highest pass yards per attempt since 1970

Since 1970, Brock Purdy has averaged the most passing yards per attempt, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:

highest pass yards per attempt with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player since 1970

	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	8.6	49	919	1,353	67.9	11,685	238.5	84	37	104.0	6.2	2.7	81	446
2	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	85	1,304	1,936	67.4	15,828	186.2	96	52	97.6	5.0	2.7	140	936
3	Drake Maye D. Maye	8.0	30	579	830	69.8	6,670	222.3	46	18	103.1	5.5	2.2	81	430
4	Steve Young S. Young	8.0	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
5	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.9	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
6	Tony Romo T. Romo	7.9	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
7	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.8	116	1,870	2,888	64.8	22,608	194.9	187	56	102.2	6.5	1.9	228	1,247
8	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	247	5,335	8,226	64.9	63,984	259.0	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
9	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	7.8	73	1,527	2,305	66.2	17,904	245.3	123	48	98.8	5.3	2.1	244	1,432
10	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.7	126	3,093	4,673	66.2	35,939	285.2	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
11	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	7.7	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
12	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	205	3,951	6,120	64.6	46,966	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
13	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.7	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
14	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7.7	125	1,662	2,911	57.1	22,279	178.2	152	107	83.6	5.2	3.7	301	2,048
15	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	108	1,981	3,243	61.1	24,792	229.6	156	113	86.4	4.8	3.5	222	1,383
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.6	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	80,358	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
17	Trent Green T. Green	7.6	120	2,266	3,740	60.6	28,475	237.3	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
18	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	7.6	155	2,148	3,348	64.2	25,467	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
19	Bob Griese B. Griese	7.6	127	1,453	2,491	58.3	18,919	149.0	146	122	81.5	5.9	4.9	234	2,029
20	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	7.6	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	64,088	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
21	Jared Goff J. Goff	7.6	151	3,440	5,224	65.8	39,622	262.4	256	102	96.8	4.9	2.0	286	2,074
22	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.6	264	5,696	8,743	65.1	66,274	251.0	527	123	102.2	6.0	1.4	600	4,088
23	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	7.6	174	3,934	5,899	66.7	44,700	256.9	298	131	96.8	5.1	2.2	345	2,487
24	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	7.6	139	3,184	4,759	66.9	35,989	258.9	243	92	98.3	5.1	1.9	287	1,737
25	Jordan Love J. Love	7.6	57	981	1,526	64.3	11,535	202.4	83	31	96.8	5.4	2.0	68	529

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