nfl most passing yards per attempt by a player 1991

Steve Young had the most passing yards per attempt in 1991, with 9.0 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	9.0	1991	SF	11	180	279	64.5	2,517	228.8	17	8	101.8	6.1	2.9	13	79
2	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	8.5	1991	WAS	16	249	421	59.1	3,564	222.8	28	11	97.9	6.7	2.6	7	59
3	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	8.1	1991	BUF	15	304	474	64.1	3,844	256.3	33	17	97.6	7.0	3.6	31	227
4	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	7.6	1991	DAL	12	237	363	65.3	2,754	229.5	11	10	86.7	3.0	2.8	32	224
5	Hugh Millen H. Millen	7.5	1991	NE	13	246	409	60.1	3,073	236.4	9	18	72.5	2.2	4.4	54	379
6	Chris Miller C. Miller	7.5	1991	ATL	15	220	413	53.3	3,103	206.9	26	18	80.6	6.3	4.4	23	145
7	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	7.3	1991	SEA	10	187	285	65.6	2,080	208.0	11	12	82.5	3.9	4.2	32	216
8	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.2	1991	MIA	16	318	549	57.9	3,970	248.1	25	13	85.8	4.6	2.4	27	182
9	John Elway J. Elway	7.2	1991	DEN	16	242	451	53.7	3,253	203.3	13	12	75.4	2.9	2.7	45	305
10	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	7.2	1991	PHI	12	187	311	60.1	2,239	186.6	12	11	80.3	3.9	3.5	21	128
11	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	7.2	1991	RAI	15	189	357	52.9	2,562	170.8	15	16	71.4	4.2	4.5	31	238
12	Warren Moon W. Moon	7.2	1991	HOU	16	404	655	61.7	4,690	293.1	23	21	81.7	3.5	3.2	23	174
13	Jeff Hostetler J. Hostetler	7.1	1991	NYG	12	179	285	62.8	2,032	169.3	5	4	84.1	1.8	1.4	20	100
14	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	7.1	1991	CLE	16	307	494	62.1	3,487	217.9	18	9	87.8	3.6	1.8	41	232
15	Jim Everett J. Everett	7.0	1991	RAM	16	277	490	56.5	3,438	214.9	11	20	68.9	2.2	4.1	30	200
16	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	7.0	1991	CIN	14	233	413	56.4	2,883	205.9	13	16	72.5	3.1	3.9	25	190
17	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	6.9	1991	PIT	12	156	286	54.5	1,963	163.6	11	7	78.8	3.8	2.4	30	214
18	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	6.8	1991	KC	16	256	434	59.0	2,965	185.3	17	14	79.3	3.9	3.2	19	161
19	Steve Bono S. Bono	6.8	1991	SF	9	141	237	59.5	1,617	179.7	11	4	88.5	4.6	1.7	11	91
20	Bobby Hebert B. Hebert	6.8	1991	NO	9	149	248	60.1	1,676	186.2	9	8	79.0	3.6	3.2	16	134
21	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	6.7	1991	NYJ	16	287	489	58.7	3,300	206.3	10	11	76.6	2.0	2.2	33	273
22	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	6.5	1991	CHI	16	275	478	57.5	3,121	195.1	15	16	73.7	3.1	3.3	24	163
23	Tom Tupa T. Tupa	6.5	1991	PHX	11	165	315	52.4	2,053	186.6	6	13	62.0	1.9	4.1	24	197
24	Steve Walsh S. Walsh	6.4	1991	NO	8	141	255	55.3	1,638	204.8	11	6	79.5	4.3	2.4	3	26
25	Mike Tomczak M. Tomczak	6.3	1991	GB	12	128	238	53.8	1,490	124.2	11	9	72.6	4.6	3.8	13	105

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