Between the 1920 and 2023 seasons, John Elway had the most passing yards per completion by a quarterback when throwing 7,000+ pass attempts, with 12.48.
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NFL qb most passing yards per completion 1920 to 2023 minimum 7000 passing attempts| NAME | YDS/CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP | GP | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Elway | 12.48 | 7,250 | 51,475 | 4,123 | 234 | 56.9 | 7.1 | 220.0 | 300 | 226 | 79.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 516 | 3,785 |
| 2 |  | D. Marino | 12.35 | 8,358 | 61,361 | 4,967 | 242 | 59.4 | 7.3 | 253.6 | 420 | 252 | 86.4 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 270 | 1,930 |
| 3 |  | P. Rivers | 12.02 | 8,134 | 63,440 | 5,277 | 244 | 64.9 | 7.8 | 260.0 | 421 | 209 | 95.2 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 465 | 2,842 |
| 4 |  | A. Rodgers | 11.81 | 7,661 | 59,055 | 5,001 | 231 | 65.3 | 7.7 | 255.6 | 475 | 105 | 103.6 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 531 | 3,606 |
| 5 |  | B. Roethlisberger | 11.78 | 8,443 | 64,088 | 5,440 | 249 | 64.4 | 7.6 | 257.4 | 418 | 211 | 93.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 554 | 3,670 |
| 6 |  | P. Manning | 11.75 | 9,380 | 71,940 | 6,125 | 266 | 65.3 | 7.7 | 270.5 | 539 | 251 | 96.5 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 303 | 1,953 |
| 7 |  | E. Manning | 11.65 | 8,119 | 57,023 | 4,895 | 236 | 60.3 | 7.0 | 241.6 | 366 | 244 | 84.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 411 | 2,870 |
| 8 |  | M. Stafford | 11.59 | 7,649 | 56,047 | 4,834 | 206 | 63.2 | 7.3 | 272.1 | 357 | 180 | 91.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 474 | 3,152 |
| 9 |  | T. Brady | 11.51 | 12,050 | 89,214 | 7,753 | 335 | 64.3 | 7.4 | 266.3 | 649 | 212 | 97.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 565 | 3,576 |
| 10 |  | B. Favre | 11.4 | 10,169 | 71,838 | 6,300 | 302 | 62.0 | 7.1 | 237.9 | 508 | 336 | 86.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 525 | 3,487 |
| 11 |  | M. Ryan | 11.31 | 8,464 | 62,792 | 5,551 | 234 | 65.6 | 7.4 | 268.3 | 381 | 183 | 93.6 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 488 | 3,267 |
| 12 |  | D. Brees | 11.25 | 10,551 | 80,358 | 7,142 | 287 | 67.7 | 7.6 | 280.0 | 571 | 243 | 98.7 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 420 | 2,991 |
StatMuse has season-level data for completions, passing attempts, and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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