highest passing yards per attempt 1985

Dan Fouts averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 1985, with 8.5 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1985
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
8.5
1985
14
254
430
59.1
3,638
259.9
27
20
88.1
6.3
4.7
18
135
2Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
8.0
1985
15
251
431
58.2
3,443
229.5
27
12
93.2
6.3
2.8
32
289
3Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
8.0
1985
16
297
488
60.9
3,888
243.0
25
8
96.2
5.1
1.6
62
399
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
7.7
1985
16
275
495
55.6
3,829
239.3
22
20
78.6
4.4
4.0
52
396
5Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
7.6
1985
13
178
313
56.9
2,392
184.0
15
11
82.6
4.8
3.5
26
125
6Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
7.5
1985
16
181
338
53.6
2,536
158.5
17
9
83.6
5.0
2.7
28
223
7Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.4
1985
15
303
494
61.3
3,653
243.5
27
13
91.3
5.5
2.6
35
246
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.3
1985
16
336
567
59.3
4,137
258.6
30
21
84.1
5.3
3.7
18
157
9Dieter Brock
D. Brock
7.3
1985
15
218
365
59.7
2,658
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
10Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
7.3
1985
16
223
406
54.9
2,952
184.5
17
18
73.6
4.2
4.4
49
343
11Tony Eason
T. Eason
7.2
1985
16
168
299
56.2
2,156
134.8
11
17
67.5
3.7
5.7
28
229
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.2
1985
14
200
377
53.1
2,709
193.5
15
19
68.5
4.0
5.0
46
366
13Bruce Mathison
B. Mathison
7.2
1985
10
113
228
49.6
1,635
163.5
4
14
53.5
1.8
6.1
22
203
14Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
7.1
1985
16
255
484
52.7
3,450
215.6
17
20
70.2
3.5
4.1
34
289
15Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
7.0
1985
12
172
314
54.8
2,206
183.8
15
17
70.4
4.8
5.4
30
226
16Danny White
D. White
7.0
1985
14
267
450
59.3
3,157
225.5
21
17
80.6
4.7
3.8
30
257
17Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
7.0
1985
15
277
506
54.7
3,522
234.8
19
26
67.8
3.8
5.1
39
255
18Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
6.8
1985
16
265
471
56.3
3,214
200.9
18
12
79.5
3.8
2.5
61
442
19Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
6.8
1985
16
285
532
53.6
3,602
225.1
27
20
76.2
5.1
3.8
52
448
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
6.7
1985
11
197
370
53.2
2,488
226.2
19
18
71.3
5.1
4.9
19
143
21Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
6.7
1985
16
193
388
49.7
2,608
163.0
16
21
62.7
4.1
5.4
27
202
22John Elway
J. Elway
6.4
1985
16
327
605
54.0
3,891
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
23David Archer
D. Archer
6.4
1985
16
161
312
51.6
1,992
124.5
7
17
56.5
2.2
5.4
43
312
24Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
6.4
1985
12
124
248
50.0
1,578
131.5
8
7
69.3
3.2
2.8
19
121
25Dave Wilson
D. Wilson
6.3
1985
10
145
293
49.5
1,843
184.3
11
15
60.7
3.8
5.1
39
291
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