nfl passing yards per attempt leaders since 1966

Since 1966, Greg Cook has the most passing yards per attempt, with 9.3 yards.

Interpreted as:
NFL passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game leaders since 1966
NAMEAVGGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.3
12
107
200
53.5
1,865
155.4
15
11
87.6
7.5
5.5
29
195
2Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
8.6
49
919
1,353
67.9
11,685
238.5
84
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
3Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
8.2
135
600
1,135
52.9
9,287
68.8
74
70
76.3
6.5
6.2
58
487
4Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
8.2
85
1,304
1,936
67.4
15,828
186.2
96
52
97.6
5.0
2.7
140
936
5Bart Starr
B. Starr
8.1
70
636
1,080
58.9
8,789
125.6
55
50
82.8
5.1
4.6
59
533
6Drake Maye
D. Maye
8.0
30
579
830
69.8
6,670
222.3
46
18
103.1
5.5
2.2
81
430
7Steve 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
8Kurt 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
9Tony 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
10Don Meredith
D. Meredith
7.9
37
476
908
52.4
7,139
192.9
61
40
82.6
6.7
4.4
11Bob Berry
B. Berry
7.9
76
661
1,171
56.4
9,197
121.0
64
64
77.3
5.5
5.5
131
927
12Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.8
116
1,870
2,888
64.8
22,608
194.9
187
56
102.2
6.5
1.9
228
1,247
13Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
14Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
7.8
73
1,527
2,305
66.2
17,904
245.3
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
15Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
7.7
36
369
733
50.3
5,646
156.8
56
36
81.1
7.6
4.9
4
35
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.7
126
3,093
4,673
66.2
35,939
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
17Dan 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
18Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
19Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.7
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
7.7
127
1,374
2,375
57.9
18,218
143.4
131
110
81.3
5.5
4.6
167
1,423
21Peyton 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
22Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
108
1,981
3,243
61.1
24,792
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
23Drew 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
24Trent 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
25Matt 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
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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PASS

1,809

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1,019

Brown

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24.4

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28.9

30th

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93.6

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249.6

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
Last Game
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5 - 12

20

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18

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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