quarterback with the highest yards per attempt and more than 2500 completion until 2022

Before 2023, Steve Young had the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback with >2,500 completions, with 8.0 yards.

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quarterback with the highest passing yards per attempt and more than 2500 completion until 2022
NAMEAVGCMPGPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
8.0
2,667
169
4,149
64.3
33,124
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.9
2,666
124
4,070
65.5
32,344
260.8
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
3Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.9
2,829
156
4,335
65.3
34,183
219.1
248
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.8
5,277
244
8,134
64.9
63,440
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
5Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.8
3,371
173
5,218
64.6
40,583
234.6
308
98
100.2
5.9
1.9
482
3,206
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
7.8
2,830
211
5,186
54.6
40,239
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.7
5,001
230
7,660
65.3
59,055
256.8
475
105
103.6
6.2
1.4
530
3,596
8Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.7
3,297
181
5,604
58.8
43,040
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.7
6,125
266
9,380
65.3
71,940
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
10Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.6
3,249
142
4,866
66.8
37,140
261.5
252
105
97.8
5.2
2.2
287
2,097
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.6
7,142
287
10,551
67.7
80,358
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.6
5,440
249
8,443
64.4
64,088
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
13Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.5
3,409
192
5,391
63.2
40,551
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
14Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
7.4
2,874
160
4,779
60.1
35,467
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.4
5,551
234
8,464
65.6
62,792
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
16Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.4
7,753
335
12,050
64.3
89,214
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
17Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.3
4,967
242
8,358
59.4
61,361
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
7.3
2,654
192
4,475
59.3
32,838
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
19Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
7.3
2,914
145
4,534
64.3
33,265
229.4
212
108
91.9
4.7
2.4
383
2,835
20Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.3
3,941
182
6,307
62.5
46,247
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
21Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.3
4,508
191
7,128
63.2
52,082
272.7
333
169
90.9
4.7
2.4
444
2,947
22Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
7.3
2,969
187
5,205
57.0
37,920
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
23Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
7.3
3,686
246
6,467
57.0
47,003
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
24Cam Newton
C. Newton
7.2
2,682
148
4,474
59.9
32,382
218.8
194
123
85.2
4.3
2.7
332
2,477
25Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.2
3,988
208
6,823
58.4
49,325
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
StatMuse has season-level data for completions and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
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0
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14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176