most qb air yards per attempt 2005

Ben Roethlisberger had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in 2005, with 8.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
most qb air passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt 2005
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
2005
12
168
268
62.7
2,385
198.8
17
9
98.6
6.3
3.4
23
129
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
8.3
2005
16
305
453
67.3
3,747
234.2
28
10
104.1
6.2
2.2
17
81
3Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
8.0
2005
8
192
287
66.9
2,297
287.1
14
9
94.4
4.9
3.1
26
188
4Trent Green
T. Green
7.9
2005
16
317
507
62.5
4,014
250.9
17
10
90.1
3.4
2.0
32
204
5Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
7.9
2005
16
262
435
60.2
3,421
213.8
24
16
88.1
5.5
3.7
28
214
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.8
2005
16
334
530
63.0
4,110
256.9
26
14
92.3
4.9
2.6
26
188
7Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
7.7
2005
16
294
449
65.5
3,459
216.2
24
9
98.2
5.3
2.0
24
154
8Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.5
2005
16
345
509
67.8
3,836
239.8
32
12
101.1
6.3
2.4
19
105
9Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
7.4
2005
16
277
456
60.7
3,366
210.4
18
7
90.2
3.9
1.5
22
135
10Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
7.3
2005
16
300
499
60.1
3,639
227.4
23
17
83.7
4.6
3.4
49
295
11Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.2
2005
10
242
375
64.5
2,713
271.3
11
9
85.8
2.9
2.4
23
158
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.2
2005
16
323
500
64.6
3,576
223.5
24
15
89.2
4.8
3.0
27
223
13Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
7.0
2005
11
175
302
57.9
2,123
193.0
15
5
89.3
5.0
1.7
23
110
14Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
7.0
2005
9
211
357
59.1
2,507
278.6
16
9
85.0
4.5
2.5
19
112
15Trent Dilfer
T. Dilfer
7.0
2005
11
199
333
59.8
2,321
211.0
11
12
76.9
3.3
3.6
23
139
16Josh McCown
J. McCown
6.8
2005
9
163
270
60.4
1,836
204.0
9
11
74.9
3.3
4.1
18
101
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
6.8
2005
16
294
557
52.8
3,762
235.1
24
17
75.9
4.3
3.1
28
184
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
6.7
2005
16
262
454
57.7
3,050
190.6
23
10
85.9
5.1
2.2
27
213
19Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
6.7
2005
13
240
431
55.7
2,882
221.7
13
17
70.0
3.0
3.9
33
202
20Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6.7
2005
15
302
565
53.5
3,759
250.6
20
12
77.3
3.5
2.1
39
261
21Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.6
2005
14
292
476
61.3
3,161
225.8
16
11
82.4
3.4
2.3
20
134
22Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
6.6
2005
10
155
230
67.4
1,509
150.9
10
8
85.6
4.3
3.5
17
140
23Chris Simms
C. Simms
6.5
2005
11
191
313
61.0
2,035
185.0
10
7
81.4
3.2
2.2
29
205
24Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
6.4
2005
15
184
294
62.6
1,885
125.7
12
4
88.9
4.1
1.4
23
134
25Brett Favre
B. Favre
6.4
2005
16
372
607
61.3
3,881
242.6
20
29
70.9
3.3
4.8
24
170
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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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176