how many yards per game did the average quarterback throw for in 2020

Quarterbacks threw for 197.2 yards per game in 2020.

Interpreted as:
How many passing yards per game did the average quarterback throw per game for in 2020?
NAME POSITION YDS/G ATT/GP ATT GP SEASON CMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Matt Barkley
M. Barkley
Quarterback
39.4
4.2
21
5
2020
11
52.4
197
9.4
1
1
80.9
4.8
4.8
1
7
2 Tom Brady
T. Brady
Quarterback
289.6
38.13
610
16
2020
401
65.7
4,633
7.6
40
12
102.2
6.6
2.0
21
143
3 Tyler Bray
T. Bray
Quarterback
18.0
5
5
1
2020
1
20.0
18
3.6
0
0
42.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
4 Drew Brees
D. Brees
Quarterback
245.2
32.5
390
12
2020
275
70.5
2,942
7.5
24
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
5 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
Quarterback
266.6
32.25
516
16
2020
349
67.6
4,265
8.3
35
13
105.0
6.8
2.5
39
256
6 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
Quarterback
197.3
30.27
333
11
2020
216
64.9
2,170
6.5
14
8
87.3
4.2
2.4
24
184
7 Chase Daniel
C. Daniel
Quarterback
66.0
10.75
43
4
2020
29
67.4
264
6.1
1
2
72.2
2.3
4.7
3
29
8 Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
Quarterback
232.3
29.67
267
9
2020
183
68.5
2,091
7.8
13
8
95.6
4.9
3.0
14
65
9 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
Quarterback
172.8
26.8
134
5
2020
74
55.2
864
6.4
6
3
80.6
4.5
2.2
7
69
10 Nick Foles
N. Foles
Quarterback
205.8
34.67
312
9
2020
202
64.7
1,852
5.9
10
8
80.8
3.2
2.6
18
145
11 Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
Quarterback
35.8
4
16
4
2020
9
56.3
143
8.9
2
0
125.8
12.5
0.0
1
7
12 Mike Glennon
M. Glennon
Quarterback
214.4
35.8
179
5
2020
111
62.0
1,072
6.0
7
5
80.1
3.9
2.8
9
53
13 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
Quarterback
10.5
3.5
14
4
2020
8
57.1
42
3.0
0
2
22.6
0.0
14.3
3
20
14 Chad Henne
C. Henne
Quarterback
82.7
12.67
38
3
2020
28
73.7
248
6.5
2
0
108.2
5.3
0.0
2
4
15 Brian Hoyer
B. Hoyer
Quarterback
130.0
24
24
1
2020
15
62.5
130
5.4
0
1
59.4
0.0
4.2
2
18
16 Case Keenum
C. Keenum
Quarterback
23.0
5
10
2
2020
5
50.0
46
4.6
0
0
62.9
0.0
0.0
0
0
17 Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
Quarterback
93.8
16.5
66
4
2020
40
60.6
375
5.7
1
1
75.0
1.5
1.5
5
24
18 Cam Newton
C. Newton
Quarterback
177.1
24.53
368
15
2020
242
65.8
2,657
7.2
8
10
82.9
2.2
2.7
31
195
19 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
Quarterback
260.6
33.94
543
16
2020
369
68.0
4,169
7.7
24
11
97.0
4.4
2.0
19
118
20 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
Quarterback
268.7
32.88
526
16
2020
372
70.7
4,299
8.2
48
5
121.5
9.1
1.0
20
182
21 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
Quarterback
253.5
40.53
608
15
2020
399
65.6
3,803
6.3
33
10
94.1
5.4
1.6
13
118
22 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
Quarterback
286.3
39.13
626
16
2020
407
65.0
4,581
7.3
26
11
93.3
4.2
1.8
41
257
23 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
Quarterback
0.0
0
0
1
2020
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Alex Smith
A. Smith
Quarterback
197.8
31.5
252
8
2020
168
66.7
1,582
6.3
6
8
78.5
2.4
3.2
22
139
25 Geno Smith
G. Smith
Quarterback
33.0
5
5
1
2020
4
80.0
33
6.6
0
0
94.2
0.0
0.0
1
3
Total 197.2 27.26 17,966 659 11,728 65.3 129,940 7.2 863 392 93.5 4.8 2.2 1,129 7,513
Average 197.2 27.26 213.9 7.8 139.6 65.3 1546.9 7.2 10.3 4.7 93.5 4.8 2.2 13.4 89.4
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2
0
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2
0
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3
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2
0
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2
0
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