highest career average passing yards per game

Otto Graham has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest career average passing with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts passing yards per game by a player
NAMEAVGATTYDS/GGPCMPPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Otto Graham
O. Graham
8.6
1,565
187.5
72
872
55.7
13,499
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8.4
1,744
114.7
128
904
51.8
14,686
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
3Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.2
1,936
186.2
85
1,304
67.4
15,828
96
52
97.6
5.0
2.7
140
936
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
8.2
2,895
168.7
140
1,553
53.6
23,611
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
5Steve Young
S. Young
8.0
4,149
196.0
169
2,667
64.3
33,124
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
6Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.9
4,070
260.8
124
2,666
65.5
32,344
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
7Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.9
4,335
219.1
156
2,829
65.3
34,183
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
8Ed Brown
E. Brown
7.9
1,987
101.3
154
949
47.8
15,600
102
138
62.8
5.1
6.9
9Bart Starr
B. Starr
7.8
3,149
126.1
196
1,808
57.4
24,718
152
138
80.5
4.8
4.4
59
533
10Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.8
2,888
194.9
116
1,870
64.8
22,608
187
56
102.2
6.5
1.9
228
1,247
11Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
8,226
259.0
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
12Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
7.8
2,305
245.3
73
1,527
66.2
17,904
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
13Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.8
5,186
190.7
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
14Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7.7
2,689
81.6
255
1,379
51.3
20,809
161
148
74.1
6.0
5.5
58
487
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.7
4,673
285.2
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
16Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.7
5,604
237.8
181
3,297
58.8
43,040
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
7.7
3,741
136.1
211
2,136
57.1
28,711
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
18Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
6,120
229.1
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
19Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.7
2,958
173.3
131
1,685
57.0
22,700
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
20Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.7
9,380
270.5
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
21Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
3,243
229.6
108
1,981
61.1
24,792
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
22Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.6
10,551
280.0
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
23Trent Green
T. Green
7.6
3,740
237.3
120
2,266
60.6
28,475
162
114
86.0
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
24Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
7.6
3,348
164.3
155
2,148
64.2
25,467
136
91
89.5
4.1
2.7
180
1,245
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.6
8,443
257.4
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts, passing yards per game, and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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