65
47
80.4
6.2
4.5
3Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
7.7
16
244
417
58.5
3,223
201.4
13
11
82.4
3.1
2.6
4Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
8.0
69
1,132
1,935
58.5
15,565
225.6
101
102
79.8
5.2
5.3
5Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
6.5
57
928
1,709
54.3
11,049
193.8
77
79
70.0
4.5
4.6
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.9
76
1,696
2,805
60.5
22,146
291.4
135
106
85.7
4.8
3.8
7Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
7.7
37
491
891
55.1
6,875
185.8
47
47
75.8
5.3
5.3
8Jim Hart
J. Hart
6.9
15
228
425
53.6
2,946
196.4
16
20
68.6
3.8
4.7
9Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
7.1
70
1,143
2,071
55.2
14,769
211.0
98
76
78.3
4.7
3.7
10Bert Jones
B. Jones
7.0
34
540
959
56.3
6,755
198.7
46
45
74.8
4.8
4.7
11Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
7.0
78
1,461
2,619
55.8
18,281
234.4
115
109
74.9
4.4
4.2
12Archie Manning
A. Manning
7.5
19
353
597
59.1
4,471
235.3
25
28
77.0
4.2
4.7
13Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
7.2
5
66
130
50.8
932
186.4
5
8
61.4
3.8
6.2
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
7.2
148
2,424
4,353
55.7
31,480
212.7
185
142
79.2
4.2
3.3
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
6.9
38
751
1,306
57.5
9,072
238.7
51
47
77.0
3.9
3.6
16Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
6.8
38
586
957
61.2
6,533
171.9
28
56
66.9
2.9
5.9
17Richard Todd
R. Todd
6.8
57
1,004
1,755
57.2
11,999
210.5
74
77
74.0
4.2
4.4
18Doug Williams
D. Williams
7.0
41
656
1,299
50.5
9,030
220.2
48
41
72.3
3.7
3.2
19Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
6.9
30
532
921
57.8
6,333
211.1
30
31
75.7
3.3
3.4
20Danny White
D. White
7.5
55
1,017
1,666
61.0
12,503
227.3
94
77
83.8
5.6
4.6
21Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
7.3
32
530
946
56.0
6,873
214.8
38
36
76.6
4.0
3.8
22Steve Dils
S. Dils
6.0
2
54
102
52.9
607
303.5
1
2
66.1
1.0
2.0
8
66
23Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
7.9
38
716
1,085
66.0
8,582
225.8
53
32
94.0
4.9
2.9
76
481
24Vince Evans
V. Evans
6.1
23
312
649
48.1
3,930
170.9
19
30
57.9
2.9
4.6
46
318
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.5
117
2,422
3,847
63.0
28,869
246.7
178
97
90.7
4.6
2.5
219
1,468
StatMuse has game-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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8
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0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176