what qb led the nfl in yards per attempt from 1970 to 2023

From 1970 through 2023, Jay Walker averaged the most yards per attempt by a quarterback, with 15.5 yards per attempt.

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	NAME	AVG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	PASS AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jay Walker J. Walker	15.5	1	2	2	100.0	31	15.5	31.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
2	Jeff Francis J. Francis	13.0	1	2	2	100.0	26	13.0	26.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
3	Kerwin Bell K. Bell	12.3	1	5	5	100.0	75	15.0	75.0	1	0	158.3	20.0	0.0	0	0
4	Bernard Quarles B. Quarles	12.0	1	1	3	33.3	40	13.3	40.0	1	1	81.9	33.3	33.3	0	0
5	Jim Bob Taylor J. Bob Taylor	10.0	8	1	2	50.0	20	10.0	2.5	0	1	45.8	0.0	50.0	0	0
6	Ed Rubbert E. Rubbert	9.4	3	26	49	53.1	532	10.9	177.3	4	1	110.2	8.2	2.0	1	9
7	Mike Kelley M. Kelley	9.3	3	17	29	58.6	305	10.5	101.7	1	0	106.3	3.4	0.0	1	7
8	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	8.8	2	1	1	100.0	37	37.0	18.5	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Kliff Kingsbury K. Kingsbury	8.5	1	1	2	50.0	17	8.5	17.0	0	0	79.2	0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Jacob Eason J. Eason	8.4	2	5	10	50.0	84	8.4	42.0	0	2	39.2	0.0	20.0	0	0
11	Ryan Nassib R. Nassib	8.1	5	9	10	90.0	128	12.8	25.6	1	0	152.1	10.0	0.0	2	11
12	Levi Brown L. Brown	8.0	1	2	3	66.7	24	8.0	24.0	0	1	51.4	0.0	33.3	0	0
13	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	7.8	25	422	614	68.7	5,654	9.2	226.2	44	15	111.4	7.2	2.4	39	237
14	Monte McGuire M. McGuire	7.7	2	2	3	66.7	23	7.7	11.5	0	0	89.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
15	Mike Buck M. Buck	7.4	12	55	92	59.8	790	8.6	65.8	5	4	87.7	5.4	4.3	5	27
16	Eric Kresser E. Kresser	7.4	2	10	21	47.6	164	7.8	82.0	1	2	50.6	4.8	9.5	0	0
17	Zeke Bratkowski Z. Bratkowski	7.4	6	19	37	51.4	298	8.1	49.7	4	3	80.7	10.8	8.1	1	12
18	Cardale Jones C. Jones	7.2	1	6	11	54.5	96	8.7	96.0	0	1	46.0	0.0	9.1	1	2
19	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.1	96	2,386	3,590	66.5	28,424	7.9	296.1	219	63	103.5	6.1	1.8	148	980
20	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.0	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
21	Sammy Garza S. Garza	6.9	2	11	20	55.0	183	9.2	91.5	1	2	63.1	5.0	10.0	1	13
22	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	6.9	2	2	4	50.0	52	13.0	26.0	1	0	135.4	25.0	0.0	0	0
23	Kurt Warner K. Warner	6.9	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	7.9	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
24	Tony Romo T. Romo	6.9	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	7.9	219.1	248	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
25	Steve Matthews S. Matthews	6.9	3	28	43	65.1	299	7.0	99.7	0	0	85.3	0.0	0.0	1	0

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Murray

RUSH

410

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REC

258

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PASS YDS/G

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Vikings	5	0	1.000
Bears	3	2	.600
Packers	3	2	.600
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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537

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12

Goff

12

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7

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Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

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Watson

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

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Sack Leaders

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Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

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30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

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Rush Yards Rankings

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164.4

162.3

158.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

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281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

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Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

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Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000