quarterbacks with highest adjusted net yards per pass attempt 1998 to 2009 minimum 25 games

Between the 1998 and 2009 seasons, Tony Romo had the most net passing yards per passing attempt by a quarterback when playing 25+ games, with 7.77.

NAMENET/ATTGPNETATTCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tony Romo
T. Romo
7.77
83
14,426
1,857
1,178
63.4
15,045
8.1
181.3
107
55
95.6
5.8
3.0
99
619
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.54
124
30,675
4,070
2,666
65.5
32,344
7.9
260.8
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
3Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
7.51
76
10,614
1,413
923
65.3
11,087
7.8
145.9
59
40
91.3
4.2
2.8
76
473
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7.47
68
14,300
1,914
1,207
63.1
14,951
7.8
219.9
106
45
95.8
5.5
2.4
103
651
5Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.46
192
48,736
6,531
4,232
64.8
50,128
7.7
261.1
366
181
95.2
5.6
2.8
215
1,392
6Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
7.46
33
6,257
839
511
60.9
6,601
7.9
200.0
51
25
93.5
6.1
3.0
55
344
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7.34
87
17,701
2,411
1,526
63.3
19,302
8.0
221.9
127
81
91.7
5.3
3.4
242
1,601
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.21
39
8,194
1,136
726
63.9
8,801
7.7
225.7
59
21
97.2
5.2
1.8
93
607
9Trent Green
T. Green
7.18
119
26,854
3,739
2,266
60.6
28,475
7.6
239.3
162
114
86.1
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
10Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
7.17
32
4,029
562
351
62.5
4,156
7.4
129.9
30
29
81.2
5.3
5.2
19
127
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
7.08
122
29,481
4,164
2,697
64.8
30,646
7.4
251.2
202
110
91.9
4.9
2.6
159
1,165
12Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
7.02
105
22,457
3,199
2,016
63.0
24,153
7.6
230.0
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
13Tom Brady
T. Brady
6.99
129
29,480
4,218
2,672
63.3
30,844
7.3
239.1
225
99
93.3
5.3
2.3
219
1,364
14Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6.96
30
6,160
885
528
59.7
6,356
7.2
211.9
38
25
84.3
4.3
2.8
36
196
15Jeff George
J. George
6.86
28
5,037
734
420
57.2
5,559
7.6
198.5
34
26
82.0
4.6
3.5
68
522
16Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
6.86
53
12,179
1,775
1,098
61.9
12,690
7.1
239.4
81
63
83.8
4.6
3.5
86
511
17Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
6.82
88
16,839
2,469
1,631
66.1
17,804
7.2
202.3
102
64
90.1
4.1
2.6
162
965
18Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
6.82
56
11,093
1,627
984
60.5
12,093
7.4
215.9
80
55
85.8
4.9
3.4
177
1,000
19Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
6.81
42
1,567
230
129
56.1
1,683
7.3
40.1
11
11
75.3
4.8
4.8
16
116
20Jake Delhomme
J. Delhomme
6.78
97
18,692
2,755
1,630
59.2
19,892
7.2
205.1
123
94
82.1
4.5
3.4
160
1,200
21Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6.77
81
17,809
2,631
1,662
63.2
18,724
7.1
231.2
128
80
87.9
4.9
3.0
134
915
22Brett Favre
B. Favre
6.76
192
44,630
6,606
4,112
62.2
46,738
7.1
243.4
315
222
85.3
4.8
3.4
309
2,108
23Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
6.76
76
11,788
1,745
1,024
58.7
13,112
7.5
172.5
76
68
80.6
4.4
3.9
202
1,324
24Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
6.74
86
18,894
2,802
1,739
62.1
19,890
7.1
231.3
124
56
89.8
4.4
2.0
187
996
25Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
6.69
125
24,590
3,676
2,264
61.6
25,537
6.9
204.3
161
83
87.5
4.4
2.3
181
947
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