highest yard per pass completion in a season minimum 200 completions

John Hadl has the most passing yards per completion with 200+ completions in a season, with 16.7 in 1968.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yard per pass completion by a player in a season minimum 200 completions
NAMEYDS/CMPCMPYDSSEASONTMGPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
16.7
208
3,473
1968
14
440
47.3
7.9
248.1
27
32
64.5
6.1
7.3
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
16.12
200
3,224
1962
14
375
53.3
8.6
230.3
33
20
89.5
8.8
5.3
3Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
16.02
223
3,572
1988
16
388
57.5
9.2
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15.95
206
3,286
1979
16
423
48.7
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
5Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
15.84
235
3,723
1961
14
416
56.5
8.9
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
6Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
15.75
206
3,245
1968
13
416
49.5
7.8
249.6
25
15
80.9
6.0
3.6
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
15.53
258
4,007
1967
14
491
52.5
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
8John Hadl
J. Hadl
15.51
217
3,365
1967
14
427
50.8
7.9
240.4
24
22
74.5
5.6
5.2
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
15.43
289
4,458
1983
16
484
59.7
9.2
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
15.32
218
3,339
1980
15
424
51.4
7.9
222.6
24
22
75.0
5.7
5.2
33
245
11Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
15.2
228
3,465
1964
14
473
48.2
7.3
247.5
31
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
12Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
15.14
204
3,088
1967
14
377
54.1
8.2
220.6
29
19
85.9
7.7
5.0
13Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
15.01
238
3,572
1979
16
458
52.0
7.8
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
14Bert Jones
B. Jones
15
207
3,104
1976
14
343
60.3
9.0
221.7
24
9
102.5
7.0
2.6
29
284
15Doug Williams
D. Williams
14.97
238
3,563
1981
16
471
50.5
7.6
222.7
19
14
76.8
4.0
3.0
18
135
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
14.94
221
3,302
1969
14
426
51.9
7.8
235.9
34
25
79.8
8.0
5.9
11
100
17Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
14.89
276
4,109
1986
16
541
51.0
7.6
256.8
22
22
72.9
4.1
4.1
28
240
18Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
14.87
200
2,974
1966
14
382
52.4
7.8
212.4
29
14
88.2
7.6
3.7
19Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
14.77
222
3,280
1963
14
423
52.5
7.8
234.3
28
21
79.5
6.6
5.0
20Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
14.69
237
3,481
1963
14
410
57.8
8.5
248.6
20
12
89.7
4.9
2.9
21Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
14.67
220
3,228
1967
14
425
51.8
7.6
230.6
30
20
80.8
7.1
4.7
22Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
14.59
222
3,240
1988
15
466
47.6
7.0
216.0
13
35
48.8
2.8
7.5
33
292
23Kurt Warner
K. Warner
14.59
235
3,429
2000
11
347
67.7
9.9
311.7
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
24Joe Namath
J. Namath
14.56
232
3,379
1966
14
471
49.3
7.2
241.4
19
27
62.6
4.0
5.7
25Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
14.5
273
3,959
1986
16
469
58.2
8.4
247.4
24
17
87.7
5.1
3.6
26
194
StatMuse has season-level data for completions and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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