lowest yards per pass in a season, min 500 pass attempts

Joey Harrington has averaged the fewest passing yards per attempt with 500+ passing attempts in a season, with 5.2 yards in 2003.

Interpreted as:
lowest yards by a player per pass in a season, min 500 pass attempts
NAME AVG ATT SEASON TM GP CMP PCT YDS YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
5.2
554
2003
DET DET
16
309
55.8
2,880
180.0
17
22
63.9
3.1
4.0
9
55
2 Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
5.4
540
2001
CAR CAR
15
293
54.3
2,931
195.4
11
19
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
3 Derek Carr
D. Carr
5.5
599
2014
OAK OAK
16
348
58.1
3,270
204.4
21
12
76.6
3.5
2.0
24
149
4 Bryce Young
B. Young
5.5
527
2023
CAR CAR
16
315
59.8
2,877
179.8
11
10
73.7
2.1
1.9
62
477
5 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
5.5
636
1995
NE NE
15
323
50.8
3,507
233.8
13
16
63.7
2.0
2.5
23
170
6 Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
5.5
581
2001
CIN CIN
16
313
53.9
3,216
201.0
12
22
61.1
2.1
3.8
25
185
7 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
5.6
530
2002
ARI ARI
16
284
53.6
2,972
185.8
18
20
65.7
3.4
3.8
36
248
8 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
5.7
549
2017
BAL BAL
16
352
64.1
3,141
196.3
18
13
80.4
3.3
2.4
27
205
9 Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
5.8
510
2016
HOU HOU
15
301
59.0
2,957
197.1
15
16
72.2
2.9
3.1
27
206
10 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
5.9
508
1983
BUF BUF
16
281
55.3
2,995
187.2
26
25
69.3
5.1
4.9
27
266
11 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5.9
569
2000
PHI PHI
16
330
58.0
3,365
210.3
21
13
77.8
3.7
2.3
45
262
12 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
6.0
590
2010
STL STL
16
354
60.0
3,512
219.5
18
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
13 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
6.0
566
1979
MIN MIN
16
315
55.7
3,397
212.3
23
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
14 Steve Bono
S. Bono
6.0
520
1995
KC KC
16
293
56.3
3,121
195.1
21
10
79.5
4.0
1.9
21
158
15 Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
6.0
602
2021
JAX JAX
17
359
59.6
3,641
214.2
12
17
71.9
2.0
2.8
32
238
16 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6.1
572
1978
MIN MIN
16
345
60.3
3,468
216.8
25
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
17 Eli Manning
E. Manning
6.1
571
2017
NYG NYG
15
352
61.6
3,468
231.2
19
13
80.4
3.3
2.3
31
189
18 Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
6.1
516
2019
CHI CHI
15
326
63.2
3,138
209.2
17
10
83.0
3.3
1.9
38
234
19 Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
6.1
559
2001
TB TB
16
340
60.8
3,406
212.9
13
11
77.7
2.3
2.0
44
269
20 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
6.2
605
2021
PIT PIT
16
390
64.5
3,740
233.8
22
10
86.8
3.6
1.7
38
232
21 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6.2
531
2000
NE NE
16
312
58.8
3,291
205.7
17
13
77.3
3.2
2.4
45
264
22 Eli Manning
E. Manning
6.2
522
2006
NYG NYG
16
301
57.7
3,244
202.8
24
18
77.0
4.6
3.4
25
186
23 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6.2
500
2003
NYG NYG
13
284
56.8
3,110
239.2
13
16
70.7
2.6
3.2
28
164
24 Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
6.2
607
2016
PHI PHI
16
379
62.4
3,782
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
25 Drew Brees
D. Brees
6.2
526
2002
SD SD
16
320
60.8
3,284
205.3
17
16
76.9
3.2
3.0
24
180
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

2 - 3 - 0

24

Final

37

DET Lions

4 - 1 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM