highest average yards per attempt by a qb in a season

Sid Luckman has the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season, with 10.9 yards in 1943.

Interpreted as:
highest average passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt by a qb in a season
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10.9
1943
10
110
202
54.5
2,194
219.4
28
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
10.6
1953
12
167
258
64.7
2,722
226.8
11
9
99.7
4.3
3.5
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
10.1
1954
12
139
260
53.5
2,637
219.8
13
21
71.9
5.0
8.1
4Ed Brown
E. Brown
9.9
1956
12
96
168
57.1
1,667
138.9
11
12
83.1
6.5
7.1
5Kurt Warner
K. Warner
9.9
2000
11
235
347
67.7
3,429
311.7
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
6Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
1998
14
190
327
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
7Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9.6
2023
16
308
444
69.4
4,280
267.5
31
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
8Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9.6
2018
8
164
246
66.7
2,366
295.8
17
12
100.4
6.9
4.9
14
76
9Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
9.6
2019
12
201
286
70.3
2,742
228.5
22
6
117.5
7.7
2.1
31
212
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9.4
1968
14
131
224
58.5
2,109
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
11Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
1969
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
12Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
1945
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
13Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
9.4
1976
12
194
291
66.7
2,737
228.1
27
17
103.4
9.3
5.8
19
203
14Otto Graham
O. Graham
9.3
1955
12
98
185
53.0
1,721
143.4
15
8
94.0
8.1
4.3
15Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9.3
1964
14
158
305
51.8
2,824
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
16Matt 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
17Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9.2
2011
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
18Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9.2
1983
16
289
484
59.7
4,458
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
9.2
1988
16
223
388
57.5
3,572
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
20George Blanda
G. Blanda
9.2
1961
14
187
362
51.7
3,330
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
21Milt Plum
M. Plum
9.2
1960
12
151
250
60.4
2,297
191.4
21
5
110.4
8.4
2.0
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
9.2
1968
14
182
317
57.4
2,909
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
23Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
9.2
1945
8
128
182
70.3
1,669
208.6
11
4
109.9
6.0
2.2
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.2
2004
16
336
497
67.6
4,557
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
25John Brodie
J. Brodie
9.1
1961
14
155
283
54.8
2,588
184.9
14
12
84.7
4.9
4.2
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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TEAMWLTPCT
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.786
10
4
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.714
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8
0
.429
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11
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.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
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.571
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.500
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
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.643
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12
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AFC WestWLTPCT
12
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4
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8
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.429
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12
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NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
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.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

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9/13
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1:00 PM