most passing yards per pass attempt on third down 2021 minimum 50 attempts

Joe Burrow averaged the most passing yards per attempt with 50+ passing attempts and on 3rd down in 2021, with 10.2 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player per pass attempt on third down 2021 minimum 50 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
10.2
131
2021
16
95
72.5
1,332
83.3
8
5
109.3
6.1
3.8
0
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
9.8
141
2021
17
91
64.5
1,379
81.1
12
7
104.3
8.5
5.0
0
3Kyler Murray
K. Murray
9.2
112
2021
14
71
63.4
1,029
73.5
11
2
118.5
9.8
1.8
0
4Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
9.1
108
2021
15
69
63.9
983
65.5
6
4
96.3
5.6
3.7
0
5Derek Carr
D. Carr
8.6
143
2021
17
87
60.8
1,232
72.5
7
6
87.5
4.9
4.2
0
6Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
8.6
147
2021
17
97
66.0
1,259
74.1
13
8
99.6
8.8
5.4
0
7Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
8.0
169
2021
17
105
62.1
1,357
79.8
13
5
100.6
7.7
3.0
0
8Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
8.0
60
2021
6
34
56.7
477
79.5
3
2
85.2
5.0
3.3
0
9Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.8
163
2021
16
100
61.3
1,267
79.2
13
3
104.5
8.0
1.8
0
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.8
135
2021
16
84
62.2
1,049
65.6
13
2
112.2
9.6
1.5
0
11Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.8
103
2021
14
53
51.5
800
57.1
8
3
91.1
7.8
2.9
0
12Daniel Jones
D. Jones
7.6
97
2021
11
55
56.7
733
66.6
2
0
87.7
2.1
0.0
0
13Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.4
145
2021
16
90
62.1
1,068
66.8
12
2
106.3
8.3
1.4
0
14Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.3
163
2021
17
100
61.3
1,196
70.4
17
3
110.9
10.4
1.8
0
15Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
7.3
108
2021
15
58
53.7
792
52.8
5
3
81.3
4.6
2.8
0
16Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
7.3
137
2021
17
77
56.2
994
58.5
10
1
100.4
7.3
0.7
0
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.2
155
2021
17
101
65.2
1,117
65.7
8
3
95.6
5.2
1.9
0
18Mac Jones
M. Jones
7.1
133
2021
17
85
63.9
949
55.8
8
5
89.5
6.0
3.8
0
19Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.1
161
2021
17
109
67.7
1,145
67.4
7
10
76.7
4.3
6.2
0
20Davis Mills
D. Mills
6.8
110
2021
13
70
63.6
749
57.6
6
5
82.7
5.5
4.5
0
21Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
6.6
121
2021
14
80
66.1
802
57.3
6
2
94.4
5.0
1.7
0
22Josh Allen
J. Allen
6.5
155
2021
17
86
55.5
1,008
59.3
15
6
91.5
9.7
3.9
0
23Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
6.5
57
2021
6
33
57.9
370
61.7
5
0
106.6
8.8
0.0
0
24Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.5
86
2021
11
49
57.0
558
50.7
5
6
66.9
5.8
7.0
0
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6.4
181
2021
16
117
64.6
1,167
72.9
8
4
88.3
4.4
2.2
0
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.471
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9
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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