most yards per attempt in a game minimum 20 attempts pass since 2017

Since 2017, Landry Jones has averaged the most passing yards per attempt when throwing 20+ pass attempts, with 8.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player per attempt in a game minimum 20 attempts pass since 2017
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Landry Jones
L. Jones
8.9
27
1
23
85.2
239
239.0
1
1
100.5
3.7
3.7
3
15
2Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
8.8
52
1
39
75.0
460
460.0
1
1
99.8
1.9
1.9
2
19
3Malik Willis
M. Willis
8.8
44
2
32
72.7
387
193.5
1
2
88.0
2.3
4.5
5
20
4Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
8.7
1,326
45
904
68.2
11,525
256.1
84
36
104.9
6.3
2.7
79
438
5Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
8.3
29
1
22
75.9
241
241.0
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
6Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.3
1,767
58
1,190
67.3
14,590
251.6
86
49
97.3
4.9
2.8
122
818
7Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
8.2
31
1
21
67.7
254
254.0
2
2
87.3
6.5
6.5
5
28
8Drake Maye
D. Maye
8.0
780
25
544
69.7
6,231
249.2
43
18
102.2
5.5
2.3
76
400
9Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
8.0
754
22
490
65.0
6,013
273.3
33
29
88.0
4.4
3.8
46
354
10Drew Brees
D. Brees
8.0
1,775
52
1,295
73.0
14,133
271.8
105
22
110.6
5.9
1.2
62
444
11Jarrett Stidham
J. Stidham
7.9
136
4
85
62.5
1,080
270.0
6
4
89.7
4.4
2.9
13
85
12Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.9
2,309
67
1,524
66.0
18,151
270.9
111
56
95.8
4.8
2.4
108
701
13Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.8
2,046
56
1,269
62.0
15,977
285.3
102
78
87.0
5.0
3.8
154
921
14Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
7.8
2,265
70
1,502
66.3
17,602
251.5
120
47
98.7
5.3
2.1
237
1,405
15Matt Barkley
M. Barkley
7.7
60
2
33
55.0
464
232.0
2
2
77.4
3.3
3.3
2
9
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.7
4,662
125
3,083
66.1
35,863
286.9
266
85
100.7
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
7.6
4,968
141
3,287
66.2
37,983
269.4
246
94
97.7
5.0
1.9
253
1,793
18Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
7.6
1,078
30
691
64.1
8,241
274.7
52
34
90.3
4.8
3.2
70
365
19Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.6
4,438
127
2,901
65.4
33,927
267.1
233
87
97.7
5.3
2.0
282
1,943
20Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.6
2,619
90
1,680
64.1
19,947
221.6
160
51
99.5
6.1
1.9
199
1,078
21Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.6
2,021
70
1,335
66.1
15,381
219.7
101
47
95.8
5.0
2.3
186
1,320
22Quinn Ewers
Q. Ewers
7.6
75
3
50
66.7
569
189.7
3
3
85.9
4.0
4.0
6
39
23Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.5
4,271
121
2,853
66.8
32,069
265.0
218
88
97.5
5.1
2.1
261
1,585
24Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.5
4,262
122
2,856
67.0
32,001
262.3
221
86
98.1
5.2
2.0
273
1,944
25C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
7.5
1,438
44
916
63.7
10,747
244.3
61
25
93.2
4.2
1.7
111
919
StatMuse has game-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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9
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11
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3
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12
5
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5
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