who leads the nfl all-time in yards per pass

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

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	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	8.4	1,744	128	904	51.8	14,686	114.7	137	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
3	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	8.2	1,936	85	1,304	67.4	15,828	186.2	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	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	7.9	2,944	118	1,908	64.8	23,167	196.3	189	57	102.2	6.4	1.9	233	1,298
9	Ed Brown E. Brown	7.9	1,987	154	949	47.8	15,600	101.3	102	138	62.8	5.1	6.9
10	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
11	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	7.8	2,357	75	1,567	66.5	18,347	244.6	126	49	99.1	5.3	2.1	251	1,467
12	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	8,226	247	5,335	64.9	63,984	259.0	425	212	95.0	5.2	2.6	470	2,879
13	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
14	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
15	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	7.7	4,747	128	3,140	66.1	36,505	285.2	272	86	100.8	5.7	1.8	222	1,435
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	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
18	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	6,120	205	3,951	64.6	46,966	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
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	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	3,243	109	1,981	61.1	24,792	227.4	156	113	86.4	4.8	3.5	222	1,383
22	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
23	Trent Green T. Green	7.6	3,740	120	2,266	60.6	28,475	237.3	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
24	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	7.6	3,348	155	2,148	64.2	25,467	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
25	Ben Roethlisberger 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

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bengals	2	0	1.000
Steelers	1	1	.500
Browns	1	1	.500
Ravens	1	1	.500

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	CAR	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	BAL	@	CLE	1:00 PM
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Young

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Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

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Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
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Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/21	NYG	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Thu 9/24	ATL	@	GB	8:15 PM
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Otto Graham has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt, with 8.6 yards.

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