least pass attempts per game by quarterback with mvp award

Bart Starr has the fewest passing attempts per game played by a quarterback MVP in a season, with 17.93 in 1966.

Interpreted as:
least pass attempts per game by quarterback with mvp award in a regular season
NAMEATT/GPMVPATTGPSEASONTMCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bart Starr
B. Starr
17.93
1
251
14
1966
156
62.2
2,257
9.0
161.2
14
3
105.0
5.6
1.2
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
20.43
1
286
14
1963
170
59.4
2,510
8.8
179.3
20
17
86.7
7.0
5.9
3Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
21.79
1
305
14
1964
158
51.8
2,824
9.3
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
22.14
1
310
14
1974
178
57.4
2,469
8.0
176.4
26
12
94.9
8.4
3.9
5Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
22.64
1
317
14
1968
182
57.4
2,909
9.2
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
23
1
368
16
1978
207
56.3
2,915
7.9
182.2
28
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
7Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
23.67
1
284
12
1960
153
53.9
2,471
8.7
205.9
24
17
86.5
8.5
6.0
8Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
24.25
1
388
16
1988
223
57.5
3,572
9.2
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
9Bert Jones
B. Jones
24.5
1
343
14
1976
207
60.3
3,104
9.0
221.7
24
9
102.5
7.0
2.6
10Steve Young
S. Young
25.13
1
402
16
1992
268
66.7
3,465
8.6
216.6
25
7
107.0
6.2
1.7
29
152
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
25.79
1
361
14
1969
185
51.2
2,734
7.6
195.3
19
17
74.3
5.3
4.7
12George Blanda
G. Blanda
25.86
1
362
14
1961
187
51.7
3,330
9.2
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
13Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
26.73
1
401
15
2019
265
66.1
3,127
7.8
208.5
36
6
113.3
9.0
1.5
23
106
14John Brodie
J. Brodie
27
1
378
14
1970
223
59.0
2,941
7.8
210.1
24
10
93.8
6.3
2.6
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
27.14
1
380
14
1968
187
49.2
3,147
8.3
224.8
15
17
72.1
3.9
4.5
16Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
27.93
1
391
14
1965
179
45.8
2,368
6.1
169.1
10
18
54.8
2.6
4.6
17Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28.23
1
367
13
1963
221
60.2
3,145
8.6
241.9
36
14
104.8
9.8
3.8
18Josh Allen
J. Allen
28.41
1
483
17
2024
307
63.6
3,731
7.7
219.5
28
6
101.4
5.8
1.2
14
63
19Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
28.5
1
399
14
1969
217
54.4
2,549
6.4
182.1
24
7
86.8
6.0
1.8
20Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
28.56
1
457
16
2023
307
67.2
3,678
8.0
229.9
24
7
102.7
5.3
1.5
37
218
21Steve McNair
S. McNair
28.57
1
400
14
2003
250
62.5
3,215
8.0
229.6
24
7
100.4
6.0
1.8
19
108
22Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
28.69
1
459
16
1983
276
60.1
3,714
8.1
232.1
29
11
97.0
6.3
2.4
34
242
23Steve Young
S. Young
28.81
1
461
16
1994
324
70.3
3,969
8.6
248.1
35
10
112.8
7.6
2.2
31
163
24Joe Montana
J. Montana
29.69
1
386
13
1989
271
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
26
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
25Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
29.94
1
479
16
1981
300
62.6
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
25
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StatMuse has game-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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