highest air yards per pass 2016

Matt Ryan averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 2016, with 9.3 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest air yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player per pass 2016
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
9.3
2016
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
8.2
2016
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
296.2
28
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
3Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
8.1
2016
16
406
606
67.0
4,917
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
4Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.0
2016
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
5Andrew Luck
A. Luck
7.8
2016
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
282.7
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.7
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
7Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
2016
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
263.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
8Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.7
2016
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
230.4
19
12
93.5
4.9
3.1
29
216
9Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
2016
15
276
451
61.2
3,426
228.4
26
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.6
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.5
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
272.8
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
12Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
7.5
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.3
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
14Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.3
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
15Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.2
2016
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
16Alex Smith
A. Smith
7.2
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
233.5
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
17Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.1
2016
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
18Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.0
2016
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
19Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
7.0
2016
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
20Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
7.0
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
21Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
6.9
2016
15
269
436
61.7
3,023
201.5
17
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
6.9
2016
15
270
510
52.9
3,509
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
23Case Keenum
C. Keenum
6.8
2016
10
196
322
60.9
2,201
220.1
9
11
76.4
2.8
3.4
23
140
24Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
6.8
2016
12
196
331
59.2
2,241
186.8
16
4
90.7
4.8
1.2
36
207
25Eli Manning
E. Manning
6.7
2016
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
251.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,445

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

870

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

24th

OPP PPG

24.0

20th

RUSH YDS/G

130.6

5th

PASS YDS/G

220.2

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Falcons Falcons
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

11 - 5

24

Final

27

ATL Falcons

7 - 9

Mon 29 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188
AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24
Sat
9/27
@
20-37
Sat
9/27
@
40-40
Sun
9/28
@
21-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM