highest yards per completion in a single season with at least 500 attempts

Jay Schroeder has the most passing yards per completion in a season when throwing 500+ pass attempts, with 14.89 in 1986.

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NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPSEASONTMGPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
14.89
541
4,109
276
1986
16
51.0
7.6
256.8
22
22
72.9
4.1
4.1
28
240
2Jim Everett
J. Everett
14.18
518
4,310
304
1989
16
58.7
8.3
269.4
29
17
90.6
5.6
3.3
29
214
3Phil Simms
P. Simms
14.14
533
4,044
286
1984
16
53.7
7.6
252.8
22
18
78.1
4.1
3.4
55
434
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
14.04
564
5,084
362
1984
16
64.2
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
13.74
589
4,933
359
2011
16
61.0
8.4
308.3
29
16
92.9
4.9
2.7
28
199
6Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
13.66
537
4,671
342
2015
16
63.7
8.7
291.9
35
11
104.6
6.5
2.0
25
151
7Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
13.55
589
4,715
348
1980
16
59.1
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
13.54
502
4,643
343
2011
15
68.3
9.2
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
9Jeff George
J. George
13.51
521
3,917
290
1997
16
55.7
7.5
244.8
29
9
91.2
5.6
1.7
58
430
10Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
13.5
521
4,089
303
2004
16
58.2
7.8
255.6
27
20
84.5
5.2
3.8
15
90
11Jameis Winston
J. Winston
13.44
626
5,109
380
2019
16
60.7
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
12Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
13.37
560
4,614
345
1984
16
61.6
8.2
288.4
28
16
92.5
5.0
2.9
49
377
13Doug Williams
D. Williams
13.37
521
3,396
254
1980
16
48.8
6.5
212.3
20
16
69.9
3.8
3.1
23
194
14Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
13.34
609
4,802
360
1981
16
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
13.31
580
5,097
383
2018
16
66.0
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
16Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
13.28
558
4,065
306
2012
16
54.8
7.3
254.1
27
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
17Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
13.26
535
3,793
286
1979
16
53.5
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
18Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
13.25
534
4,944
373
2016
16
69.9
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
19Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
13.19
541
4,710
357
2010
16
66.0
8.7
294.4
30
13
101.8
5.5
2.4
38
227
20Cam Newton
C. Newton
13.07
517
4,051
310
2011
16
60.0
7.8
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
21Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
13.07
539
3,985
305
1999
16
56.6
7.4
249.1
19
21
75.6
3.5
3.9
55
342
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
13.05
611
5,235
401
2011
16
65.6
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
23Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
13.01
508
3,747
288
1967
14
56.7
7.4
267.6
31
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
24Cam Newton
C. Newton
13
510
3,509
270
2016
15
52.9
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
25Jim Everett
J. Everett
12.99
554
3,989
307
1990
16
55.4
7.2
249.3
23
17
79.3
4.2
3.1
30
198
StatMuse has season-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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