most yards per pass attempt single season with 650 pass attempts minimum

Drew Brees has the most passing yards per passing attempt with 650+ passing attempts in a season, with 8.33 in 2011.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per pass attempt single season with 650 pass attempts by a player minimum
NAMEYDS/ATTATTYDSSEASONTMGPCMPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
8.33
657
5,476
2011
16
468
71.2
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
8.31
659
5,477
2013
16
450
68.3
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.94
650
5,162
2013
16
446
68.6
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.74
673
5,208
2016
16
471
70.0
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.73
670
5,177
2012
16
422
63.0
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.6
663
5,038
2011
16
421
63.5
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.6
675
5,129
2018
16
452
67.0
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
8Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
7.54
652
4,918
2024
17
460
70.6
7.5
289.3
43
9
108.5
6.6
1.4
48
278
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.51
659
4,952
2014
16
456
69.2
7.5
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
10Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
7.46
672
5,014
2021
17
443
65.9
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.39
719
5,316
2021
17
485
67.5
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
12Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.35
658
4,839
2021
17
436
66.3
7.4
284.6
37
13
98.5
5.6
2.0
28
146
13Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.25
661
4,792
2015
16
437
66.1
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.16
655
4,690
1991
16
404
61.7
7.2
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
15Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.02
658
4,620
2010
16
448
68.1
7.0
288.8
33
22
90.9
5.0
3.3
25
185
16Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6.94
651
4,515
2013
16
439
67.4
6.9
282.2
26
17
89.6
4.0
2.6
44
298
17Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6.92
679
4,700
2010
16
450
66.3
6.9
293.8
33
17
91.9
4.9
2.5
16
91
18Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
6.83
727
4,967
2012
16
435
59.8
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
19Drew Brees
D. Brees
6.78
652
4,423
2007
16
440
67.5
6.8
276.4
28
18
89.4
4.3
2.8
16
109
20Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
6.78
699
4,739
2022
17
477
68.2
6.8
278.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206
21Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6.59
691
4,555
1994
16
400
57.9
6.6
284.7
25
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
22Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
6.42
672
4,317
2016
16
436
64.9
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
6.4
733
4,694
2022
17
490
66.8
6.4
276.1
25
9
90.7
3.4
1.2
22
160
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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