quarterback highest yards per attempt since 1970 minimum 500 attempts

Since 1970, Brock Purdy has the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 500+ pass attempts, with 9.0 yards.

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quarterback highest passing yards per attempt since 1970 minimum 500 passing attempts

	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	9.0	963	37	655	68.0	8,686	234.8	59	23	106.8	6.1	2.4	62	347
2	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	1,895	82	1,277	67.4	15,494	189.0	94	51	97.6	5.0	2.7	137	921
3	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	8.0	805	33	530	65.8	6,429	194.8	34	31	88.3	4.2	3.9	48	371
4	Steve 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
5	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	8.0	544	97	288	52.9	4,337	44.7	33	33	74.4	6.1	6.1	51	424
6	Kurt 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
7	Tony 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
8	Philip 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
9	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.8	4,054	109	2,702	66.7	31,613	290.0	239	74	102.2	5.9	1.8	183	1,210
10	C.J. Stroud	7.8	929	28	591	63.6	7,225	258.0	38	14	94.9	4.1	1.5	79	658
11	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	7.8	2,305	73	1,527	66.2	17,904	245.3	123	48	98.8	5.3	2.1	244	1,432
12	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	5,878	195	3,806	64.7	45,437	233.0	346	109	100.1	5.9	1.9	546	3,571
13	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.7	2,491	99	1,616	64.9	19,177	193.7	154	48	100.8	6.2	1.9	188	986
14	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	7.7	1,963	62	1,336	68.1	15,095	243.5	98	41	98.8	5.0	2.1	108	752
15	Dan 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
16	Peyton 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
17	Roger Staubach 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
18	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	3,152	104	1,928	61.2	24,079	231.5	154	108	86.9	4.9	3.4	214	1,335
19	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.6	8,119	244	5,290	65.2	62,021	254.2	495	113	102.7	6.1	1.4	562	3,841
20	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	7.6	5,613	163	3,757	66.9	42,867	263.0	287	125	97.4	5.1	2.2	329	2,389
21	Drew Brees 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
22	Trent Green 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
23	Matt Schaub 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
24	Bob Griese 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
25	Ben Roethlisberger 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

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