who has the least passing yards per attempt in nfl history

Joey Harrington has averaged the fewest career passing yards per attempt, with 5.8 yards.

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	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	5.8	2,538	81	1,424	56.1	14,693	181.4	79	85	69.4	3.1	3.3	124	770
2	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	5.8	1,799	119	886	49.2	10,506	88.3	55	108	52.6	3.1	6.0	172	1,514
3	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	5.9	2,043	80	1,088	53.3	11,969	149.6	50	76	63.5	2.4	3.7	199	1,038
4	Kyle Boller K. Boller	5.9	1,519	67	861	56.7	8,931	133.3	48	54	69.5	3.2	3.6	123	802
5	Frank Tripucka F. Tripucka	5.9	1,745	75	879	50.4	10,282	137.1	69	124	52.2	4.0	7.1
6	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	6.1	1,568	69	882	56.3	9,487	137.5	51	50	71.7	3.3	3.2	141	942
7	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	6.1	3,055	140	1,556	50.9	18,515	132.3	103	161	59.1	3.4	5.3	246	2,229
8	Steve Bono S. Bono	6.1	1,701	88	934	54.9	10,439	118.6	62	42	75.3	3.6	2.5	76	565
9	Bryce Young B. Young	6.2	1,551	50	954	61.5	9,559	191.2	58	32	82.9	3.7	2.1	128	928
10	Mark Malone M. Malone	6.2	1,648	73	839	50.9	10,175	139.4	60	81	61.9	3.6	4.9	86	671
11	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	6.2	1,644	67	873	53.1	10,243	152.9	42	69	63.3	2.6	4.2	103	717
12	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	6.2	1,509	132	756	50.1	9,414	71.3	49	63	63.3	3.2	4.2	115	837
13	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	6.3	2,358	125	1,316	55.8	14,746	118.0	77	84	70.7	3.3	3.6	170	1,048
14	Dave Brown D. Brown	6.3	1,634	73	892	54.6	10,248	140.4	44	58	67.9	2.7	3.5	181	1,005
15	Billy Joe Tolliver B. Joe Tolliver	6.3	1,707	79	891	52.2	10,760	136.2	59	64	67.7	3.5	3.7	125	877
16	David Carr D. Carr	6.4	2,267	94	1,353	59.7	14,452	153.7	65	71	74.9	2.9	3.1	267	1,564
17	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	6.5	1,751	91	912	52.1	11,295	124.1	56	83	63.3	3.2	4.7	152	1,392
18	Trent Dilfer T. Dilfer	6.5	3,172	130	1,759	55.5	20,518	157.8	113	129	70.2	3.6	4.1	263	1,730
19	Tobin Rote T. Rote	6.5	2,907	149	1,329	45.7	18,850	126.5	148	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
20	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	6.5	2,445	106	1,523	62.3	15,876	149.8	85	37	86.3	3.5	1.5	203	1,293
21	Tim Couch T. Couch	6.5	1,714	62	1,025	59.8	11,131	179.5	64	67	75.1	3.7	3.9	166	1,119
22	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	6.5	1,674	78	909	54.3	10,878	139.5	60	64	70.4	3.6	3.8	81	563
23	Tony Banks T. Banks	6.5	2,356	96	1,278	54.2	15,315	159.5	77	73	72.4	3.3	3.1	227	1,432
24	Bill Munson B. Munson	6.5	1,982	107	1,070	54.0	12,896	120.5	84	80	71.5	4.2	4.0	74	535
25	Matt Cassel M. Cassel	6.5	2,683	107	1,578	58.8	17,508	163.6	104	82	78.5	3.9	3.1	210	1,157

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