highest passing yards per attempt 1991

Steve Young had the most passing yards per attempt in 1991, with 9.0 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1991
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
9.0
1991
11
180
279
64.5
2,517
228.8
17
8
101.8
6.1
2.9
13
79
2Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
8.5
1991
16
249
421
59.1
3,564
222.8
28
11
97.9
6.7
2.6
7
59
3Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
8.1
1991
15
304
474
64.1
3,844
256.3
33
17
97.6
7.0
3.6
31
227
4Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
7.6
1991
12
237
363
65.3
2,754
229.5
11
10
86.7
3.0
2.8
32
224
5Hugh Millen
H. Millen
7.5
1991
13
246
409
60.1
3,073
236.4
9
18
72.5
2.2
4.4
54
379
6Chris Miller
C. Miller
7.5
1991
15
220
413
53.3
3,103
206.9
26
18
80.6
6.3
4.4
23
145
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
7.3
1991
10
187
285
65.6
2,080
208.0
11
12
82.5
3.9
4.2
32
216
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.2
1991
16
318
549
57.9
3,970
248.1
25
13
85.8
4.6
2.4
27
182
9John Elway
J. Elway
7.2
1991
16
242
451
53.7
3,253
203.3
13
12
75.4
2.9
2.7
45
305
10Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
7.2
1991
12
187
311
60.1
2,239
186.6
12
11
80.3
3.9
3.5
21
128
11Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
7.2
1991
15
189
357
52.9
2,562
170.8
15
16
71.4
4.2
4.5
31
238
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.2
1991
16
404
655
61.7
4,690
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
13Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
7.1
1991
12
179
285
62.8
2,032
169.3
5
4
84.1
1.8
1.4
20
100
14Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
7.1
1991
16
307
494
62.1
3,487
217.9
18
9
87.8
3.6
1.8
41
232
15Jim Everett
J. Everett
7.0
1991
16
277
490
56.5
3,438
214.9
11
20
68.9
2.2
4.1
30
200
16Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
7.0
1991
14
233
413
56.4
2,883
205.9
13
16
72.5
3.1
3.9
25
190
17Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
6.9
1991
12
156
286
54.5
1,963
163.6
11
7
78.8
3.8
2.4
30
214
18Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
6.8
1991
16
256
434
59.0
2,965
185.3
17
14
79.3
3.9
3.2
19
161
19Steve Bono
S. Bono
6.8
1991
9
141
237
59.5
1,617
179.7
11
4
88.5
4.6
1.7
11
91
20Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
6.8
1991
9
149
248
60.1
1,676
186.2
9
8
79.0
3.6
3.2
16
134
21Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
6.7
1991
16
287
489
58.7
3,300
206.3
10
11
76.6
2.0
2.2
33
273
22Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
6.5
1991
16
275
478
57.5
3,121
195.1
15
16
73.7
3.1
3.3
24
163
23Tom Tupa
T. Tupa
6.5
1991
11
165
315
52.4
2,053
186.6
6
13
62.0
1.9
4.1
24
197
24Steve Walsh
S. Walsh
6.4
1991
8
141
255
55.3
1,638
204.8
11
6
79.5
4.3
2.4
3
26
25Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
6.3
1991
12
128
238
53.8
1,490
124.2
11
9
72.6
4.6
3.8
13
105
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.706
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11
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12
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13
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8
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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