quarterback highest average passing yards per attempt from 2001 to 2006

Between the 2001 and 2006 seasons, Tony Romo averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:

quarterback highest average passing passing yards with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game per attempt from 2001 to 2006

	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tony Romo T. Romo	8.6	38	220	337	65.3	2,903	76.4	19	13	95.1	5.6	3.9	21	124
2	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	8.3	41	644	1,032	62.4	8,519	207.8	52	43	87.9	5.0	4.2	99	622
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.9	96	2,117	3,211	65.9	25,299	263.5	190	81	99.1	5.9	2.5	114	752
4	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.7	51	1,081	1,651	65.5	12,770	250.4	63	52	88.5	3.8	3.1	141	859
5	Trent Green T. Green	7.7	88	1,720	2,777	61.9	21,459	243.9	118	85	87.3	4.2	3.1	173	1,027
6	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	7.7	60	1,357	2,106	64.4	16,233	270.6	95	59	91.3	4.5	2.8	165	1,246
7	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	7.6	68	1,462	2,267	64.5	17,154	252.3	104	73	89.2	4.6	3.2	215	1,183
8	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	7.4	45	932	1,461	63.8	10,768	239.3	78	43	91.5	5.3	2.9	80	516
9	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	7.3	5	81	137	59.1	1,001	200.2	9	5	88.5	6.6	3.6	13	85
10	Jake Delhomme J. Delhomme	7.2	65	1,109	1,858	59.7	13,444	206.8	89	58	84.9	4.8	3.1	106	795
11	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.2	20	301	490	61.4	3,536	176.8	23	10	90.5	4.7	2.0	31	170
12	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	7.2	59	1,078	1,654	65.2	11,906	201.8	71	46	89.1	4.3	2.8	105	630
13	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	7.2	76	1,462	2,474	59.1	17,767	233.8	123	52	89.1	5.0	2.1	182	1,136
14	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	7.2	87	1,539	2,547	60.4	18,222	209.4	112	72	85.1	4.4	2.8	194	1,178
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.1	75	1,481	2,363	62.7	16,766	223.5	106	64	87.5	4.5	2.7	110	829
16	Trent Dilfer T. Dilfer	7.1	33	395	689	57.3	4,881	147.9	24	26	75.3	3.5	3.8	45	276
17	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	7.1	42	945	1,460	64.7	10,315	245.6	62	25	92.5	4.2	1.7	85	476
18	Steve McNair S. McNair	7.1	83	1,531	2,482	61.7	17,506	210.9	107	66	86.2	4.3	2.7	124	793
19	Tom Brady T. Brady	7.0	95	1,895	3,061	61.9	21,558	226.9	147	78	88.4	4.8	2.5	182	1,150
20	Brian Griese B. Griese	7.0	56	1,003	1,559	64.3	10,842	193.6	71	61	83.6	4.6	3.9	125	828
21	Jay Fiedler J. Fiedler	6.9	49	740	1,259	58.8	8,745	178.5	53	49	77.8	4.2	3.9	84	558
22	Brett Favre B. Favre	6.9	96	2,024	3,292	61.5	22,794	237.4	159	116	83.6	4.8	3.5	124	873
23	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	6.9	36	468	780	60.0	5,383	149.5	25	33	73.9	3.2	4.2	85	560
24	Tommy Maddox T. Maddox	6.9	42	603	1,036	58.2	7,139	170.0	42	40	76.7	4.1	3.9	82	474
25	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	6.9	91	1,532	2,651	57.8	18,256	200.6	107	81	79.7	4.0	3.1	134	861

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