nfl most passing yards per attempt by a player 1992

Steve Young averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 1992, with 8.6 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	8.6	1992	SF	16	268	402	66.7	3,465	216.6	25	7	107.0	6.2	1.7	29	152
2	Bobby Hebert B. Hebert	7.8	1992	NO	16	249	422	59.0	3,287	205.4	19	16	82.9	4.5	3.8	15	119
3	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	7.5	1992	KC	16	230	413	55.7	3,115	194.7	15	12	79.9	3.6	2.9	48	323
4	Cody Carlson C. Carlson	7.5	1992	HOU	11	149	227	65.6	1,710	155.5	9	11	81.2	4.0	4.8	15	90
5	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	7.5	1992	BUF	16	269	462	58.2	3,457	216.1	23	19	81.2	5.0	4.1	20	145
6	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.4	1992	MIA	16	330	554	59.6	4,116	257.3	24	16	85.1	4.3	2.9	28	173
7	Stan Humphries S. Humphries	7.4	1992	SD	16	263	454	57.9	3,356	209.8	16	18	76.4	3.5	4.0	28	218
8	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	7.3	1992	PIT	12	185	313	59.1	2,283	190.3	13	9	83.6	4.2	2.9	27	208
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	7.3	1992	HOU	11	224	346	64.7	2,521	229.2	18	12	89.3	5.2	3.5	16	105
10	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	7.3	1992	DAL	16	302	473	63.8	3,445	215.3	23	14	89.5	4.9	3.0	23	112
11	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	7.2	1992	PHI	15	233	384	60.7	2,775	185.0	19	11	87.3	4.9	2.9	60	437
12	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	7.1	1992	TB	14	206	358	57.5	2,554	182.4	14	16	74.2	3.9	4.5	35	259
13	John Elway J. Elway	7.1	1992	DEN	12	174	316	55.1	2,242	186.8	10	17	65.7	3.2	5.4	36	272
14	Jim Everett J. Everett	7.0	1992	RAM	16	281	475	59.2	3,323	207.7	22	18	80.2	4.6	3.8	26	204
15	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	6.9	1992	CHI	16	202	358	56.4	2,486	155.4	13	12	76.2	3.6	3.4	31	167
16	Chris Miller C. Miller	6.9	1992	ATL	8	152	253	60.1	1,739	217.4	15	6	90.7	5.9	2.4	16	103
17	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	6.9	1992	PHX	15	245	413	59.3	2,832	188.8	15	15	77.1	3.6	3.6	29	226
18	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	6.9	1992	WAS	16	269	479	56.2	3,282	205.1	13	17	71.7	2.7	3.5	23	176
19	Brett Favre B. Favre	6.9	1992	GB	15	302	471	64.1	3,227	215.1	18	13	85.3	3.8	2.8	34	208
20	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	6.8	1992	MIN	12	159	279	57.0	1,905	158.8	12	13	72.9	4.3	4.7	25	177
21	Jeff George J. George	6.4	1992	IND	10	167	306	54.6	1,963	196.3	7	15	61.5	2.3	4.9	27	188
22	Browning Nagle B. Nagle	5.9	1992	NYJ	14	192	387	49.6	2,280	162.9	7	17	55.7	1.8	4.4	27	215
23	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	5.8	1992	RAI	13	123	253	48.6	1,476	113.5	11	11	63.3	4.3	4.3	25	180
24	Stan Gelbaugh S. Gelbaugh	5.1	1992	SEA	10	121	255	47.5	1,307	130.7	6	11	52.9	2.4	4.3	34	265
25	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	5.1	1992	CIN	12	144	278	51.8	1,407	117.3	11	15	57.0	4.0	5.4	19	150

StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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