highest yards per attempt by season minimum 400 attempts by a player passing

Peyton Manning has the most passing yards with 400+ passing attempts in a season, with 5,477 yards in 2013.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by season minimum 400 passing attempts by a player passing
NAMEYDSATTAVGSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
5,477
659
8.3
2013
DEN DEN
16
450
68.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,476
657
8.3
2011
NO NO
16
468
71.2
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,316
719
7.4
2021
TB TB
17
485
67.5
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
4Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,250
648
8.1
2022
KC KC
17
435
67.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,235
611
8.6
2011
NE NE
16
401
65.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,208
673
7.7
2016
NO NO
16
471
70.0
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,177
670
7.7
2012
NO NO
16
422
63.0
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,162
650
7.9
2013
NO NO
16
446
68.6
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,129
675
7.6
2018
PIT PIT
16
452
67.0
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
5,109
626
8.2
2019
TB TB
16
380
60.7
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
11Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5,097
580
8.8
2018
KC KC
16
383
66.0
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
12Dan Marino
D. Marino
5,084
564
9.0
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
64.2
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
13Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,069
635
8.0
2008
NO NO
16
413
65.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
14Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,038
663
7.6
2011
DET DET
16
421
63.5
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
15Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
5,014
672
7.5
2021
LAC LAC
17
443
65.9
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
16Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,967
727
6.8
2012
DET DET
16
435
59.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,952
659
7.5
2014
NO NO
16
456
69.2
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
18Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,952
608
8.1
2014
PIT PIT
16
408
67.1
309.5
32
9
103.3
5.3
1.5
33
172
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,944
534
9.3
2016
ATL ATL
16
373
69.9
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
20Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,933
589
8.4
2011
NYG NYG
16
359
61.0
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,924
608
8.1
2018
ATL ATL
16
422
69.4
307.8
35
7
108.1
5.8
1.2
42
296
22Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
4,918
652
7.5
2024
CIN CIN
17
460
70.6
289.3
43
9
108.5
6.6
1.4
48
278
23Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
4,917
606
8.1
2016
WAS WAS
16
406
67.0
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
24Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,903
648
7.6
2012
DAL DAL
16
425
65.6
306.4
28
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
25Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
4,902
596
8.2
2019
DAL DAL
16
388
65.1
306.4
30
11
99.7
5.0
1.8
23
151
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts, passing yards, and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
.750
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5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
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.571
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3
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3
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2
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3
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2
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.750
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4
1
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1
1
.786
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5
2
0
.714
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6
2
0
.750
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4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
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2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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34-32
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9/6
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HOU HOU
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