Brock Purdy has the most career passing yards per attempt when passing for 4,000+ yards, with 8.9 yards.
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highest passing yards by a player per attempt with a minimum of 4000 passing yards| NAME | AVG | YDS | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Purdy | 8.9 | 9,518 | 40 | 722 | 1,069 | 67.5 | 238.0 | 64 | 27 | 104.9 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 70 | 393 |
| 2 |  | O. Graham | 8.6 | 13,499 | 72 | 872 | 1,565 | 55.7 | 187.5 | 88 | 94 | 78.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | ||
| 3 | | S. Luckman | 8.4 | 14,686 | 128 | 904 | 1,744 | 51.8 | 114.7 | 137 | 132 | 75.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 4 |  | J. Garoppolo | 8.2 | 15,828 | 82 | 1,304 | 1,936 | 67.4 | 193.0 | 96 | 52 | 97.6 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 140 | 936 |
| 5 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 8.2 | 23,611 | 140 | 1,553 | 2,895 | 53.6 | 168.7 | 173 | 178 | 75.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 6 | | N. Mullens | 8.0 | 6,429 | 33 | 530 | 805 | 65.8 | 194.8 | 34 | 31 | 88.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 48 | 371 |
| 7 |  | S. Young | 8.0 | 33,124 | 169 | 2,667 | 4,149 | 64.3 | 196.0 | 232 | 107 | 96.8 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 358 | 2,055 |
| 8 |  | K. Warner | 7.9 | 32,344 | 124 | 2,666 | 4,070 | 65.5 | 260.8 | 208 | 128 | 93.7 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 260 | 1,669 |
| 9 |  | T. Romo | 7.9 | 34,183 | 156 | 2,829 | 4,335 | 65.3 | 219.1 | 248 | 117 | 97.1 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 248 | 1,672 |
| 10 | | E. Brown | 7.9 | 15,600 | 154 | 949 | 1,987 | 47.8 | 101.3 | 102 | 138 | 62.8 | 5.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 11 | | B. Starr | 7.8 | 24,718 | 196 | 1,808 | 3,149 | 57.4 | 126.1 | 152 | 138 | 80.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 59 | 533 |
| 12 | | B. Berry | 7.8 | 9,197 | 78 | 661 | 1,173 | 56.4 | 117.9 | 64 | 64 | 77.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 131 | 927 |
| 13 |  | P. Rivers | 7.8 | 63,440 | 244 | 5,277 | 8,134 | 64.9 | 260.0 | 421 | 209 | 95.2 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 465 | 2,842 |
| 14 | | J. Lujack | 7.8 | 6,295 | 45 | 404 | 808 | 50.0 | 139.9 | 41 | 54 | 65.3 | 5.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 15 |  | D. Watson | 7.8 | 17,904 | 73 | 1,527 | 2,305 | 66.2 | 245.3 | 123 | 48 | 98.8 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 244 | 1,432 |
| 16 |  | J. Unitas | 7.8 | 40,239 | 211 | 2,830 | 5,186 | 54.6 | 190.7 | 290 | 253 | 78.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 74 | 590 |
| 17 |  | L. Jackson | 7.8 | 20,059 | 103 | 1,678 | 2,586 | 64.9 | 194.7 | 166 | 49 | 102.0 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 192 | 1,008 |
| 18 |  | P. Mahomes | 7.8 | 32,352 | 112 | 2,778 | 4,171 | 66.6 | 288.9 | 245 | 74 | 102.1 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 184 | 1,219 |
| 19 | | E. Morrall | 7.7 | 20,809 | 255 | 1,379 | 2,689 | 51.3 | 81.6 | 161 | 148 | 74.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 58 | 487 |
| 20 |  | R. Wilson | 7.7 | 46,135 | 199 | 3,882 | 6,001 | 64.7 | 231.8 | 350 | 111 | 99.8 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 560 | 3,683 |
| 21 |  | D. Fouts | 7.7 | 43,040 | 181 | 3,297 | 5,604 | 58.8 | 237.8 | 254 | 242 | 80.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 319 | 2,304 |
| 22 | | L. Dawson | 7.7 | 28,711 | 211 | 2,136 | 3,741 | 57.1 | 136.1 | 239 | 183 | 82.6 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 167 | 1,423 |
| 23 | | R. Staubach | 7.7 | 22,700 | 131 | 1,685 | 2,958 | 57.0 | 173.3 | 153 | 109 | 83.4 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 313 | 2,154 |
| 24 |  | P. Manning | 7.7 | 71,940 | 266 | 6,125 | 9,380 | 65.3 | 270.5 | 539 | 251 | 96.5 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 303 | 1,953 |
| 25 |  | A. Rodgers | 7.6 | 62,952 | 248 | 5,369 | 8,245 | 65.1 | 253.8 | 503 | 116 | 102.6 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 571 | 3,908 |
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