most yards per attempt by a quarterback from 1981 to 1998 minimum 700 attempts

Between the 1981 and 1998 seasons, Lynn Dickey had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 700+ pass attempts, with 8.0 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback from 1981 to 1998 minimum 700 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
8.0
1,771
65
1,026
57.9
14,242
219.1
101
94
80.8
5.7
5.3
167
1,271
2Steve Young
S. Young
8.0
4,065
166
2,622
64.5
32,678
196.9
229
103
97.6
5.6
2.5
350
1,992
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.8
3,010
85
1,808
60.1
23,586
277.5
142
117
84.3
4.7
3.9
137
1,047
4Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
7.8
1,415
60
918
64.9
11,030
183.8
66
46
90.6
4.7
3.3
103
692
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.6
5,095
161
3,220
63.2
38,660
240.1
257
130
92.5
5.0
2.6
298
1,995
6Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
7.6
1,621
64
873
53.9
12,260
191.6
75
84
72.3
4.6
5.2
110
806
7Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
7.5
1,372
53
788
57.4
10,277
193.9
61
64
76.5
4.4
4.7
140
1,177
8Danny White
D. White
7.4
2,411
90
1,445
59.9
17,942
199.4
124
101
82.7
5.1
4.2
203
1,745
9Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
7.4
4,779
160
2,874
60.1
35,467
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
7.4
3,980
139
2,249
56.5
29,398
211.5
171
124
81.3
4.3
3.1
402
2,866
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.4
7,989
231
4,763
59.6
58,913
255.0
408
235
87.3
5.1
2.9
261
1,864
12Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
7.3
1,064
55
620
58.3
7,802
141.9
49
45
78.9
4.6
4.2
105
807
13Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
7.3
1,985
68
1,180
59.4
14,480
212.9
93
69
83.1
4.7
3.5
177
1,379
14Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
7.3
5,205
187
2,969
57.0
37,920
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
15Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
7.3
1,719
58
1,038
60.4
12,512
215.7
72
43
86.3
4.2
2.5
152
872
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.2
6,786
205
3,972
58.5
49,097
239.5
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
17Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
7.2
3,153
108
1,817
57.6
22,771
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
18Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
7.2
5,309
212
3,105
58.5
38,147
179.9
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
493
3,788
19Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
7.2
1,733
61
1,048
60.5
12,451
204.1
78
53
84.7
4.5
3.1
177
1,354
20Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
7.2
2,587
118
1,494
57.8
18,526
157.0
119
90
80.9
4.6
3.5
223
1,549
21Doug Williams
D. Williams
7.2
1,395
46
747
53.5
9,984
217.0
55
45
76.2
3.9
3.2
48
414
22Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
7.1
2,808
118
1,426
50.8
20,063
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
23Brett Favre
B. Favre
7.1
3,756
113
2,318
61.7
26,803
237.2
213
118
89.1
5.7
3.1
232
1,463
24Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
7.1
2,044
103
1,126
55.1
14,566
141.4
84
69
77.3
4.1
3.4
199
1,375
25Tony Eason
T. Eason
7.1
1,564
90
911
58.2
11,142
123.8
61
51
79.7
3.9
3.3
177
1,350
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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