least air yards per pass attempt 2016

Brock Osweiler had the fewest passing yards per attempt in 2016, with 5.8 yards.

Interpreted as:
least air yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player per pass attempt 2016
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
5.8
2016
15
301
510
59.0
2,957
197.1
15
16
72.2
2.9
3.1
27
206
2Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
6.2
2016
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
3Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
6.2
2016
16
368
625
58.9
3,905
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
4Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
6.4
2016
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
5Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
6.7
2016
14
228
403
56.6
2,710
193.6
12
17
69.6
3.0
4.2
19
81
6Eli Manning
E. Manning
6.7
2016
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
251.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
7Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
6.8
2016
12
196
331
59.2
2,241
186.8
16
4
90.7
4.8
1.2
36
207
8Case Keenum
C. Keenum
6.8
2016
10
196
322
60.9
2,201
220.1
9
11
76.4
2.8
3.4
23
140
9Cam Newton
C. Newton
6.9
2016
15
270
510
52.9
3,509
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
10Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
6.9
2016
15
269
436
61.7
3,023
201.5
17
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
11Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
7.0
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
12Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
7.0
2016
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
13Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.0
2016
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.1
2016
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
7.2
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
233.5
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
16Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.2
2016
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
17Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.3
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
18Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.3
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
19Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
7.5
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.5
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
272.8
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
21Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.6
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
22Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
2016
15
276
451
61.2
3,426
228.4
26
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
23Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.7
2016
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
230.4
19
12
93.5
4.9
3.1
29
216
24Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
2016
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
263.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
25Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.7
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
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.765
Texans Texans
12
5
0
.706
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/11
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10/11
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10/11
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27-30
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