nfl highest passing yards per attempt by a quarterback 2020

Deshaun Watson had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback in 2020, with 8.9 yards.

Interpreted as:

NFL highest passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a quarterback 2020

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	8.9	2020	HOU	16	382	544	70.2	4,823	301.4	33	7	112.4	6.1	1.3	49	293
2	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	8.3	2020	MIN	16	349	516	67.6	4,265	266.6	35	13	105.0	6.8	2.5	39	256
3	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	8.2	2020	GB	16	372	526	70.7	4,299	268.7	48	5	121.5	9.1	1.0	20	182
4	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	8.1	2020	KC	15	390	588	66.3	4,740	316.0	38	6	108.2	6.5	1.0	22	147
5	Josh Allen J. Allen	7.9	2020	BUF	16	396	572	69.2	4,544	284.0	37	10	107.2	6.5	1.7	26	159
6	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	7.9	2020	TEN	16	315	481	65.5	3,819	238.7	33	7	106.5	6.9	1.5	24	173
7	Derek Carr D. Carr	7.9	2020	LV	16	348	517	67.3	4,103	256.4	27	9	101.4	5.2	1.7	26	150
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	7.8	2020	MIA	9	183	267	68.5	2,091	232.3	13	8	95.6	4.9	3.0	14	65
9	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	7.7	2020	DET	16	339	528	64.2	4,084	255.3	26	10	96.3	4.9	1.9	38	254
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.7	2020	IND	16	369	543	68.0	4,169	260.6	24	11	97.0	4.4	2.0	19	118
11	Tom Brady T. Brady	7.6	2020	TB	16	401	610	65.7	4,633	289.6	40	12	102.2	6.6	2.0	21	143
12	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	7.6	2020	CAR	15	340	492	69.1	3,733	248.9	15	11	92.1	3.0	2.2	31	205
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.5	2020	SEA	16	384	558	68.8	4,212	263.3	40	13	105.1	7.2	2.3	47	301
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.5	2020	NO	12	275	390	70.5	2,942	245.2	24	6	106.4	6.2	1.5	13	89
15	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	7.5	2020	SF	10	211	326	64.7	2,437	243.7	12	12	84.1	3.7	3.7	19	139
16	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.3	2020	BAL	15	242	376	64.4	2,757	183.8	26	9	99.3	6.9	2.4	29	160
17	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	7.3	2020	CLE	16	305	486	62.8	3,563	222.7	26	8	95.9	5.3	1.6	26	162
18	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	7.3	2020	ATL	16	407	626	65.0	4,581	286.3	26	11	93.3	4.2	1.8	41	257
19	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	7.3	2020	LAC	15	396	595	66.6	4,336	289.1	31	10	98.3	5.2	1.7	32	218
20	Cam Newton C. Newton	7.2	2020	NE	15	242	368	65.8	2,657	177.1	8	10	82.9	2.2	2.7	31	195
21	Jared Goff J. Goff	7.2	2020	LAR	15	370	552	67.0	3,952	263.5	20	13	90.0	3.6	2.4	23	161
22	Kyler Murray K. Murray	7.1	2020	ARI	16	375	558	67.2	3,971	248.2	26	12	94.3	4.7	2.2	27	176
23	Mitchell Trubisky M. Trubisky	6.9	2020	CHI	10	199	297	67.0	2,055	205.5	16	8	93.5	5.4	2.7	18	125
24	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	6.9	2020	JAX	9	216	327	66.1	2,259	251.0	16	5	95.9	4.9	1.5	27	147
25	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	6.7	2020	CIN	10	264	404	65.3	2,688	268.8	13	5	89.8	3.2	1.2	32	231

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