nfl player highest passing average with a minimum of 1250 passing attempts in a decade including playoffs

Patrick Mahomes has the most passing yards per attempt in the regular-season and playoffs when throwing 1,250+ pass attempts, with 8.5 yards in the 2010s.

NAME AVG ATT DECADE GP CMP PCT YDS YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
8.5
1,283
2010s
36
839
65.4
10,886
302.4
89
20
108.6
6.9
1.6
59
404
2 Otto Graham
O. Graham
8.5
1,733
1950s
79
961
55.5
14,703
186.1
98
107
76.8
5.7
6.2
3 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8.4
1,741
1940s
112
913
52.4
14,591
130.3
138
130
76.0
7.9
7.5
4 Bart Starr
B. Starr
8.3
2,512
1960s
143
1,485
59.1
20,879
146.0
140
93
89.1
5.6
3.7
24
217
5 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
8.0
2,614
1950s
125
1,400
53.6
21,016
168.1
146
166
72.4
5.6
6.4
6 Steve Young
S. Young
8.0
3,834
1990s
137
2,521
65.8
30,799
224.8
219
92
99.4
5.7
2.4
288
1,515
7 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.0
2,689
2000s
97
1,698
63.1
21,541
222.1
142
93
91.3
5.3
3.5
264
1,745
8 Tony Romo
T. Romo
8.0
1,992
2000s
87
1,258
63.2
15,877
182.5
111
57
94.6
5.6
2.9
111
717
9 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
8.0
2,542
1960s
123
1,439
56.6
20,258
164.7
189
126
86.6
7.4
5.0
19
141
10 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
8.0
1,330
2010s
41
884
66.5
10,586
258.2
75
30
100.0
5.6
2.3
139
829
11 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
8.0
2,349
1980s
88
1,325
56.4
18,696
212.5
127
79
86.3
5.4
3.4
165
1,335
12 Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
8.0
2,308
1980s
83
1,340
58.1
18,363
221.2
121
122
79.1
5.2
5.3
206
1,600
13 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.9
4,201
2010s
143
2,700
64.3
33,346
233.2
250
79
100.7
6.0
1.9
391
2,510
14 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.9
3,371
1960s
127
1,862
55.2
26,753
210.7
182
168
78.4
5.4
5.0
12
93
15 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7.9
1,627
1960s
114
854
52.5
12,906
113.2
108
87
78.7
6.6
5.3
7
63
16 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.9
3,901
2000s
117
2,567
65.8
30,841
263.6
190
125
92.7
4.9
3.2
246
1,560
17 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
7.8
1,413
2000s
76
923
65.3
11,087
145.9
59
40
91.3
4.2
2.8
76
473
18 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.8
3,838
1980s
107
2,290
59.7
30,093
281.2
184
152
84.0
4.8
4.0
180
1,336
19 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
2,143
2000s
75
1,341
62.6
16,771
223.6
114
54
94.1
5.3
2.5
118
766
20 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.8
2,168
2020s
78
1,415
65.3
16,925
217.0
131
44
100.7
6.0
2.0
171
939
21 Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.8
6,420
2010s
163
4,454
69.4
50,089
307.3
366
137
102.5
5.7
2.1
267
1,866
22 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
5,803
2010s
164
3,778
65.1
45,156
275.3
297
154
94.8
5.1
2.7
351
2,123
23 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.8
6,073
2000s
177
3,991
65.7
47,191
266.6
342
157
97.2
5.6
2.6
203
1,355
24 Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.8
2,528
2010s
75
1,685
66.7
19,622
261.6
145
62
98.9
5.7
2.5
159
1,125
25 Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.7
2,548
2010s
72
1,563
61.3
19,737
274.1
121
88
86.9
4.7
3.5
169
1,075
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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15
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11
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
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.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
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Rams Rams
10
7
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10
7
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13
4
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Dolphins Dolphins
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9
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.471
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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647