nfl highest career passing yard average leader

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

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

	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	8.4	1,744	128	904	51.8	14,686	114.7	137	132	75.0	7.9	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	Ed Brown E. Brown	7.9	1,987	154	949	47.8	15,600	101.3	102	138	62.8	5.1	6.9
9	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
10	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.8	2,870	115	1,859	64.8	22,370	194.5	184	55	101.9	6.4	1.9	225	1,231
11	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	8,226	247	5,335	64.9	63,984	259.0	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
12	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
13	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
14	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
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	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
22	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
23	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
24	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	7.6	3,348	155	2,148	64.2	25,467	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
25	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	7.6	5,847	172	3,903	66.8	44,394	258.1	296	130	97.0	5.1	2.2	341	2,466

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