highest passing yards per attempt 1982

Dan Fouts had the most passing yards per attempt in 1982, with 8.7 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1982
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
8.7
1982
9
204
330
61.8
2,883
320.3
17
11
93.3
5.2
3.3
12
94
2Danny White
D. White
8.4
1982
9
156
247
63.2
2,079
231.0
16
12
91.1
6.5
4.9
25
264
3Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
8.2
1982
9
124
218
56.9
1,790
198.9
12
14
75.3
5.5
6.4
25
196
4Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
8.1
1982
9
218
309
70.6
2,495
277.2
12
9
95.3
3.9
2.9
26
154
5Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
8.1
1982
9
161
252
63.9
2,033
225.9
13
9
91.3
5.2
3.6
30
223
6Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
7.8
1982
9
152
261
58.2
2,035
226.1
14
15
77.0
5.4
5.7
23
211
7Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
7.7
1982
7
118
209
56.5
1,609
229.9
9
9
77.6
4.3
4.3
7
65
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.6
1982
9
213
346
61.6
2,613
290.3
17
11
88.0
4.9
3.2
20
166
9Richard Todd
R. Todd
7.5
1982
9
153
261
58.6
1,961
217.9
14
8
87.3
5.4
3.1
23
206
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7.4
1982
9
127
240
52.9
1,768
196.4
17
11
81.4
7.1
4.6
18
131
11Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
7.3
1982
9
166
262
63.4
1,905
211.7
8
11
77.9
3.1
4.2
20
177
12Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
7.3
1982
9
167
286
58.4
2,076
230.7
12
12
77.5
4.2
4.2
31
244
13Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
7.1
1982
8
120
210
57.1
1,501
187.6
9
7
79.9
4.3
3.3
27
196
14Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
7.1
1982
8
117
189
61.9
1,343
167.9
6
10
71.8
3.2
5.3
13
106
15Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
7.1
1982
7
95
169
56.2
1,192
170.3
7
6
77.3
4.1
3.6
23
166
16Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
6.8
1982
8
100
197
50.8
1,343
167.9
10
14
60.1
5.1
7.1
19
145
17Scott Brunner
S. Brunner
6.8
1982
9
161
298
54.0
2,017
224.1
10
9
73.9
3.4
3.0
17
130
18Doug Williams
D. Williams
6.7
1982
9
164
307
53.4
2,071
230.1
9
11
69.6
2.9
3.6
11
128
19Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
6.7
1982
9
109
205
53.2
1,367
151.9
5
6
70.1
2.4
2.9
31
234
20Archie Manning
A. Manning
6.7
1982
TOT
7
67
132
50.8
880
125.7
6
8
62.1
4.5
6.1
29
234
21Paul McDonald
P. McDonald
6.7
1982
9
73
149
49.0
993
110.3
5
8
59.5
3.4
5.4
13
95
22Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
6.6
1982
9
176
308
57.1
2,037
226.3
15
12
77.3
4.9
3.9
21
130
23Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
6.3
1982
9
131
223
58.7
1,405
156.1
7
11
67.2
3.1
4.9
16
130
24Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
6.3
1982
9
126
245
51.4
1,540
171.1
7
11
61.9
2.9
4.5
20
152
25Gifford Nielsen
G. Nielsen
6.2
1982
9
87
161
54.0
1,005
111.7
6
8
64.8
3.7
5.0
12
92
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