nfl most passing yards per attempt by a player 1989

Joe Montana had the most passing yards per attempt in 1989, with 9.1 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	9.1	1989	SF	13	271	386	70.2	3,521	270.8	26	8	112.4	6.7	2.1	33	198
2	Jim Everett J. Everett	8.3	1989	RAM	16	304	518	58.7	4,310	269.4	29	17	90.6	5.6	3.3	29	214
3	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	8.0	1989	BUF	13	228	391	58.3	3,130	240.8	25	18	86.2	6.4	4.6	30	216
4	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	7.9	1989	WAS	14	280	476	58.8	3,768	269.1	22	13	88.1	4.6	2.7	16	108
5	Warren Moon W. Moon	7.8	1989	HOU	16	280	464	60.3	3,631	226.9	23	14	88.9	5.0	3.0	35	267
6	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	7.8	1989	KC	12	196	324	60.5	2,529	210.8	11	16	75.8	3.4	4.9	14	111
7	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	7.7	1989	CIN	16	258	455	56.7	3,525	220.3	28	11	92.1	6.2	2.4	36	288
8	Bobby Hebert B. Hebert	7.6	1989	NO	14	222	353	62.9	2,686	191.9	15	15	82.7	4.2	4.2	22	171
9	Phil Simms P. Simms	7.6	1989	NYG	15	228	405	56.3	3,061	204.1	14	14	77.6	3.5	3.5	40	244
10	John Elway J. Elway	7.3	1989	DEN	15	223	416	53.6	3,051	203.4	18	18	73.7	4.3	4.3	35	298
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.3	1989	MIA	16	308	550	56.0	3,997	249.8	24	22	76.9	4.4	4.0	10	86
12	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	7.2	1989	GB	16	353	599	58.9	4,318	269.9	27	20	82.3	4.5	3.3	47	268
13	Bob Gagliano B. Gagliano	7.2	1989	DET	11	117	232	50.4	1,671	151.9	6	12	61.2	2.6	5.2	25	153
14	Gary Hogeboom G. Hogeboom	7.1	1989	PHX	14	204	364	56.0	2,591	185.1	14	19	69.5	3.8	5.2	40	266
15	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	7.0	1989	MIN	14	194	362	53.6	2,543	181.6	9	12	70.5	2.5	3.3	27	194
16	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	7.0	1989	NYJ	15	288	477	60.4	3,346	223.1	12	18	74.3	2.5	3.8	50	391
17	Bubby Brister B. Brister	6.9	1989	PIT	14	187	342	54.7	2,365	168.9	9	10	73.1	2.6	2.9	45	452
18	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	6.9	1989	CLE	16	303	513	59.1	3,533	220.8	18	14	80.3	3.5	2.7	34	192
19	Mike Tomczak M. Tomczak	6.7	1989	CHI	16	156	306	51.0	2,058	128.6	16	16	68.2	5.2	5.2	10	68
20	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	6.7	1989	SD	12	176	318	55.3	2,132	177.7	10	10	73.5	3.1	3.1	28	167
21	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	6.6	1989	SEA	15	286	499	57.3	3,309	220.6	21	20	74.8	4.2	4.0	37	289
22	Chris Miller C. Miller	6.6	1989	ATL	15	280	526	53.2	3,459	230.6	16	10	76.1	3.0	1.9	41	318
23	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	6.5	1989	TB	14	258	480	53.8	3,133	223.8	20	22	68.9	4.2	4.6	38	294
24	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	6.5	1989	NE	7	133	261	51.0	1,697	242.4	9	14	60.8	3.4	5.4	8	64
25	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	6.4	1989	IND	13	190	362	52.5	2,317	178.2	15	13	71.3	4.1	3.6	20	125

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