who led the league in passing yards per attempt in 1971

Roger Staubach had the most passing yards per attempt in 1971, with 8.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
Who led the league in passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in 1971?
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
8.9
1971
DAL DAL
13
126
211
59.7
1,882
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
2Bob Berry
B. Berry
8.9
1971
ATL ATL
11
136
226
60.2
2,005
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
3Greg Landry
G. Landry
8.6
1971
DET DET
14
136
261
52.1
2,237
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
8.3
1971
KC KC
14
167
301
55.5
2,504
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
5Bob Griese
B. Griese
7.9
1971
MIA MIA
14
145
263
55.1
2,089
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
6Virgil Carter
V. Carter
7.3
1971
CIN CIN
10
138
222
62.2
1,624
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
7Pete Liske
P. Liske
7.3
1971
PHI PHI
14
143
269
53.2
1,957
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
7.3
1971
WAS WAS
14
166
306
54.2
2,221
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
9Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
7.1
1971
CLE CLE
14
174
325
53.5
2,319
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
7.1
1971
SD SD
14
233
431
54.1
3,075
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
11Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
7.1
1971
OAK OAK
14
118
242
48.8
1,717
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
12John Brodie
J. Brodie
6.8
1971
SF SF
14
208
387
53.7
2,642
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
13Jim Hart
J. Hart
6.7
1971
STL STL
11
110
243
45.3
1,626
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
14Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6.7
1971
NYG NYG
13
226
386
58.5
2,567
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
15Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
6.6
1971
NE NE
14
158
328
48.2
2,158
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
6.4
1971
LA LA
14
180
352
51.1
2,238
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
17Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
6.3
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
18Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
6.2
1971
BUF BUF
13
149
291
51.2
1,813
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
19Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6.1
1971
PIT PIT
14
203
373
54.4
2,259
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
20Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
5.7
1971
NO NO
14
96
210
45.7
1,191
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
21Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
5.2
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
225
40.4
1,164
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
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