highest passing yards per attempt qbs with 15 games 2021

Joe Burrow had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when playing 15+ games in 2021, with 8.9 yards.

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  • Data note: Yards Per Attempt: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEAVGGPSEASONTMCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
8.9
16
2021
366
520
70.4
4,611
288.2
34
14
108.3
6.5
2.7
51
370
2Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.6
15
2021
301
441
68.3
3,810
254.0
20
12
98.7
4.5
2.7
29
201
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8.1
17
2021
404
601
67.2
4,886
287.4
41
17
102.9
6.8
2.8
30
243
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.7
16
2021
366
531
68.9
4,115
257.2
37
4
111.9
7.0
0.8
30
188
5Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.7
17
2021
428
626
68.4
4,804
282.6
23
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
6Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.5
16
2021
372
561
66.3
4,221
263.8
33
7
103.1
5.9
1.2
28
197
7Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.5
16
2021
410
596
68.8
4,449
278.1
37
10
104.2
6.2
1.7
30
144
8Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
7.5
17
2021
443
672
65.9
5,014
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
9Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.4
17
2021
485
719
67.5
5,316
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
10Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.4
17
2021
436
658
66.3
4,839
284.6
37
13
98.5
5.6
2.0
28
146
11Mac Jones
M. Jones
7.3
17
2021
352
521
67.6
3,801
223.6
22
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
12Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
7.3
15
2021
265
432
61.3
3,144
209.6
16
9
87.2
3.7
2.1
26
150
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.1
17
2021
375
560
67.0
3,968
233.4
20
12
90.4
3.6
2.1
40
274
14Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.0
17
2021
357
531
67.2
3,734
219.6
21
14
89.6
4.0
2.6
47
327
15Taylor Heinicke
T. Heinicke
6.9
16
2021
321
494
65.0
3,419
213.7
20
15
85.9
4.0
3.0
38
278
16Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
6.9
17
2021
322
516
62.4
3,563
209.6
27
7
94.6
5.2
1.4
32
227
17Josh Allen
J. Allen
6.8
17
2021
409
646
63.3
4,407
259.2
36
15
92.2
5.6
2.3
26
164
18Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6.2
16
2021
390
605
64.5
3,740
233.8
22
10
86.8
3.6
1.7
38
232
19Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
6.0
17
2021
359
602
59.6
3,641
214.2
12
17
71.9
2.0
2.8
32
238

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5
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.688
4
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.444
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.313
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.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
6
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.857
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2
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.778
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2
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.750
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3
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.375
3
6
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.333
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.333
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7
1
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.875
5
4
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.556
5
4
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.556
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6
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.333
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6
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.857
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4
0
.556
2
7
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.222
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7
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6
2
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.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
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.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
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8
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