nfl passing yards per attempt leaders 1970 to 2023

Between the 1970 and 2023 seasons, Brock Purdy had the most passing yards per attempt, with 9.2 yards.

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NFL passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game leaders 1970 to 2023

	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	9.2	25	422	614	68.7	5,654	226.2	44	15	111.4	7.2	2.4	39	237
2	C.J. Stroud	8.2	15	319	499	63.9	4,108	273.9	23	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
3	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	81	1,277	1,895	67.4	15,494	191.3	94	51	97.6	5.0	2.7	137	921
4	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	8.0	66	1,390	2,089	66.5	16,756	253.9	118	45	100.8	5.6	2.2	211	1,241
5	Steve Young S. Young	8.0	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
6	Jake Browning J. Browning	8.0	9	171	243	70.4	1,936	215.1	12	7	98.4	4.9	2.9	24	169
7	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	8.0	29	528	803	65.8	6,391	220.4	34	31	88.1	4.2	3.9	48	371
8	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.9	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
9	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.9	96	2,386	3,590	66.5	28,424	296.1	219	63	103.5	6.1	1.8	148	980
10	Tony Romo T. Romo	7.9	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
11	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	244	5,277	8,134	64.9	63,440	260.0	421	209	95.2	5.2	2.6	465	2,842
12	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	7.7	53	1,096	1,638	66.9	12,639	238.5	81	37	97.1	4.9	2.3	90	622
13	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.7	231	5,001	7,661	65.3	59,055	255.6	475	105	103.6	6.2	1.4	531	3,606
14	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	188	3,668	5,665	64.7	43,653	232.2	334	106	100.0	5.9	1.9	527	3,464
15	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	7.7	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
16	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.7	93	1,763	2,881	61.2	22,104	237.7	141	99	87.0	4.9	3.4	195	1,242
17	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.7	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
18	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7.7	125	1,662	2,911	57.1	22,279	178.2	152	107	83.6	5.2	3.7	301	2,048
19	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	7.6	150	3,465	5,177	66.9	39,471	263.1	270	110	98.2	5.2	2.1	304	2,207
20	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.6	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	80,358	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
21	Trent Green T. Green	7.6	120	2,266	3,740	60.6	28,475	237.3	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
22	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	7.6	155	2,148	3,348	64.2	25,467	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
23	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	7.6	114	2,595	3,873	67.0	29,459	258.4	202	74	99.0	5.2	1.9	235	1,417
24	Bob Griese B. Griese	7.6	127	1,453	2,491	58.3	18,919	149.0	146	122	81.5	5.9	4.9	234	2,029
25	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	7.6	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	64,088	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670

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