nfl highest average yards per pass by a passer that attempted 200 or more passes in a season since 1970

Since 1970, Kurt Warner has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season when throwing 200+ pass attempts, with 9.9 yards in 2000.

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  • Data note: Yards Per Attempt, Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kurt 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
2Chris 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
3Brock 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
4Ryan 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
5Ryan 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
6Ken 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
7Matt 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
8Aaron 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
9Lynn 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
10Boomer 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
11Peyton 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
12Joe 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
13Nick 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
14Bert 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
15Steve 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
16Dan Marino
D. Marino
9.0
564
1984
16
362
64.2
5,084
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
17Drake Maye
D. Maye
8.9
492
2025
17
354
72.0
4,394
258.5
31
8
113.5
6.3
1.6
47
201
18Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
8.9
211
1971
13
126
59.7
1,882
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
19Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
268
2005
12
168
62.7
2,385
198.8
17
9
98.6
6.3
3.4
23
129
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
295
2004
14
196
66.4
2,621
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
21Bob Berry
B. Berry
8.9
226
1971
11
136
60.2
2,005
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
22Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
8.9
400
2022
13
259
64.8
3,548
272.9
25
8
105.5
6.3
2.0
21
163
23Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
8.9
520
2021
16
366
70.4
4,611
288.2
34
14
108.3
6.5
2.7
51
370
24Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
8.9
544
2020
16
382
70.2
4,823
301.4
33
7
112.4
6.1
1.3
49
293
25Kurt Warner
K. Warner
8.8
546
2001
16
375
68.7
4,830
301.9
36
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233

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