lowest yards per pass attempt in a season minimum 250 attempts

Bud Schwenk has averaged the fewest passing yards per attempt with 250+ passing attempts in a season, with 4.6 yards in his rookie season in 1942.

Interpreted as:
lowest yards by a player per pass attempt in a season minimum 250 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
4.6
295
1942
11
126
42.7
1,360
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
9.2
2Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
4.7
277
1940
11
124
44.8
1,290
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
3Akili Smith
A. Smith
4.7
267
2000
12
118
44.2
1,253
104.4
3
6
52.8
1.1
2.2
36
191
4Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
4.7
319
1993
12
166
52.0
1,514
126.2
4
10
56.3
1.3
3.1
16
87
5Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
4.9
344
1961
14
167
48.5
1,690
120.7
10
21
47.3
2.9
6.1
6Archie Manning
A. Manning
5.0
338
1975
13
159
47.0
1,683
129.5
7
20
44.3
2.1
5.9
49
390
7Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
5.1
278
1992
12
144
51.8
1,407
117.3
11
15
57.0
4.0
5.4
19
150
8Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
5.1
328
2006
13
177
54.0
1,661
127.8
9
9
65.9
2.7
2.7
25
146
9Kyle Orton
K. Orton
5.1
368
2005
15
190
51.6
1,869
124.6
9
13
59.7
2.4
3.5
30
190
10Jim Finks
J. Finks
5.1
292
1953
11
131
44.9
1,484
134.9
8
14
49.8
2.7
4.8
11Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
5.1
306
1988
11
126
41.2
1,558
141.6
7
12
48.9
2.3
3.9
31
251
12John McCormick
J. McCormick
5.1
253
1965
14
103
40.7
1,292
92.3
7
14
43.5
2.8
5.5
13Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
5.1
290
1973
14
154
53.1
1,482
105.9
5
17
49.0
1.7
5.9
30
313
14Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
5.1
372
2008
13
221
59.4
1,905
146.5
8
9
70.0
2.2
2.4
38
193
15Stan Gelbaugh
S. Gelbaugh
5.1
255
1992
10
121
47.5
1,307
130.7
6
11
52.9
2.4
4.3
34
265
16Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
5.2
554
2003
16
309
55.8
2,880
180.0
17
22
63.9
3.1
4.0
9
55
17Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5.2
302
1978
12
137
45.4
1,570
130.8
8
22
40.0
2.6
7.3
17
156
18Jimmy Clausen
J. Clausen
5.2
299
2010
13
157
52.5
1,558
119.8
3
9
58.4
1.0
3.0
33
223
19Brady Quinn
B. Quinn
5.2
256
2009
10
136
53.1
1,339
133.9
8
7
67.2
3.1
2.7
19
104
20Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
5.2
311
1976
14
156
50.2
1,628
116.3
7
12
57.1
2.3
3.9
32
267
21A.J. Feeley
A.J. Feeley
5.3
356
2004
11
191
53.7
1,893
172.1
11
15
61.7
3.1
4.2
23
136
22Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
5.3
275
1999
16
160
58.2
1,464
91.5
6
10
64.9
2.2
3.6
22
131
23Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
5.3
417
1986
12
204
48.9
2,225
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
24Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
5.3
429
2002
14
215
50.1
2,294
163.9
12
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
25Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
5.4
413
2011
15
210
50.8
2,214
147.6
12
11
65.4
2.9
2.7
40
293
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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