qb with highest career yards per attempt before 2023 minimum 1000 attempts

Before 2023, Otto Graham averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:
qb with highest career passing yards per attempt before 2023 minimum 1000 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Otto Graham
O. Graham
8.6
1,565
72
872
55.7
13,499
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8.3
1,693
117
881
52.0
14,050
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
3Jimmy Garoppolo
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
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
8.2
2,895
140
1,553
53.6
23,611
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
5Deshaun Watson
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
6Patrick Mahomes
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
7Steve Young
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
8Kurt Warner
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
9Tony Romo
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
10Bart Starr
B. Starr
7.8
3,149
196
1,808
57.4
24,718
126.1
152
138
80.5
4.8
4.4
59
533
11Bob Berry
B. Berry
7.8
1,173
78
661
56.4
9,197
117.9
64
64
77.2
5.5
5.5
131
927
12Philip Rivers
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
13Russell Wilson
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
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.8
5,186
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
15Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7.7
2,689
255
1,379
51.3
20,809
81.6
161
148
74.1
6.0
5.5
58
487
16Ed Brown
E. Brown
7.7
1,886
128
896
47.5
14,591
114.0
94
131
61.6
5.0
6.9
17Aaron Rodgers
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
18Jameis Winston
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
19Joe Burrow
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
20Dan Fouts
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
21Len Dawson
L. Dawson
7.7
3,741
211
2,136
57.1
28,711
136.1
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
22Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.7
2,958
131
1,685
57.0
22,700
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
23Peyton Manning
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
24Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
7.6
1,766
93
1,014
57.4
13,507
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
25Kirk Cousins
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
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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8
9
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12
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13
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6
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7
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8
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8
9
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9
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6
11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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