highest career yards/completion since 1966 minimum 1500 attempts

Since 1966, Joe Namath has the most passing yards per completion when throwing 1,500+ pass attempts, with 14.78.

Interpreted as:
highest career passing yards/completion by a player since 1966 minimum 1500 passing attempts
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPGPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
14.78
3,422
25,443
1,722
127
50.3
7.4
200.3
155
205
65.1
4.5
6.0
109
1,052
2Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
14.69
2,332
17,204
1,171
109
50.2
7.4
157.8
152
120
75.0
6.5
5.1
72
636
3Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
14.49
1,591
11,972
826
71
51.9
7.5
168.6
88
81
73.9
5.5
5.1
50
494
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
14.31
3,593
26,886
1,879
149
52.3
7.5
180.4
182
208
69.6
5.1
5.8
247
1,986
5Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
14.07
2,808
20,063
1,426
118
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
13.85
3,741
26,414
1,907
168
51.0
7.1
157.2
185
202
68.0
4.9
5.4
179
1,514
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
13.82
3,901
27,989
2,025
168
51.9
7.2
166.6
212
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
8Doug Williams
D. Williams
13.71
2,507
16,998
1,240
88
49.5
6.8
193.2
100
93
69.4
4.0
3.7
84
734
9Craig Morton
C. Morton
13.62
3,752
27,735
2,036
203
54.3
7.4
136.6
181
183
73.9
4.8
4.9
373
2,800
10Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
13.47
2,958
22,700
1,685
131
57.0
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
11Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
13.4
1,906
13,155
982
111
51.5
6.9
118.5
87
99
67.3
4.6
5.2
118
894
12Jim Hart
J. Hart
13.37
5,076
34,665
2,593
201
51.1
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
13Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
13.35
3,125
23,322
1,747
152
55.9
7.5
153.4
141
179
70.9
4.5
5.7
297
2,423
14Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
13.32
3,701
25,882
1,943
157
52.5
7.0
164.9
164
198
67.5
4.4
5.3
380
3,279
15Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
13.26
2,081
14,391
1,085
126
52.1
6.9
114.2
86
102
67.7
4.1
4.9
210
1,510
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
13.26
2,375
18,218
1,374
127
57.9
7.7
143.4
131
110
81.3
5.5
4.6
167
1,423
17Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
13.14
1,873
13,394
1,019
86
54.4
7.2
155.7
80
104
68.3
4.3
5.6
74
590
18Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
13.05
5,604
43,040
3,297
181
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
19Bob Griese
B. Griese
13.03
3,429
25,092
1,926
161
56.2
7.3
155.9
192
172
77.1
5.6
5.0
267
2,318
20Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
12.99
2,430
17,277
1,330
106
54.7
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
21Phil Simms
P. Simms
12.99
4,647
33,462
2,576
164
55.4
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
477
3,418
22Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
12.9
1,546
10,711
830
102
53.7
6.9
105.0
55
70
68.7
3.6
4.5
160
1,188
23Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
12.89
4,117
28,190
2,187
188
53.1
6.8
149.9
179
164
72.8
4.3
4.0
363
2,826
24Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
12.88
2,337
16,079
1,248
185
53.4
6.9
86.9
88
106
68.9
3.8
4.5
114
809
25Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
12.86
2,923
19,926
1,550
137
53.0
6.8
145.4
150
138
72.1
5.1
4.7
158
1,193
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