highest passing yards per attempt since 2000, minimum 2000 attempts

Since 2000, Tony Romo has averaged the most passing yards per attempt when throwing 2,000+ pass attempts, with 7.9 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by a player since 2000, minimum 2000 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tony 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
2Kurt Warner
K. Warner
7.9
3,560
107
2,337
65.6
27,952
261.2
167
115
91.7
4.7
3.2
231
1,468
3Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
7.8
2,888
116
1,870
64.8
22,608
194.9
187
56
102.2
6.5
1.9
228
1,247
4Philip 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
5Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
7.8
2,305
73
1,527
66.2
17,904
245.3
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
6Trent Green
T. Green
7.8
3,230
104
1,988
61.5
25,034
240.7
139
103
86.7
4.3
3.2
210
1,283
7Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7.7
8,272
234
5,468
66.1
64,066
273.8
487
208
98.6
5.9
2.5
267
1,728
8Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
7.7
4,673
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
9Russell 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
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
3,243
108
1,981
61.1
24,792
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
11Drew 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
12Matt 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
13Ben 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
14Jared Goff
J. Goff
7.6
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
15Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7.6
8,743
264
5,696
65.1
66,274
251.0
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
16Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
7.6
5,899
174
3,934
66.7
44,700
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
17Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
7.6
4,759
139
3,184
66.9
35,989
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
18Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
7.6
3,199
104
2,016
63.0
24,153
232.2
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
19Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
7.5
2,421
78
1,647
68.0
18,166
232.9
120
59
96.4
5.0
2.4
141
971
20Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.5
2,389
104
1,500
62.8
17,879
171.9
107
62
89.7
4.5
2.6
205
1,334
21Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
7.5
2,393
93
1,542
64.4
17,891
192.4
110
45
94.4
4.6
1.9
183
1,114
22Matt 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
23Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
7.4
2,806
77
1,921
68.5
20,810
270.3
157
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
24Tom 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
25Josh Allen
J. Allen
7.4
4,088
128
2,615
64.0
30,102
235.2
220
94
94.4
5.4
2.3
229
1,448
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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8
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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