highest yards per attempt by qbs since 2001 minimum 300 attempts

Since 2001, Brock Purdy has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 300+ pass attempts, with 8.6 yards.

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highest passing yards per attempt by qbs since 2001 minimum 300 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
8.6
1,353
49
919
67.9
11,685
238.5
84
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
2Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.2
1,936
85
1,304
67.4
15,828
186.2
96
52
97.6
5.0
2.7
140
936
3Drake Maye
D. Maye
8.0
830
30
579
69.8
6,670
222.3
46
18
103.1
5.5
2.2
81
430
4Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
8.0
808
38
533
66.0
6,448
169.7
34
31
88.3
4.2
3.8
48
371
5Tony 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
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
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.7
7,701
218
5,111
66.4
59,653
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
10Patrick 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
11Trent Green
T. Green
7.7
2,990
96
1,843
61.6
22,971
239.3
123
98
85.5
4.1
3.3
186
1,138
12Russell 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
13Jameis 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
14Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.6
3,213
96
2,102
65.4
24,523
255.4
146
97
91.0
4.5
3.0
211
1,353
15Drew 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
16Matt 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
17Ben 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
18Jared 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
19Aaron 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
20Kirk 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
21Dak 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
22Jordan Love
J. Love
7.6
1,526
57
981
64.3
11,535
202.4
83
31
96.8
5.4
2.0
68
529
23Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
7.5
2,421
78
1,647
68.0
18,166
232.9
120
59
96.4
5.0
2.4
141
971
24Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.5
2,389
104
1,500
62.8
17,879
171.9
107
62
89.7
4.5
2.6
205
1,334
25C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
7.5
1,454
46
928
63.8
10,876
236.4
62
25
93.5
4.3
1.7
113
928
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Bills Bills - w
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5
0
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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9
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11
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.353
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12
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8
9
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14
3
0
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11
6
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.647
6
11
0
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3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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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