qb ten highest yards per attempt first 50 games

Guido Merkens averaged the most yards per attempt by a quarterback in his first 50 games, with 16.0 yards per attempt.

	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	PASS AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Guido Merkens G. Merkens	16.0	50	0	0		0		0.0	0	0
2	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	8.2	50	473	885	53.4	7,587	8.6	151.7	62	53	80.7	7.0	6.0
3	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.8	50	1,080	1,627	66.4	14,507	8.9	290.1	112	61	101.9	6.9	3.7	96	605
4	Sam Wyche S. Wyche	7.8	50	116	222	52.3	1,772	8.0	35.4	12	9	80.0	5.4	4.1
5	Craig Morton C. Morton	7.6	50	364	727	50.1	5,820	8.0	116.4	48	43	74.5	6.6	5.9
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	7.5	50	686	1,260	54.4	10,106	8.0	202.1	92	50	88.7	7.3	4.0
7	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.5	50	1,205	1,827	66.0	15,348	8.4	307.0	125	25	109.2	6.8	1.4	81	551
8	Otto Graham O. Graham	7.5	50	677	1,228	55.1	10,141	8.3	202.8	65	73	75.3	5.3	5.9
9	Tony Romo T. Romo	7.4	50	470	718	65.5	6,135	8.5	122.7	49	26	99.9	6.8	3.6	39	263
10	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7.4	50	407	698	58.3	5,529	7.9	110.6	44	29	87.4	6.3	4.2
11	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	7.4	50	919	1,371	67.0	11,840	8.6	236.8	78	35	102.3	5.7	2.6	81	465
12	Greg Landry G. Landry	7.4	50	407	781	52.1	5,814	7.4	116.3	41	48	68.4	5.2	6.1
13	Milt Plum M. Plum	7.4	50	520	910	57.1	7,379	8.1	147.6	55	38	86.2	6.0	4.2
14	Len Dawson L. Dawson	7.3	50	409	721	56.7	5,440	7.5	108.8	58	41	83.9	8.0	5.7
15	Vince Ferragamo V. Ferragamo	7.2	50	518	931	55.6	7,218	7.8	144.4	53	52	76.5	5.7	5.6
16	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	7.2	50	841	1,461	57.6	11,569	7.9	231.4	87	51	88.4	6.0	3.5	42	305
17	Danny White D. White	7.2	50	303	510	59.4	3,842	7.5	76.8	31	29	79.6	6.1	5.7
18	Billy Wade B. Wade	7.2	50	379	738	51.4	5,729	7.8	114.6	37	45	68.5	5.0	6.1
19	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	7.2	50	486	1,011	48.1	7,666	7.6	153.3	52	49	70.7	5.1	4.8
20	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.1	50	1,025	1,697	60.4	13,401	7.9	268.0	114	54	94.5	6.7	3.2	50	429
21	Bob Lee B. Lee	7.1	50	209	397	52.6	3,039	7.7	60.8	19	17	76.0	4.8	4.3
22	Bert Jones B. Jones	7.0	50	630	1,127	55.9	8,191	7.3	163.8	56	43	79.6	5.0	3.8
23	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	7.0	50	623	1,075	58.0	7,697	7.2	153.9	48	34	81.9	4.5	3.2
24	John Hadl J. Hadl	6.9	50	366	776	47.2	5,656	7.3	113.1	49	52	64.9	6.3	6.7
25	Norris Weese N. Weese	6.9	50	148	262	56.5	1,985	7.6	39.7	7	14	67.4	2.7	5.3

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