who led the league in passing yards per attempt in 1979

Richard Todd averaged the most passing yards per attempt in 1979, with 8.0 yards.

Interpreted as:
Who led the league in passing yards per attempt with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in 1979?
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Richard Todd
R. Todd
8.0
1979
NYJ NYJ
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
177.3
16
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7.9
1979
PIT PIT
16
259
472
54.9
3,724
232.8
26
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
3Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
7.8
1979
BUF BUF
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
7.8
1979
DAL DAL
16
267
461
57.9
3,586
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
5Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
7.8
1979
NE NE
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
7.7
1979
SD SD
16
332
530
62.6
4,082
255.1
24
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
7Archie Manning
A. Manning
7.5
1979
NO NO
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
198.1
15
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
8Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
7.3
1979
OAK OAK
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
9Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
7.2
1979
SEA SEA
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
10Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
7.1
1979
PHI PHI
16
190
374
50.8
2,669
166.8
18
12
76.8
4.8
3.2
34
272
11Craig Morton
C. Morton
7.1
1979
DEN DEN
14
204
370
55.1
2,626
187.6
16
19
70.6
4.3
5.1
30
241
12Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
7.1
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
13Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
7.1
1979
WAS WAS
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
174.8
20
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
14David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
7.0
1979
GB GB
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
172.8
10
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
15Bob Griese
B. Griese
7.0
1979
MIA MIA
14
176
310
56.8
2,160
154.3
14
16
72.0
4.5
5.2
26
223
16Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
6.9
1979
CIN CIN
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
156.0
16
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
17Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
6.6
1979
ATL ATL
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
178.9
17
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
6.6
1979
NYG NYG
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
145.3
13
14
66.0
4.9
5.3
39
319
19Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
6.5
1979
HOU HOU
15
163
324
50.3
2,090
139.3
14
18
62.1
4.3
5.6
29
212
20Greg Landry
G. Landry
6.4
1979
BAL BAL
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
183.3
15
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
21Pat Haden
P. Haden
6.4
1979
LA LA
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
185.4
11
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
22Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
6.3
1979
SF SF
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
23Doug Williams
D. Williams
6.2
1979
TB TB
16
166
397
41.8
2,448
153.0
18
24
52.5
4.5
6.0
7
57
24Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
6.1
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
25Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
6.0
1979
CHI CHI
12
134
255
52.5
1,535
127.9
9
8
69.6
3.5
3.1
15
145
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