lowest career passing yards per attempt in nfl history minimum 1000 attempts since 2000

Since 2000, Joey Harrington has averaged the fewest passing yards per attempt when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with 5.8 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	5.8	2,538	81	1,424	56.1	14,693	181.4	79	85	69.4	3.1	3.3	124	770
2	Kyle Boller K. Boller	5.9	1,519	67	861	56.7	8,931	133.3	48	54	69.5	3.2	3.6	123	802
3	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	6.1	1,568	69	882	56.3	9,487	137.5	51	50	71.7	3.3	3.2	141	942
4	Bryce Young B. Young	6.1	1,462	48	899	61.5	8,939	186.2	55	31	82.5	3.8	2.1	122	888
5	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	6.1	1,147	40	689	60.1	7,025	175.6	47	35	78.6	4.1	3.1	83	612
6	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	6.3	1,057	38	632	59.8	6,658	175.2	38	36	75.9	3.6	3.4	95	501
7	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	6.3	1,004	38	572	57.0	6,325	166.4	23	25	73.1	2.3	2.5	113	875
8	Brock Osweiler B. Osweiler	6.4	1,165	49	697	59.8	7,418	151.4	37	31	78.0	3.2	2.7	79	559
9	David Carr D. Carr	6.4	2,267	94	1,353	59.7	14,452	153.7	65	71	74.9	2.9	3.1	267	1,564
10	Davis Mills D. Mills	6.4	1,107	45	684	61.8	7,081	157.4	40	26	82.5	3.6	2.3	74	541
11	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	6.4	1,208	41	707	58.5	7,751	189.0	44	32	78.7	3.6	2.6	85	542
12	Jeff Blake J. Blake	6.5	1,011	41	583	57.7	6,537	159.4	41	36	75.8	4.1	3.6	75	502
13	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	6.5	2,870	123	1,770	61.7	18,586	151.1	98	80	80.2	3.4	2.8	174	1,103
14	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	6.5	1,674	78	909	54.3	10,878	139.5	60	64	70.4	3.6	3.8	81	563
15	Matt Cassel M. Cassel	6.5	2,683	107	1,578	58.8	17,508	163.6	104	82	78.5	3.9	3.1	210	1,157
16	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	6.5	1,220	56	764	62.6	7,975	142.4	34	32	79.9	2.8	2.6	113	701
17	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	6.5	2,088	76	1,218	58.3	13,658	179.7	70	76	74.0	3.4	3.6	101	633
18	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	6.6	2,311	103	1,435	62.1	15,138	147.0	78	33	86.4	3.4	1.4	194	1,238
19	Rex Grossman R. Grossman	6.6	1,562	54	863	55.2	10,232	189.5	56	60	71.4	3.6	3.8	92	698
20	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	6.6	2,967	83	1,855	62.5	19,449	234.3	103	61	84.5	3.5	2.1	196	1,371
21	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	6.6	1,605	60	930	57.9	10,532	175.5	58	42	78.9	3.6	2.6	92	449
22	Bo Nix B. Nix	6.6	1,238	36	803	64.9	8,125	225.7	56	25	90.1	4.5	2.0	50	333
23	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	6.6	1,148	51	652	56.8	7,542	147.9	38	37	74.4	3.3	3.2	91	517
24	Chad Henne C. Henne	6.6	2,015	78	1,200	59.6	13,290	170.4	60	63	76.1	3.0	3.1	151	942
25	Tim Couch T. Couch	6.6	1,315	47	802	61.0	8,684	184.8	49	54	75.7	3.7	4.1	110	760

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