highest pass yards per attempt ever in a season

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

Interpreted as:
highest pass yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player ever in a season
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10.9
1943
CHB CHB
10
110
202
54.5
2,194
219.4
28
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
2 Otto Graham
O. Graham
10.6
1953
CLE CLE
12
167
258
64.7
2,722
226.8
11
9
99.7
4.3
3.5
3 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
10.1
1954
LA LA
12
139
260
53.5
2,637
219.8
13
21
71.9
5.0
8.1
4 Ed Brown
E. Brown
9.9
1956
CHB CHB
12
96
168
57.1
1,667
138.9
11
12
83.1
6.5
7.1
5 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
9.9
2000
STL STL
11
235
347
67.7
3,429
311.7
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
6 Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
1998
ATL ATL
14
190
327
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
7 Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9.6
2023
SF SF
16
308
444
69.4
4,280
267.5
31
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
8 Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9.6
2018
TB TB
8
164
246
66.7
2,366
295.8
17
12
100.4
6.9
4.9
14
76
9 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
9.6
2019
TEN TEN
12
201
286
70.3
2,742
228.5
22
6
117.5
7.7
2.1
31
212
10 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9.4
1968
KC KC
14
131
224
58.5
2,109
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
11 Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
1969
CIN CIN
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
12 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
1945
CLE CLE
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
13 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
9.4
1976
OAK OAK
12
194
291
66.7
2,737
228.1
27
17
103.4
9.3
5.8
19
203
14 Otto Graham
O. Graham
9.3
1955
CLE CLE
12
98
185
53.0
1,721
143.4
15
8
94.0
8.1
4.3
15 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9.3
1964
BAL BAL
14
158
305
51.8
2,824
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
16 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
9.3
2016
ATL ATL
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
17 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9.2
2011
GB GB
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
18 Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9.2
1983
GB GB
16
289
484
59.7
4,458
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
19 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
9.2
1988
CIN CIN
16
223
388
57.5
3,572
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
20 George Blanda
G. Blanda
9.2
1961
HOU HOU
14
187
362
51.7
3,330
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
21 Milt Plum
M. Plum
9.2
1960
CLE CLE
12
151
250
60.4
2,297
191.4
21
5
110.4
8.4
2.0
22 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
9.2
1968
BAL BAL
14
182
317
57.4
2,909
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
23 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
9.2
1945
WAS WAS
8
128
182
70.3
1,669
208.6
11
4
109.9
6.0
2.2
24 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.2
2004
IND IND
16
336
497
67.6
4,557
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
25 John Brodie
J. Brodie
9.1
1961
SF SF
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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2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
.308
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Thu
12/26
SEA SEA
@
CHI CHI
8:15 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

6 - 7 - 0

38

Final

13

CHI Bears

4 - 9 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

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NFL 2024 Rankings

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM