Tom Brady has the most career passing yards per attempt when throwing 5+ pass attempts, with 7.4 yards.
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record for highest yards by a player per pass attempt in a game min 5 passing attempts| NAME | AVG | ATT | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Brady | 7.4 | 12,050 | 335 | 7,753 | 64.3 | 89,214 | 266.3 | 649 | 212 | 97.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 565 | 3,576 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | B. Favre | 7.1 | 10,169 | 302 | 6,300 | 62.0 | 71,838 | 237.9 | 508 | 336 | 86.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 525 | 3,487 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | M. Ryan | 7.4 | 8,464 | 234 | 5,551 | 65.6 | 62,792 | 268.3 | 381 | 183 | 93.6 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 488 | 3,267 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | D. Marino | 7.3 | 8,358 | 242 | 4,967 | 59.4 | 61,361 | 253.6 | 420 | 252 | 86.4 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 270 | 1,930 |
| 8 |  | A. Rodgers | 7.6 | 8,353 | 252 | 5,443 | 65.2 | 63,738 | 252.9 | 511 | 119 | 102.6 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 580 | 3,972 |
| 9 |  | M. Stafford | 7.3 | 8,349 | 227 | 5,296 | 63.4 | 61,312 | 270.1 | 388 | 190 | 91.6 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 511 | 3,420 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | E. Manning | 7.0 | 8,119 | 236 | 4,895 | 60.3 | 57,023 | 241.6 | 366 | 244 | 84.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 411 | 2,870 |
| 12 |  | J. Elway | 7.1 | 7,250 | 234 | 4,123 | 56.9 | 51,475 | 220.0 | 300 | 226 | 79.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 516 | 3,785 |
| 13 |  | J. Flacco | 6.7 | 6,911 | 200 | 4,259 | 61.6 | 46,512 | 232.6 | 259 | 168 | 83.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 413 | 2,936 |
| 14 |  | W. Moon | 7.2 | 6,823 | 208 | 3,988 | 58.4 | 49,325 | 237.1 | 291 | 233 | 80.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 458 | 3,415 |
| 15 |  | D. Bledsoe | 6.6 | 6,717 | 194 | 3,839 | 57.2 | 44,611 | 230.0 | 251 | 206 | 77.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 467 | 3,135 |
| 16 | | V. Testaverde | 6.9 | 6,701 | 233 | 3,787 | 56.5 | 46,233 | 198.4 | 275 | 267 | 75.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 417 | 2,992 |
| 17 | | F. Tarkenton | 7.3 | 6,467 | 246 | 3,686 | 57.0 | 47,003 | 191.1 | 342 | 266 | 80.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 274 | 2,337 |
| 18 |  | C. Palmer | 7.3 | 6,307 | 182 | 3,941 | 62.5 | 46,247 | 254.1 | 294 | 187 | 87.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 340 | 2,364 |
| 19 | | K. Collins | 6.5 | 6,261 | 198 | 3,487 | 55.7 | 40,922 | 206.7 | 208 | 196 | 73.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 337 | 2,230 |
| 20 |  | R. Wilson | 7.7 | 6,112 | 203 | 3,948 | 64.6 | 46,921 | 231.1 | 353 | 114 | 99.4 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 568 | 3,736 |
| 21 |  | D. Carr | 7.1 | 5,785 | 169 | 3,765 | 65.1 | 41,245 | 244.1 | 257 | 112 | 92.8 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 303 | 1,890 |
| 22 |  | K. Cousins | 7.6 | 5,637 | 165 | 3,773 | 66.9 | 43,008 | 260.7 | 288 | 126 | 97.4 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 332 | 2,408 |
| 23 |  | A. Dalton | 7.0 | 5,620 | 177 | 3,519 | 62.6 | 39,558 | 223.5 | 254 | 150 | 87.5 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 355 | 2,318 |
| 24 |  | 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 |
| 25 |  | J. Montana | 7.5 | 5,391 | 192 | 3,409 | 63.2 | 40,551 | 211.2 | 273 | 139 | 92.3 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 313 | 2,095 |
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