highest passing yards per attempt with 2000 career passing attempts

Norm Van Brocklin has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt when throwing 2,000+ pass attempts, with 8.2 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by a player with 2000 or more career passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
8.2
2,895
140
1,553
53.6
23,611
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
2Steve Young
S. Young
8.0
4,149
169
2,667
64.3
33,124
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
3Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.9
4,070
124
2,666
65.5
32,344
260.8
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
4Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.9
4,335
156
2,829
65.3
34,183
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
5Bart Starr
B. Starr
7.8
3,149
196
1,808
57.4
24,718
126.1
152
138
80.5
4.8
4.4
59
533
6Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.8
2,888
116
1,870
64.8
22,608
194.9
187
56
102.2
6.5
1.9
228
1,247
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
8,226
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
8Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
7.8
2,305
73
1,527
66.2
17,904
245.3
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.8
5,186
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
10Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7.7
2,689
255
1,379
51.3
20,809
81.6
161
148
74.1
6.0
5.5
58
487
11Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.7
4,673
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.7
5,604
181
3,297
58.8
43,040
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
13Len Dawson
L. Dawson
7.7
3,741
211
2,136
57.1
28,711
136.1
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
14Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
6,120
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
15Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.7
2,958
131
1,685
57.0
22,700
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
16Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.7
9,380
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
17Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
3,243
108
1,981
61.1
24,792
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.6
10,551
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
19Trent Green
T. Green
7.6
3,740
120
2,266
60.6
28,475
237.3
162
114
86.0
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
20Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
7.6
3,348
155
2,148
64.2
25,467
164.3
136
91
89.5
4.1
2.7
180
1,245
21Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.6
8,443
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
7.6
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
23Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.6
8,743
264
5,696
65.1
66,274
251.0
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
24Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.6
5,899
174
3,934
66.7
44,700
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
25Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.6
4,759
139
3,184
66.9
35,989
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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12
5
0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
0
.471
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11
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.353
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13
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8
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14
3
0
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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
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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