highest passing yards per attempt 2018 to 2021 minimum 1600 attempts

Between the 2018 and 2021 seasons, Patrick Mahomes averaged the most passing yards per attempt when throwing 1,600+ pass attempts, with 8.1 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by a player 2018 to 2021 minimum 1600 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
8.1
2,310
62
1,528
66.1
18,707
301.7
151
36
106.2
6.5
1.6
93
591
2Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8.0
1,642
48
1,106
67.4
13,092
272.8
79
43
96.6
4.8
2.6
85
544
3Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.8
1,901
62
1,264
66.5
14,883
240.0
131
31
106.3
6.9
1.6
179
1,241
4Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.8
1,940
53
1,305
67.3
15,092
284.8
98
33
100.3
5.1
1.7
119
708
5Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.7
1,975
57
1,297
65.7
15,246
267.5
107
43
98.0
5.4
2.2
126
889
6Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.7
2,127
63
1,453
68.3
16,387
260.1
124
36
103.5
5.8
1.7
135
921
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.7
2,209
65
1,518
68.7
17,010
261.7
90
41
97.3
4.1
1.9
146
874
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.6
2,223
64
1,463
65.8
16,858
263.4
136
15
106.1
6.1
0.7
135
1,007
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.4
2,410
64
1,612
66.9
17,939
280.3
107
44
96.0
4.4
1.8
171
1,143
10Jared Goff
J. Goff
7.4
2,233
61
1,460
65.4
16,523
270.9
93
49
92.1
4.2
2.2
113
834
11Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.3
1,924
60
1,185
61.6
14,125
235.4
92
56
87.8
4.8
2.9
134
889
12Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.3
2,512
65
1,634
65.0
18,361
282.5
136
43
97.7
5.4
1.7
91
619
13Josh Allen
J. Allen
7.1
1,999
61
1,245
62.3
14,114
231.4
103
46
91.0
5.2
2.3
118
773
14Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
6.8
1,961
56
1,240
63.2
13,296
237.4
91
36
90.8
4.6
1.8
150
985
15Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6.7
1,950
49
1,276
65.4
13,023
265.8
89
37
91.7
4.6
1.9
77
523
16Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
6.5
1,625
50
972
59.8
10,624
212.5
54
52
76.9
3.3
3.2
133
854
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
Chiefs Chiefs
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176