most passing yards per completion in a season with at least 300 attempts

Johnny Unitas has the most passing yards per completion with 300+ passing attempts in a season, with 17.87 in 1964.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per completion by a player in a season with at least 300 passing attempts
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPSEASONTMGPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
17.87
305
2,824
158
1964
14
51.8
9.3
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
2George Blanda
G. Blanda
17.81
362
3,330
187
1961
14
51.7
9.2
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
3Ed Brown
E. Brown
17.75
362
2,982
168
1963
14
46.4
8.2
213.0
21
20
71.4
5.8
5.5
4Tom Flores
T. Flores
17.47
306
2,638
151
1966
14
49.3
8.6
188.4
24
14
86.2
7.8
4.6
5Norm Snead
N. Snead
17.39
363
3,043
175
1963
14
48.2
8.4
217.4
13
27
58.1
3.6
7.4
6Joe Namath
J. Namath
17.38
324
2,816
162
1972
13
50.0
8.7
216.6
19
21
72.5
5.9
6.5
11
101
7Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17.13
305
2,415
141
1965
14
46.2
7.9
172.5
22
13
79.9
7.2
4.3
8Joe Namath
J. Namath
16.83
380
3,147
187
1968
14
49.2
8.3
224.8
15
17
72.1
3.9
4.5
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
16.7
440
3,473
208
1968
14
47.3
7.9
248.1
27
32
64.5
6.1
7.3
10Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
16.64
366
3,261
196
1962
14
53.6
8.9
232.9
22
26
74.3
6.0
7.1
11Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
16.61
321
1,977
119
1962
TOT
14
37.1
6.2
141.2
7
23
36.1
2.2
7.2
12Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
16.6
327
3,154
190
1998
14
58.1
9.6
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
13Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
16.41
312
2,658
162
1949
12
51.9
8.5
221.5
23
22
76.0
7.4
7.1
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
16.31
378
3,099
190
1960
12
50.3
8.2
258.3
25
24
73.7
6.6
6.3
15Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
16.28
364
2,686
165
1961
14
45.3
7.4
191.9
15
22
59.2
4.1
6.0
16Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
16.27
308
2,440
150
1962
11
48.7
7.9
221.8
16
20
65.9
5.2
6.5
17Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
16.19
330
2,445
151
1961
14
45.8
7.4
174.6
17
23
59.2
5.2
7.0
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
16.17
302
2,619
162
1969
13
53.6
8.7
201.5
21
15
85.4
7.0
5.0
30
246
19Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
16.12
375
3,224
200
1962
14
53.3
8.6
230.3
33
20
89.5
8.8
5.3
20Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
16.11
320
2,497
155
1964
14
48.4
7.8
178.4
21
19
72.1
6.6
5.9
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
16.08
348
2,798
174
1965
14
50.0
8.0
199.9
20
21
71.3
5.7
6.0
22Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
16.02
388
3,572
223
1988
16
57.5
9.2
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
23Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
15.98
317
2,909
182
1968
14
57.4
9.2
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
24Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15.95
423
3,286
206
1979
16
48.7
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
25Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
15.92
329
2,595
163
1962
14
49.5
7.9
185.4
22
25
66.9
6.7
7.6
StatMuse has season-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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