highest average passing yards per attempt in a season with a minimum of 13 games played and 200 attempts

Chris Chandler has averaged the most passing yards per attempt with 13+ games played and 200+ passing attempts in a season, with 9.6 yards in 1998.

Interpreted as:
highest average passing passing yards by a player per attempt in a season with a minimum of 13 games played and 200 or more passing attempts
NAMEAVGGPATTSEASONTMCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
14
327
1998
ATL ATL
190
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
2Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9.6
16
444
2023
SF SF
308
69.4
4,280
267.5
31
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
3Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9.4
14
224
1968
KC KC
131
58.5
2,109
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
4Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9.3
14
305
1964
BAL BAL
158
51.8
2,824
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
9.3
16
534
2016
ATL ATL
373
69.9
4,944
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
6Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9.2
15
502
2011
GB GB
343
68.3
4,643
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
7Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9.2
16
484
1983
GB GB
289
59.7
4,458
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
8Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
9.2
16
388
1988
CIN CIN
223
57.5
3,572
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
9.2
14
362
1961
HOU HOU
187
51.7
3,330
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
10Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
9.2
14
317
1968
BAL BAL
182
57.4
2,909
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
11Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.2
16
497
2004
IND IND
336
67.6
4,557
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
12John Brodie
J. Brodie
9.1
14
283
1961
SF SF
155
54.8
2,588
184.9
14
12
84.7
4.9
4.2
13Joe Montana
J. Montana
9.1
13
386
1989
SF SF
271
70.2
3,521
270.8
26
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
14Nick Foles
N. Foles
9.1
13
317
2013
PHI PHI
203
64.0
2,891
222.4
27
2
119.2
8.5
0.6
28
173
15Bert Jones
B. Jones
9.0
14
343
1976
BAL BAL
207
60.3
3,104
221.7
24
9
102.5
7.0
2.6
29
284
16Billy Wade
B. Wade
9.0
13
250
1961
CHI CHI
139
55.6
2,258
173.7
22
13
93.7
8.8
5.2
17Dan Marino
D. Marino
9.0
16
564
1984
MIA MIA
362
64.2
5,084
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
18Bart Starr
B. Starr
9.0
14
251
1966
GB GB
156
62.2
2,257
161.2
14
3
105.0
5.6
1.2
19Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
8.9
14
416
1961
PHI PHI
235
56.5
3,723
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
20Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
8.9
13
354
2025
SEA SEA
241
68.1
3,162
243.2
22
11
103.8
6.2
3.1
17
114
21Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
8.9
13
211
1971
DAL DAL
126
59.7
1,882
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
22Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
8.9
14
366
1962
PHI PHI
196
53.6
3,261
232.9
22
26
74.3
6.0
7.1
23Len Dawson
L. Dawson
8.9
14
310
1962
DLT DLT
189
61.0
2,759
197.1
29
17
98.3
9.4
5.5
24Len Dawson
L. Dawson
8.9
14
284
1966
KC KC
159
56.0
2,527
180.5
26
10
101.7
9.2
3.5
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
14
295
2004
PIT PIT
196
66.4
2,621
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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228.6

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
Saints Saints
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Mon
12/29
LAR LAR
@
ATL ATL
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

5 - 9

29

Final

28

Thu 11 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

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
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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
Sat
9/6
DET DET
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GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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
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CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM