highest passing yards per attempt 1998

Chris Chandler averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 1998, with 9.6 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1998
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
1998
14
190
327
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
8.7
1998
15
259
425
60.9
3,704
246.9
34
10
106.0
8.0
2.4
20
132
3Steve Young
S. Young
8.1
1998
15
322
517
62.3
4,170
278.0
36
12
101.1
7.0
2.3
48
234
4John Elway
J. Elway
7.9
1998
13
210
356
59.0
2,806
215.8
22
10
93.0
6.2
2.8
18
135
5Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
7.7
1998
14
259
421
61.5
3,256
232.6
29
7
101.6
6.9
1.7
19
140
6Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
7.7
1998
13
202
354
57.1
2,711
208.5
20
11
87.4
5.6
3.1
12
78
7Brett Favre
B. Favre
7.6
1998
16
347
551
63.0
4,212
263.3
31
23
87.8
5.6
4.2
38
223
8Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
7.6
1998
12
216
343
63.0
2,613
217.8
17
12
88.2
5.0
3.5
44
251
9Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
7.6
1998
14
263
481
54.7
3,633
259.5
20
14
80.9
4.2
2.9
36
295
10Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
7.4
1998
11
187
315
59.4
2,330
211.8
12
5
88.5
3.8
1.6
9
58
11Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
7.3
1998
13
208
354
58.8
2,601
200.1
20
9
89.9
5.6
2.5
28
172
12Erik Kramer
E. Kramer
7.3
1998
8
151
250
60.4
1,823
227.9
9
7
83.1
3.6
2.8
10
71
13Charlie Batch
C. Batch
7.2
1998
12
173
303
57.1
2,178
181.5
11
6
83.5
3.6
2.0
37
222
14Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
6.8
1998
16
324
547
59.2
3,737
233.6
17
20
75.0
3.1
3.7
49
280
15Trent Green
T. Green
6.8
1998
15
278
509
54.6
3,441
229.4
23
11
81.8
4.5
2.2
49
338
16Donald Hollas
D. Hollas
6.7
1998
12
135
260
51.9
1,754
146.2
10
16
60.6
3.8
6.2
36
207
17Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.6
1998
16
289
492
58.7
3,228
201.8
15
10
80.1
3.0
2.0
33
176
18Dan Marino
D. Marino
6.5
1998
16
310
537
57.7
3,497
218.6
23
15
80.0
4.3
2.8
23
178
19Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
6.5
1998
12
206
354
58.2
2,305
192.1
10
6
80.1
2.8
1.7
25
155
20Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6.5
1998
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
233.7
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
21Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
6.5
1998
13
212
343
61.8
2,216
170.5
15
4
90.2
4.4
1.2
30
217
22Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
6.4
1998
16
225
429
52.4
2,729
170.6
21
15
74.0
4.9
3.5
27
172
23Warren Moon
W. Moon
6.3
1998
10
145
258
56.2
1,632
163.2
11
8
76.6
4.3
3.1
22
140
24Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
6.3
1998
14
164
293
56.0
1,839
131.4
12
11
72.9
4.1
3.8
23
145
25Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6.3
1998
TOT
11
170
353
48.2
2,213
201.2
12
15
62.0
3.4
4.2
31
191
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8
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