nfl qb most passing yards per completion 1920 to 2023 minimum 9000 attempts

Between the 1920 and 2023 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards per completion by a quarterback when throwing 9,000+ pass attempts, with 11.75.

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NFL qb most passing yards per completion 1920 to 2023 minimum 9000 passing attempts
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPGPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
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
2Tom Brady
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
3Brett Favre
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
4Drew Brees
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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TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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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