quarterback highest yards per attempt from 1980 to 2021 minimum 150 games

From 1980 through 2021, Peyton Manning had the most yards per attempt by a quarterback when playing 150+ games, with 7.0 yards per attempt.

	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	PASS AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.0	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
2	Tony Romo T. Romo	6.9	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	7.9	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
3	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	6.8	244	5,277	8,134	64.9	63,440	7.8	260.0	421	209	95.2	5.2	2.6	465	2,842
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	6.8	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	80,358	7.6	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
5	Steve Young S. Young	6.8	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	8.0	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	6.7	213	4,651	7,118	65.3	55,360	7.8	259.9	449	93	104.5	6.3	1.3	498	3,338
7	Dan Marino D. Marino	6.7	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	7.3	253.6	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
8	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	6.6	155	2,148	3,348	64.2	25,467	7.6	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
9	Tom Brady T. Brady	6.6	318	7,263	11,317	64.2	84,520	7.5	265.8	624	203	97.6	5.5	1.8	543	3,416
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	6.5	176	3,396	5,368	63.3	40,455	7.5	229.9	272	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
11	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	6.5	222	5,242	8,003	65.5	59,735	7.5	269.1	367	170	94.2	4.6	2.1	450	2,980
12	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	6.5	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	64,088	7.6	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	6.5	158	3,079	4,735	65.0	37,059	7.8	234.6	292	87	101.8	6.2	1.8	427	2,838
14	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	6.4	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	46,247	7.3	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
15	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	6.4	182	4,302	6,825	63.0	49,995	7.3	274.7	323	161	91.1	4.7	2.4	415	2,739
16	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	6.3	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	35,467	7.4	221.7	237	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
17	Brett Favre B. Favre	6.2	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	7.1	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
18	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	6.2	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	37,920	7.3	202.8	247	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
19	Eli Manning E. Manning	6.2	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	57,023	7.0	241.6	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
20	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	6.2	153	3,048	4,920	62.0	35,133	7.1	229.6	227	160	85.3	4.6	3.3	322	2,035
21	Jim Everett J. Everett	6.2	158	2,841	4,923	57.7	34,837	7.1	220.5	203	175	78.6	4.1	3.6	257	1,885
22	Steve McNair S. McNair	6.1	161	2,733	4,544	60.1	31,304	6.9	194.4	174	119	82.8	3.8	2.6	254	1,567
23	Warren Moon W. Moon	6.1	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	49,325	7.2	237.1	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
24	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	6.1	165	2,898	4,715	61.5	32,942	7.0	199.6	165	141	81.6	3.5	3.0	259	1,748
25	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	6.1	166	3,072	5,060	60.7	34,990	6.9	210.8	223	169	82.3	4.4	3.3	300	1,576

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