highest air yards per pass 2009

Philip Rivers averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 2009, with 8.8 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest air yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player per pass 2009
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8.8
2009
16
317
486
65.2
4,254
265.9
28
9
104.4
5.8
1.9
25
167
2Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.6
2009
15
337
506
66.6
4,328
288.5
26
12
100.5
5.1
2.4
50
348
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
8.5
2009
15
363
514
70.6
4,388
292.5
34
11
109.6
6.6
2.1
20
135
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8.2
2009
16
350
541
64.7
4,434
277.1
30
7
103.2
5.5
1.3
50
306
5Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
8.2
2009
16
396
583
67.9
4,770
298.1
29
15
98.6
5.0
2.6
25
149
6Tony Romo
T. Romo
8.2
2009
16
347
550
63.1
4,483
280.2
26
9
97.6
4.7
1.6
34
196
7Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
8.0
2009
14
267
443
60.3
3,553
253.8
22
10
92.9
5.0
2.3
35
264
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
7.9
2009
16
363
531
68.4
4,202
262.6
33
7
107.2
6.2
1.3
34
247
9Eli Manning
E. Manning
7.9
2009
16
317
509
62.3
4,021
251.3
27
14
93.1
5.3
2.8
30
216
10Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.9
2009
16
393
571
68.8
4,500
281.3
33
16
99.9
5.8
2.8
10
74
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.8
2009
16
371
565
65.7
4,398
274.9
28
13
96.2
5.0
2.3
16
86
12Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.3
2009
15
339
513
66.1
3,753
250.2
26
14
93.2
5.1
2.7
24
172
13Vince Young
V. Young
7.3
2009
12
152
259
58.7
1,879
156.6
10
7
82.8
3.9
2.7
9
36
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7.2
2009
16
315
499
63.1
3,613
225.8
21
12
88.9
4.2
2.4
36
218
15Jason Campbell
J. Campbell
7.1
2009
16
327
507
64.5
3,618
226.1
20
15
86.4
3.9
3.0
43
285
16Kyle Orton
K. Orton
7.0
2009
16
336
541
62.1
3,802
237.6
21
12
86.8
3.9
2.2
29
159
17David Garrard
D. Garrard
7.0
2009
16
314
516
60.9
3,597
224.8
15
10
83.5
2.9
1.9
42
236
18Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
6.7
2009
15
196
364
53.8
2,444
162.9
12
20
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
19Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6.6
2009
16
282
466
60.5
3,094
193.4
21
13
83.6
4.5
2.8
26
213
20Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
6.6
2009
16
336
555
60.5
3,666
229.1
27
26
76.8
4.9
4.7
35
204
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6.5
2009
14
263
451
58.3
2,916
208.3
22
14
80.9
4.9
3.1
19
92
22Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
6.4
2009
10
158
290
54.5
1,855
185.5
10
18
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
23Chad Henne
C. Henne
6.4
2009
14
274
451
60.8
2,878
205.6
12
14
75.2
2.7
3.1
26
176
24Alex Smith
A. Smith
6.3
2009
11
225
372
60.5
2,350
213.6
18
12
81.5
4.8
3.2
22
134
25Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
6.3
2009
11
178
321
55.5
2,015
183.2
8
18
59.4
2.5
5.6
23
187
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

3,727

Herbert

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RUSH

643

Vidal

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REC

789

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21.6

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20.0

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121.6

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232.5

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
8:15 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

11 - 6

3

Final

19

DEN Broncos

14 - 3

Sun 4 Jan 2026

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20
Sun
10/5
@
28-31
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10/8
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:15 PM
Mon
1/12
@
8:15 PM