nfl passing yards per attempt leaders 2017 season

Drew Brees averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 2017, with 8.1 yards.

Interpreted as:
NFL passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders 2017 season
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
8.1
2017
16
386
536
72.0
4,334
270.9
23
8
103.9
4.3
1.5
20
145
2Alex Smith
A. Smith
8.0
2017
15
341
505
67.5
4,042
269.5
26
5
104.7
5.1
1.0
35
207
3Jared Goff
J. Goff
8.0
2017
15
296
477
62.1
3,804
253.6
28
7
100.5
5.9
1.5
25
172
4Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.9
2017
13
282
442
63.8
3,504
269.5
19
11
92.2
4.3
2.5
33
207
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.9
2017
16
385
581
66.3
4,577
286.1
32
8
102.8
5.5
1.4
35
201
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.9
2017
16
371
565
65.7
4,446
277.9
29
10
99.3
5.1
1.8
47
287
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.9
2017
16
360
575
62.6
4,515
282.2
28
10
96.0
4.9
1.7
18
120
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.7
2017
16
342
529
64.7
4,095
255.9
20
12
91.4
3.8
2.3
24
156
9Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.6
2017
16
347
540
64.3
4,093
255.8
27
13
93.9
5.0
2.4
41
342
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.6
2017
15
360
561
64.2
4,251
283.4
28
14
93.4
5.0
2.5
21
139
11Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
7.5
2017
13
265
440
60.2
3,296
253.5
33
7
101.9
7.5
1.6
28
162
12Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.4
2017
7
164
267
61.4
1,978
282.6
9
7
84.4
3.4
2.6
22
150
13Case Keenum
C. Keenum
7.4
2017
15
325
481
67.6
3,547
236.5
22
7
98.3
4.6
1.5
22
136
14Josh McCown
J. McCown
7.4
2017
13
267
397
67.3
2,926
225.1
18
9
94.5
4.5
2.3
39
264
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.2
2017
16
339
553
61.3
3,983
248.9
34
11
95.4
6.1
2.0
43
322
16Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.1
2017
15
281
453
62.0
3,232
215.5
13
15
79.3
2.9
3.3
27
173
17Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
7.0
2017
16
315
523
60.2
3,687
230.4
21
13
84.7
4.0
2.5
24
123
18Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.0
2017
7
154
238
64.7
1,675
239.3
16
6
97.2
6.7
2.5
22
168
19Derek Carr
D. Carr
6.8
2017
15
323
515
62.7
3,496
233.1
22
13
86.4
4.3
2.5
20
101
20Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
6.8
2017
16
308
490
62.9
3,324
207.8
22
13
86.6
4.5
2.7
32
185
21Cam Newton
C. Newton
6.7
2017
16
291
492
59.1
3,302
206.4
22
16
80.7
4.5
3.3
35
242
22Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
6.7
2017
16
297
496
59.9
3,320
207.5
25
12
86.6
5.0
2.4
39
255
23Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
6.7
2017
15
263
420
62.6
2,799
186.6
14
4
89.2
3.3
1.0
46
256
24Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
6.6
2017
12
196
330
59.4
2,193
182.8
7
7
77.5
2.1
2.1
31
196
25Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
6.6
2017
16
276
469
58.8
3,098
193.6
13
7
81.7
2.8
1.5
52
305
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM