highest yards per pass attempt in a season minimum 500 passes

Matt Ryan has the most passing yards per attempt with 500+ passing attempts in a season, with 9.3 yards in 2016.

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highest yards by a player per pass attempt in a season minimum 500 passes

	NAME	AVG	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	9.3	534	2016	ATL	16	373	69.9	4,944	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	9.2	502	2011	GB	15	343	68.3	4,643	309.5	45	6	122.5	9.0	1.2	36	219
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	9.0	564	1984	MIA	16	362	64.2	5,084	317.8	48	17	108.9	8.5	3.0	13	120
4	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	8.9	520	2021	CIN	16	366	70.4	4,611	288.2	34	14	108.3	6.5	2.7	51	370
5	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	8.9	544	2020	HOU	16	382	70.2	4,823	301.4	33	7	112.4	6.1	1.3	49	293
6	Kurt Warner K. Warner	8.8	546	2001	STL	16	375	68.7	4,830	301.9	36	22	101.4	6.6	4.0	38	233
7	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	8.8	580	2018	KC	16	383	66.0	5,097	318.6	50	12	113.8	8.6	2.1	26	171
8	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	8.7	541	2010	SD	16	357	66.0	4,710	294.4	30	13	101.8	5.5	2.4	38	227
9	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	8.7	537	2015	ARI	16	342	63.7	4,671	291.9	35	11	104.6	6.5	2.0	25	151
10	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	8.6	548	2004	MIN	16	379	69.2	4,717	294.8	39	11	110.9	7.1	2.0	46	238
11	Jared Goff J. Goff	8.6	539	2024	DET	17	390	72.4	4,629	272.3	37	12	111.8	6.9	2.2	31	234
12	Tom Brady T. Brady	8.6	611	2011	NE	16	401	65.6	5,235	327.2	39	12	105.6	6.4	2.0	32	173
13	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	8.6	506	2009	PIT	15	337	66.6	4,328	288.5	26	12	100.5	5.1	2.4	50	348
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.5	514	2009	NO	15	363	70.6	4,388	292.5	34	11	109.6	6.6	2.1	20	135
15	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	8.5	508	2018	LAC	16	347	68.3	4,308	269.3	32	12	105.5	6.3	2.4	32	204
16	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	8.4	520	2014	GB	16	341	65.6	4,381	273.8	38	5	112.2	7.3	1.0	28	174
17	Eli Manning E. Manning	8.4	589	2011	NYG	16	359	61.0	4,933	308.3	29	16	92.9	4.9	2.7	28	199
18	Jared Goff J. Goff	8.4	561	2018	LAR	16	364	64.9	4,688	293.0	32	12	101.1	5.7	2.1	33	223
19	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.3	657	2011	NO	16	468	71.2	5,476	342.3	46	14	110.6	7.0	2.1	24	158
20	Jim Everett J. Everett	8.3	518	1989	RAM	16	304	58.7	4,310	269.4	29	17	90.6	5.6	3.3	29	214
21	Tom Brady T. Brady	8.3	578	2007	NE	16	398	68.9	4,806	300.4	50	8	117.2	8.7	1.4	21	128
22	Peyton Manning P. Manning	8.3	659	2013	DEN	16	450	68.3	5,477	342.3	55	10	115.1	8.3	1.5	18	120
23	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	8.3	516	2020	MIN	16	349	67.6	4,265	266.6	35	13	105.0	6.8	2.5	39	256
24	Trent Green T. Green	8.3	556	2004	KC	16	369	66.4	4,591	286.9	27	17	95.2	4.9	3.1	32	227
25	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	8.3	560	2023	MIA	17	388	69.3	4,624	272.0	29	14	101.1	5.2	2.5	29	171

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