nfl highest average yards per pass by a passer that attempted 200 or more passes in a season

Sid Luckman has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback with 200+ passing attempts in a season, with 10.9 yards in 1943.

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NFL highest average yards per pass by a passer that passing attempted 200 or more passes in a season
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10.9
202
1943
10
110
54.5
2,194
219.4
28
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
10.6
258
1953
12
167
64.7
2,722
226.8
11
9
99.7
4.3
3.5
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
10.1
260
1954
12
139
53.5
2,637
219.8
13
21
71.9
5.0
8.1
4Kurt Warner
K. Warner
9.9
347
2000
11
235
67.7
3,429
311.7
21
18
98.3
6.1
5.2
20
115
5Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
9.6
327
1998
14
190
58.1
3,154
225.3
25
12
100.9
7.6
3.7
45
283
6Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
9.6
444
2023
16
308
69.4
4,280
267.5
31
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
7Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9.6
246
2018
8
164
66.7
2,366
295.8
17
12
100.4
6.9
4.9
14
76
8Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
9.6
286
2019
12
201
70.3
2,742
228.5
22
6
117.5
7.7
2.1
31
212
9Len Dawson
L. Dawson
9.4
224
1968
14
131
58.5
2,109
150.6
17
9
98.6
7.6
4.0
10Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
9.4
291
1976
12
194
66.7
2,737
228.1
27
17
103.4
9.3
5.8
19
203
11Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
9.3
305
1964
14
158
51.8
2,824
201.7
19
6
96.4
6.2
2.0
12Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
9.3
534
2016
16
373
69.9
4,944
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9.2
502
2011
15
343
68.3
4,643
309.5
45
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
14Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
9.2
484
1983
16
289
59.7
4,458
278.6
32
29
87.3
6.6
6.0
40
307
15Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
9.2
388
1988
16
223
57.5
3,572
223.3
28
14
97.4
7.2
3.6
30
245
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
9.2
362
1961
14
187
51.7
3,330
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
17Milt Plum
M. Plum
9.2
250
1960
12
151
60.4
2,297
191.4
21
5
110.4
8.4
2.0
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
9.2
317
1968
14
182
57.4
2,909
207.8
26
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
19Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9.2
497
2004
16
336
67.6
4,557
284.8
49
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
9.1
283
1961
14
155
54.8
2,588
184.9
14
12
84.7
4.9
4.2
21Joe Montana
J. Montana
9.1
386
1989
13
271
70.2
3,521
270.8
26
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
22Nick Foles
N. Foles
9.1
317
2013
13
203
64.0
2,891
222.4
27
2
119.2
8.5
0.6
28
173
23Bert Jones
B. Jones
9.0
343
1976
14
207
60.3
3,104
221.7
24
9
102.5
7.0
2.6
29
284
24Billy Wade
B. Wade
9.0
250
1961
13
139
55.6
2,258
173.7
22
13
93.7
8.8
5.2
25Steve Young
S. Young
9.0
279
1991
11
180
64.5
2,517
228.8
17
8
101.8
6.1
2.9
13
79
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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.441
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12
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.294
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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.529
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
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9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
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5
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