longest qb air yards per attempt 2021 ranking

Joe Burrow averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in 2021, with 8.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
longest qb air passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt 2021 ranking
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
8.9
2021
16
366
520
70.4
4,611
288.2
34
14
108.3
6.5
2.7
51
370
2Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.6
2021
15
301
441
68.3
3,810
254.0
20
12
98.7
4.5
2.7
29
201
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8.1
2021
17
404
601
67.2
4,886
287.4
41
17
102.9
6.8
2.8
30
243
4Kyler Murray
K. Murray
7.9
2021
14
333
481
69.2
3,787
270.5
24
10
100.6
5.0
2.1
31
286
5Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.8
2021
14
259
400
64.8
3,113
222.4
25
6
103.1
6.3
1.5
33
266
6Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.7
2021
16
366
531
68.9
4,115
257.2
37
4
111.9
7.0
0.8
30
188
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.7
2021
17
428
626
68.4
4,804
282.6
23
14
94.0
3.7
2.2
40
241
8Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.5
2021
12
246
382
64.4
2,882
240.2
16
13
87.0
4.2
3.4
38
190
9Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.5
2021
16
372
561
66.3
4,221
263.8
33
7
103.1
5.9
1.2
28
197
10Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.5
2021
16
410
596
68.8
4,449
278.1
37
10
104.2
6.2
1.7
30
144
11Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
7.5
2021
17
443
672
65.9
5,014
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
12Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.4
2021
17
485
719
67.5
5,316
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
13Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.4
2021
17
436
658
66.3
4,839
284.6
37
13
98.5
5.6
2.0
28
146
14Mac Jones
M. Jones
7.3
2021
17
352
521
67.6
3,801
223.6
22
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
15Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
7.3
2021
15
265
432
61.3
3,144
209.6
16
9
87.2
3.7
2.1
26
150
16Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.2
2021
14
253
418
60.5
3,010
215.0
17
13
83.1
4.1
3.1
43
269
17Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
7.2
2021
14
285
426
66.9
3,052
218.0
18
7
94.9
4.2
1.6
31
211
18Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.1
2021
17
375
560
67.0
3,968
233.4
20
12
90.4
3.6
2.1
40
274
19Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.0
2021
17
357
531
67.2
3,734
219.6
21
14
89.6
4.0
2.6
47
327
20Justin Fields
J. Fields
6.9
2021
12
159
270
58.9
1,870
155.8
7
10
73.2
2.6
3.7
36
264
21Taylor Heinicke
T. Heinicke
6.9
2021
16
321
494
65.0
3,419
213.7
20
15
85.9
4.0
3.0
38
278
22Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
6.9
2021
17
322
516
62.4
3,563
209.6
27
7
94.6
5.2
1.4
32
227
23Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
6.8
2021
13
263
388
67.8
2,653
204.1
16
10
90.1
4.1
2.6
20
152
24Josh Allen
J. Allen
6.8
2021
17
409
646
63.3
4,407
259.2
36
15
92.2
5.6
2.3
26
164
25Davis Mills
D. Mills
6.8
2021
13
263
394
66.8
2,664
204.9
16
10
88.8
4.1
2.5
31
206
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Bengals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,809

Burrow

Joe Burrow

RUSH

1,019

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,412

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
Team Rankings

PPG

24.4

12th

OPP PPG

28.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

93.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

249.6

7th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
CLE Browns

5 - 12

20

Final

18

CIN Bengals

6 - 11

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM