most yards per completion by a quarterback in a season nfl history since 1965 with over 100 completions

Since 1965, Craig Morton has the most passing yards per completion by a quarterback with >100 completions in a season, with 17.83 in 1970.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per completion by a quarterback in a season NFL history since 1965 with over 100 completions
NAMEYDS/CMPCMPYDSSEASONTMGPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Craig Morton
C. Morton
17.83
102
1,819
1970
DAL DAL
12
207
49.3
8.8
151.6
15
7
89.8
7.2
3.4
20
166
2Greg Cook
G. Cook
17.49
106
1,854
1969
CIN CIN
11
197
53.8
9.4
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
3Tom Flores
T. Flores
17.47
151
2,638
1966
OAK OAK
14
306
49.3
8.6
188.4
24
14
86.2
7.8
4.6
4Joe Namath
J. Namath
17.38
162
2,816
1972
NYJ NYJ
13
324
50.0
8.7
216.6
19
21
72.5
5.9
6.5
11
101
5Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17.13
141
2,415
1965
DAL DAL
14
305
46.2
7.9
172.5
22
13
79.9
7.2
4.3
6Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
16.84
140
2,358
1981
DET DET
16
279
50.2
8.5
147.4
14
15
73.4
5.0
5.4
27
208
7Joe Namath
J. Namath
16.83
187
3,147
1968
NYJ NYJ
14
380
49.2
8.3
224.8
15
17
72.1
3.9
4.5
8John Hadl
J. Hadl
16.7
208
3,473
1968
SD SD
14
440
47.3
7.9
248.1
27
32
64.5
6.1
7.3
9Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
16.6
190
3,154
1998
ATL ATL
14
327
58.1
9.6
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
10Greg Landry
G. Landry
16.45
136
2,237
1971
DET DET
14
261
52.1
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
11Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
16.27
113
1,839
1988
RAI RAI
9
256
44.1
7.2
204.3
13
13
64.6
5.1
5.1
19
178
12Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
16.22
104
1,687
1977
SEA SEA
10
251
41.4
6.7
168.7
16
19
54.3
6.4
7.6
11
43
13Craig Morton
C. Morton
16.17
162
2,619
1969
DAL DAL
13
302
53.6
8.7
201.5
21
15
85.4
7.0
5.0
30
246
14Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
16.15
124
2,002
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
266
46.6
7.5
125.1
13
16
63.5
4.9
6.0
28
228
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
16.1
131
2,109
1968
KC KC
14
224
58.5
9.4
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
16John Hadl
J. Hadl
16.08
174
2,798
1965
SD SD
14
348
50.0
8.0
199.9
20
21
71.3
5.7
6.0
17Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
16.02
223
3,572
1988
CIN CIN
16
388
57.5
9.2
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
15.98
182
2,909
1968
BAL BAL
14
317
57.4
9.2
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
19Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15.95
206
3,286
1979
NE NE
16
423
48.7
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
15.89
159
2,527
1966
KC KC
14
284
56.0
8.9
180.5
26
10
101.7
9.2
3.5
21Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
15.89
117
1,859
1981
NE NE
8
216
54.2
8.6
232.4
7
16
63.0
3.2
7.4
19
137
22Bart Starr
B. Starr
15.85
115
1,823
1967
GB GB
14
210
54.8
8.7
130.2
9
17
64.4
4.3
8.1
23Don Meredith
D. Meredith
15.85
177
2,805
1966
DAL DAL
13
344
51.5
8.2
215.8
24
12
87.7
7.0
3.5
24Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
15.84
121
1,917
1965
PIT PIT
12
270
44.8
7.1
159.8
8
17
52.7
3.0
6.3
25Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
15.78
155
2,446
1965
NYG NYG
14
302
51.3
8.1
174.7
22
12
86.3
7.3
4.0
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