Between the 1970 and 2022 seasons, Jimmy Garoppolo had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with 8.3 yards.
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qb with highest career passing yards per attempt 1970 to 2022 minimum 1000 passing attempts| NAME | AVG | ATT | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Garoppolo | 8.3 | 1,726 | 74 | 1,167 | 67.6 | 14,289 | 193.1 | 87 | 42 | 99.6 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 123 | 820 |
| 2 |  | D. Watson | 8.2 | 1,918 | 60 | 1,285 | 67.0 | 15,641 | 260.7 | 111 | 41 | 102.3 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 194 | 1,156 |
| 3 |  | P. Mahomes | 8.1 | 2,993 | 80 | 1,985 | 66.3 | 24,241 | 303.0 | 192 | 49 | 105.7 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 121 | 794 |
| 4 |  | S. Young | 8.0 | 4,149 | 169 | 2,667 | 64.3 | 33,124 | 196.0 | 232 | 107 | 96.8 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 358 | 2,055 |
| 5 |  | K. Warner | 7.9 | 4,070 | 124 | 2,666 | 65.5 | 32,344 | 260.8 | 208 | 128 | 93.7 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 260 | 1,669 |
| 6 |  | T. Romo | 7.9 | 4,335 | 156 | 2,829 | 65.3 | 34,183 | 219.1 | 248 | 117 | 97.1 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 248 | 1,672 |
| 7 |  | P. Rivers | 7.8 | 8,134 | 244 | 5,277 | 64.9 | 63,440 | 260.0 | 421 | 209 | 95.2 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 465 | 2,842 |
| 8 |  | R. Wilson | 7.8 | 5,218 | 173 | 3,371 | 64.6 | 40,583 | 234.6 | 308 | 98 | 100.2 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 482 | 3,206 |
| 9 |  | A. Rodgers | 7.7 | 7,660 | 230 | 5,001 | 65.3 | 59,055 | 256.8 | 475 | 105 | 103.6 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 530 | 3,596 |
| 10 |  | J. Winston | 7.7 | 2,834 | 86 | 1,738 | 61.3 | 21,840 | 254.0 | 139 | 96 | 87.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 193 | 1,229 |
| 11 |  | J. Burrow | 7.7 | 1,530 | 42 | 1,044 | 68.2 | 11,774 | 280.3 | 82 | 31 | 100.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 124 | 860 |
| 12 |  | D. Fouts | 7.7 | 5,604 | 181 | 3,297 | 58.8 | 43,040 | 237.8 | 254 | 242 | 80.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 319 | 2,304 |
| 13 |  | P. Manning | 7.7 | 9,380 | 266 | 6,125 | 65.3 | 71,940 | 270.5 | 539 | 251 | 96.5 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 303 | 1,953 |
| 14 |  | R. Staubach | 7.7 | 2,911 | 125 | 1,662 | 57.1 | 22,279 | 178.2 | 152 | 107 | 83.6 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 301 | 2,048 |
| 15 |  | K. Cousins | 7.6 | 4,866 | 142 | 3,249 | 66.8 | 37,140 | 261.5 | 252 | 105 | 97.8 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 287 | 2,097 |
| 16 |  | D. Brees | 7.6 | 10,551 | 287 | 7,142 | 67.7 | 80,358 | 280.0 | 571 | 243 | 98.7 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 420 | 2,991 |
| 17 | | T. Green | 7.6 | 3,740 | 120 | 2,266 | 60.6 | 28,475 | 237.3 | 162 | 114 | 86.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 259 | 1,621 |
| 18 | | M. Schaub | 7.6 | 3,348 | 155 | 2,148 | 64.2 | 25,467 | 164.3 | 136 | 91 | 89.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 180 | 1,245 |
| 19 |  | D. Prescott | 7.6 | 3,284 | 97 | 2,186 | 66.6 | 24,977 | 257.5 | 166 | 65 | 97.8 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 196 | 1,162 |
| 20 |  | J. Hurts | 7.6 | 1,040 | 45 | 648 | 62.3 | 7,906 | 175.7 | 44 | 19 | 92.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 77 | 440 |
| 21 | | B. Griese | 7.6 | 2,491 | 127 | 1,453 | 58.3 | 18,919 | 149.0 | 146 | 122 | 81.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 234 | 2,029 |
| 22 |  | B. Roethlisberger | 7.6 | 8,443 | 249 | 5,440 | 64.4 | 64,088 | 257.4 | 418 | 211 | 93.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 554 | 3,670 |
| 23 | | D. Culpepper | 7.6 | 3,199 | 105 | 2,016 | 63.0 | 24,153 | 230.0 | 149 | 106 | 87.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 298 | 1,696 |
| 24 |  | J. Montana | 7.5 | 5,391 | 192 | 3,409 | 63.2 | 40,551 | 211.2 | 273 | 139 | 92.3 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 313 | 2,095 |
| 25 | | S. Grogan | 7.5 | 3,593 | 149 | 1,879 | 52.3 | 26,886 | 180.4 | 182 | 208 | 69.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 247 | 1,986 |
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