most passing yards per attempt in nfl season by a player

Sid Luckman has the most passing yards per attempt in a season, with 10.9 yards in 1943.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in NFL season by a player
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10.9
1943
CHB CHB
10
110
202
54.5
2,194
219.4
28
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
10.6
1953
CLE CLE
12
167
258
64.7
2,722
226.8
11
9
99.7
4.3
3.5
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
10.1
1954
LA LA
12
139
260
53.5
2,637
219.8
13
21
71.9
5.0
8.1
4Ed Brown
E. Brown
9.9
1956
CHB CHB
12
96
168
57.1
1,667
138.9
11
12
83.1
6.5
7.1
5Kurt Warner
K. Warner
9.9
2000
STL STL
11
235
347
67.7
3,429
311.7
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
6Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
1998
ATL ATL
14
190
327
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
7Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9.6
2023
SF SF
16
308
444
69.4
4,280
267.5
31
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
8Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9.6
2018
TB TB
8
164
246
66.7
2,366
295.8
17
12
100.4
6.9
4.9
14
76
9Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
9.6
2019
TEN TEN
12
201
286
70.3
2,742
228.5
22
6
117.5
7.7
2.1
31
212
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9.4
1968
KC KC
14
131
224
58.5
2,109
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
11Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
1969
CIN CIN
11
106
197
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
12Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
1945
CLE CLE
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
13Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
9.4
1976
OAK OAK
12
194
291
66.7
2,737
228.1
27
17
103.4
9.3
5.8
19
203
14Otto Graham
O. Graham
9.3
1955
CLE CLE
12
98
185
53.0
1,721
143.4
15
8
94.0
8.1
4.3
15Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9.3
1964
BAL BAL
14
158
305
51.8
2,824
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
16Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
9.3
2016
ATL ATL
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
17Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9.2
2011
GB GB
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
18Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9.2
1983
GB GB
16
289
484
59.7
4,458
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
9.2
1988
CIN CIN
16
223
388
57.5
3,572
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
20George Blanda
G. Blanda
9.2
1961
HOU HOU
14
187
362
51.7
3,330
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
21Milt Plum
M. Plum
9.2
1960
CLE CLE
12
151
250
60.4
2,297
191.4
21
5
110.4
8.4
2.0
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
9.2
1968
BAL BAL
14
182
317
57.4
2,909
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
23Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
9.2
1945
WAS WAS
8
128
182
70.3
1,669
208.6
11
4
109.9
6.0
2.2
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.2
2004
IND IND
16
336
497
67.6
4,557
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
25John Brodie
J. Brodie
9.1
1961
SF SF
14
155
283
54.8
2,588
184.9
14
12
84.7
4.9
4.2
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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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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Packers Packers
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4
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.679
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
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3
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.786
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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12/18
LAR LAR
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