most passing yards per attempt quarterbacks 2016

Matt Ryan had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in 2016, with 9.3 yards.

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most passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game quarterbacks 2016

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	9.3	2016	ATL	16	373	534	69.9	4,944	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	8.2	2016	NE	12	291	432	67.4	3,554	296.2	28	2	112.2	6.5	0.5	15	87
3	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	8.1	2016	WAS	16	406	606	67.0	4,917	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
4	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	8.0	2016	DAL	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	229.2	23	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
5	Andrew Luck A. Luck	7.8	2016	IND	15	346	545	63.5	4,240	282.7	31	13	96.4	5.7	2.4	41	268
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.7	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	5,208	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
7	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	2016	SEA	16	353	546	64.7	4,219	263.7	21	11	92.6	3.8	2.0	41	293
8	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	7.7	2016	MIA	13	261	389	67.1	2,995	230.4	19	12	93.5	4.9	3.1	29	216
9	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	7.6	2016	TEN	15	276	451	61.2	3,426	228.4	26	9	95.6	5.8	2.0	23	156
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.6	2016	SD	16	349	578	60.4	4,386	274.1	33	21	87.9	5.7	3.6	36	188
11	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	7.5	2016	PIT	14	328	509	64.4	3,819	272.8	29	13	95.4	5.7	2.6	17	141
12	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	7.5	2016	CIN	16	364	563	64.7	4,206	262.9	18	8	91.8	3.2	1.4	41	264
13	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	7.3	2016	DET	16	388	594	65.3	4,327	270.4	24	10	93.3	4.0	1.7	37	216
14	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.3	2016	GB	16	401	610	65.7	4,428	276.8	40	7	104.2	6.6	1.1	35	246
15	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.2	2016	TB	16	345	567	60.8	4,090	255.6	28	18	86.1	4.9	3.2	35	239
16	Alex Smith A. Smith	7.2	2016	KC	15	328	489	67.1	3,502	233.5	15	8	91.2	3.1	1.6	28	140
17	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	7.1	2016	ARI	15	364	597	61.0	4,233	282.2	26	14	87.2	4.4	2.3	40	281
18	Derek Carr D. Carr	7.0	2016	OAK	15	357	560	63.8	3,937	262.5	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
19	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	7.0	2016	MIN	15	395	552	71.6	3,877	258.5	20	5	99.3	3.6	0.9	37	276
20	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	7.0	2016	DEN	14	289	486	59.5	3,401	242.9	18	10	84.6	3.7	2.1	31	187
21	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	6.9	2016	BUF	15	269	436	61.7	3,023	201.5	17	6	89.7	3.9	1.4	42	192
22	Cam Newton C. Newton	6.9	2016	CAR	15	270	510	52.9	3,509	233.9	19	14	75.8	3.7	2.7	36	277
23	Case Keenum C. Keenum	6.8	2016	LA	10	196	322	60.9	2,201	220.1	9	11	76.4	2.8	3.4	23	140
24	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	6.8	2016	SF	12	196	331	59.2	2,241	186.8	16	4	90.7	4.8	1.2	36	207
25	Eli Manning E. Manning	6.7	2016	NYG	16	377	598	63.0	4,027	251.7	26	16	86.0	4.3	2.7	21	142

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