nfl highest career passing yard average by a qb

Otto Graham has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt by a quarterback, with 8.6 yards.

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NFL highest career passing yard average with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts by a qb

	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Otto Graham O. Graham	8.6	1,565	72	872	55.7	13,499	187.5	88	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	8.3	1,693	117	881	52.0	14,050	120.1	132	128	74.5	7.8	7.6
3	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	1,936	84	1,304	67.4	15,828	188.4	96	52	97.6	5.0	2.7	140	936
4	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	8.2	2,895	140	1,553	53.6	23,611	168.7	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
5	Steve Young S. Young	8.0	4,149	169	2,667	64.3	33,124	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
6	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.9	4,070	124	2,666	65.5	32,344	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
7	Tony Romo T. Romo	7.9	4,335	156	2,829	65.3	34,183	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
8	Bart Starr B. Starr	7.8	3,149	196	1,808	57.4	24,718	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	8,161	245	5,295	64.9	63,560	259.4	422	210	95.1	5.2	2.6	466	2,844
10	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.8	2,860	114	1,852	64.8	22,269	195.3	184	55	101.9	6.4	1.9	225	1,231
11	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	7.8	2,305	73	1,527	66.2	17,904	245.3	123	48	98.8	5.3	2.1	244	1,432
12	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	7.8	5,186	211	2,830	54.6	40,239	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
13	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	7.7	2,689	255	1,379	51.3	20,809	81.6	161	148	74.1	6.0	5.5	58	487
14	Ed Brown E. Brown	7.7	1,886	128	896	47.5	14,591	114.0	94	131	61.6	5.0	6.9
15	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.7	4,673	126	3,093	66.2	35,939	285.2	267	85	100.8	5.7	1.8	218	1,412
16	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	7.7	5,604	181	3,297	58.8	43,040	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
17	Len Dawson L. Dawson	7.7	3,741	211	2,136	57.1	28,711	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
18	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	6,120	205	3,951	64.6	46,966	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
19	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7.7	2,958	131	1,685	57.0	22,700	173.3	153	109	83.4	5.2	3.7	313	2,154
20	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.7	9,380	266	6,125	65.3	71,940	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
21	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	7.6	1,766	93	1,014	57.4	13,507	145.2	107	110	76.0	6.1	6.2
22	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	3,243	108	1,981	61.1	24,792	229.6	156	113	86.4	4.8	3.5	222	1,383
23	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.6	10,551	287	7,142	67.7	80,358	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
24	Trent Green T. Green	7.6	3,740	120	2,266	60.6	28,475	237.3	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
25	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.6	8,616	261	5,617	65.2	65,546	251.1	525	123	102.5	6.1	1.4	594	4,061

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