highest yards per attempt in a career, with at least 40,000 passing yards

Philip Rivers has the most career passing yards per attempt when passing for 40,000+ yards, with 7.8 yards.

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highest passing yards by a player per attempt in a career, with at least 40,000 passing yards

	NAME	AVG	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	7.8	63,440	244	5,277	8,134	64.9	260.0	421	209	95.2	5.2	2.6	465	2,842
2	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	7.8	40,239	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	190.7	290	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	7.7	43,040	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
4	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.7	46,921	203	3,948	6,112	64.6	231.1	353	114	99.4	5.8	1.9	568	3,736
5	Peyton Manning P. Manning	7.7	71,940	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	270.5	539	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
6	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	7.6	63,738	252	5,443	8,353	65.2	252.9	511	119	102.6	6.1	1.4	580	3,972
7	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	7.6	43,008	165	3,773	5,637	66.9	260.7	288	126	97.4	5.1	2.2	332	2,408
8	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.6	80,358	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	7.6	64,088	249	5,440	8,443	64.4	257.4	418	211	93.5	5.0	2.5	554	3,670
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	7.5	40,551	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
11	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	7.4	62,792	234	5,551	8,464	65.6	268.3	381	183	93.6	4.5	2.2	488	3,267
12	Tom Brady T. Brady	7.4	89,214	335	7,753	12,050	64.3	266.3	649	212	97.2	5.4	1.8	565	3,576
13	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	7.3	61,312	227	5,296	8,349	63.4	270.1	388	190	91.6	4.6	2.3	511	3,420
14	Dan Marino D. Marino	7.3	61,361	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	253.6	420	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
15	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	7.3	46,247	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	254.1	294	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
16	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	7.3	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
17	Warren Moon W. Moon	7.2	49,325	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	237.1	291	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
18	Derek Carr D. Carr	7.1	41,245	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
19	John Elway J. Elway	7.1	51,475	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	220.0	300	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
20	Brett Favre B. Favre	7.1	71,838	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
21	Eli Manning E. Manning	7.0	57,023	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	241.6	366	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
22	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	6.9	46,233	233	3,787	6,701	56.5	198.4	275	267	75.0	4.1	4.0	417	2,992
23	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	6.7	46,512	200	4,259	6,911	61.6	232.6	259	168	83.8	3.7	2.4	413	2,936
24	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	6.6	44,611	194	3,839	6,717	57.2	230.0	251	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
25	Kerry Collins K. Collins	6.5	40,922	198	3,487	6,261	55.7	206.7	208	196	73.8	3.3	3.1	337	2,230

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