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

From 1980 through 2021, Steve Young had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when playing 150+ games, with 8.0 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	8.0	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
2	Tony Romo T. Romo	7.9	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
3	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.8	158	3,079	4,735	65.0	37,059	234.6	292	87	101.8	6.2	1.8	427	2,838
4	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	244	5,277	8,134	64.9	63,440	260.0	421	209	95.2	5.2	2.6	465	2,842
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.8	213	4,651	7,118	65.3	55,360	259.9	449	93	104.5	6.3	1.3	498	3,338
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.7	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.6	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	80,358	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
8	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	7.6	155	2,148	3,348	64.2	25,467	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	7.6	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	64,088	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	7.5	176	3,396	5,368	63.3	40,455	229.9	272	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
11	Tom Brady T. Brady	7.5	318	7,263	11,317	64.2	84,520	265.8	624	203	97.6	5.5	1.8	543	3,416
12	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	7.5	222	5,242	8,003	65.5	59,735	269.1	367	170	94.2	4.6	2.1	450	2,980
13	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	7.4	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	35,467	221.7	237	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
14	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.3	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	253.6	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
15	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	7.3	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	46,247	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
16	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	7.3	182	4,302	6,825	63.0	49,995	274.7	323	161	91.1	4.7	2.4	415	2,739
17	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	7.3	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	37,920	202.8	247	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
18	Phil Simms P. Simms	7.2	152	2,442	4,382	55.7	31,719	208.7	186	143	79.2	4.2	3.3	438	3,099
19	Warren Moon W. Moon	7.2	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	49,325	237.1	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
20	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	7.2	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	38,147	179.1	261	199	81.5	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
21	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	7.1	153	3,048	4,920	62.0	35,133	229.6	227	160	85.3	4.6	3.3	322	2,035
22	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	7.1	180	2,328	4,005	58.1	28,484	158.2	170	146	79.1	4.2	3.6	380	2,590
23	John Elway J. Elway	7.1	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	51,475	220.0	300	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
24	Jim Everett J. Everett	7.1	158	2,841	4,923	57.7	34,837	220.5	203	175	78.6	4.1	3.6	257	1,885
25	Brett Favre B. Favre	7.1	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000