which quarterback has the highest yards per pass in nfl history

Otto Graham has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt by a quarterback, with 8.6 yards.

Interpreted as:

Which quarterback has the highest yards with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts per pass in NFL history?

	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Otto Graham O. Graham	8.6	1,565	72	872	55.7	13,499	187.5	88	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	8.3	1,693	117	881	52.0	14,050	120.1	132	128	74.5	7.8	7.6
3	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	1,936	83	1,304	67.4	15,828	190.7	96	52	97.6	5.0	2.7	140	936
4	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	8.2	2,895	140	1,553	53.6	23,611	168.7	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
5	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
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	Bart Starr B. Starr	7.8	3,149	196	1,808	57.4	24,718	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
9	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.8	2,681	107	1,746	65.1	20,928	195.6	176	50	103.0	6.6	1.9	207	1,111
10	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
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	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	7.8	5,186	211	2,830	54.6	40,239	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
13	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	7.7	2,689	255	1,379	51.3	20,809	81.6	161	148	74.1	6.0	5.5	58	487
14	Ed Brown E. Brown	7.7	1,886	128	896	47.5	14,591	114.0	94	131	61.6	5.0	6.9
15	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.7	4,384	118	2,916	66.5	33,866	287.0	256	76	101.9	5.8	1.7	194	1,285
16	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
17	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	6,113	204	3,948	64.6	46,921	230.0	353	114	99.4	5.8	1.9	568	3,736
18	Len Dawson L. Dawson	7.7	3,741	211	2,136	57.1	28,711	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
19	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	7.7	2,958	131	1,685	57.0	22,700	173.3	153	109	83.4	5.2	3.7	313	2,154
20	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
21	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	7.6	1,766	93	1,014	57.4	13,507	145.2	107	110	76.0	6.1	6.2
22	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.6	8,383	253	5,464	65.2	63,973	252.9	513	119	102.7	6.1	1.4	580	3,972
23	Kirk Cousins 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
24	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	3,177	105	1,944	61.2	24,225	230.7	154	111	86.4	4.8	3.5	219	1,372
25	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

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