best yards per attempt by qb with 4866+ attempts

Philip Rivers has averaged the most career passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 4,866+ pass attempts, with 7.8 yards.

Interpreted as:
best passing yards per attempt by qb with 4866+ passing attempts
NAME AVG ATT GP CMP PCT YDS YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 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
2 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
3 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.7
6,001
199
3,882
64.7
46,135
231.8
350
111
99.8
5.8
1.8
560
3,683
4 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
5 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
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.6
8,245
248
5,369
65.1
62,952
253.8
503
116
102.6
6.1
1.4
571
3,908
7 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.6
5,630
164
3,768
66.9
42,979
262.1
288
126
97.4
5.1
2.2
332
2,408
8 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
9 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
10 Joe Montana
J. Montana
7.5
5,391
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
11 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.4
8,464
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
12 Tom Brady
T. Brady
7.4
12,050
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
13 Dan Marino
D. Marino
7.3
8,358
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
14 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
7.3
6,307
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
15 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7.3
8,166
222
5,174
63.4
59,809
269.4
377
188
91.2
4.6
2.3
502
3,365
16 Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
7.3
5,205
187
2,969
57.0
37,920
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
17 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
7.3
6,467
246
3,686
57.0
47,003
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
18 Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.2
6,823
208
3,988
58.4
49,325
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
19 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
7.2
5,311
213
3,105
58.5
38,147
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
20 Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
7.1
4,920
153
3,048
62.0
35,133
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
21 Derek Carr
D. Carr
7.1
5,785
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22 John Elway
J. Elway
7.1
7,250
234
4,123
56.9
51,475
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
23 Jim Everett
J. Everett
7.1
4,923
158
2,841
57.7
34,837
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
24 Brett Favre
B. Favre
7.1
10,169
302
6,300
62.0
71,838
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
25 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
7.0
5,614
175
3,514
62.6
39,500
225.7
253
150
87.5
4.5
2.7
355
2,318
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5
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2
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3
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NFC South W L T PCT
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7
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.588
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9
0
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4
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12
5
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.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
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.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
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7
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.588
Colts Colts
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9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647