most qb air yards per attempt 2006

Tony Romo averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in 2006, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:
most qb air passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt 2006
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tony Romo
T. Romo
8.6
2006
16
220
337
65.3
2,903
181.4
19
13
95.1
5.6
3.9
21
124
2Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
8.4
2006
10
180
316
57.0
2,647
264.7
18
6
95.5
5.7
1.9
21
140
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
8.0
2006
16
356
554
64.3
4,418
276.1
26
11
96.2
4.7
2.0
18
105
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.9
2006
16
362
557
65.0
4,397
274.8
31
9
101.0
5.6
1.6
14
86
5Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.8
2006
16
324
520
62.3
4,035
252.2
28
13
93.9
5.4
2.5
36
233
6Damon Huard
D. Huard
7.7
2006
10
148
244
60.7
1,878
187.8
11
1
98.0
4.5
0.4
16
106
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.5
2006
15
280
469
59.7
3,513
234.2
18
23
75.4
3.8
4.9
46
280
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.4
2006
16
284
460
61.7
3,388
211.8
22
9
92.0
4.8
2.0
27
144
9Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
7.3
2006
16
370
588
62.9
4,301
268.8
24
8
92.9
4.1
1.4
49
366
10David Garrard
D. Garrard
7.2
2006
11
145
241
60.2
1,735
157.7
10
9
80.5
4.1
3.7
20
119
11J.P. Losman
J.P. Losman
7.1
2006
16
268
429
62.5
3,051
190.7
19
14
84.9
4.4
3.3
47
332
12Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
7.1
2006
16
372
596
62.4
4,208
263.0
21
22
79.9
3.5
3.7
63
388
13Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
6.9
2006
16
313
485
64.5
3,352
209.5
17
16
82.6
3.5
3.3
30
172
14Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
6.9
2006
10
162
260
62.3
1,789
178.9
8
4
86.5
3.1
1.5
12
92
15Tom Brady
T. Brady
6.8
2006
16
319
516
61.8
3,529
220.6
24
12
87.9
4.7
2.3
26
175
16Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
6.8
2006
12
214
377
56.8
2,547
212.3
11
12
74.0
2.9
3.2
21
158
17Rex Grossman
R. Grossman
6.7
2006
16
262
480
54.6
3,193
199.6
23
20
73.9
4.8
4.2
21
142
18Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
6.6
2006
12
210
371
56.6
2,442
203.5
18
15
76.0
4.9
4.0
34
229
19Alex Smith
A. Smith
6.5
2006
16
257
442
58.1
2,890
180.6
16
16
74.8
3.6
3.6
35
202
20Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.5
2006
16
295
468
63.0
3,050
190.6
16
12
82.5
3.4
2.6
14
84
21Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
6.5
2006
13
263
431
61.0
2,805
215.8
17
11
82.6
3.9
2.6
22
167
22Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.4
2006
16
204
388
52.6
2,474
154.6
20
13
75.7
5.2
3.4
45
303
23Brett Favre
B. Favre
6.3
2006
16
343
613
56.0
3,885
242.8
18
18
72.7
2.9
2.9
21
134
24Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
6.3
2006
16
175
317
55.2
1,994
124.6
11
13
68.8
3.5
4.1
18
111
25Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
6.3
2006
15
270
439
61.5
2,750
183.3
9
15
72.0
2.1
3.4
29
200
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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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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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