quarterback highest yards per attempt 3000+ passes

Steve Young has the most career passing yards per attempt by a quarterback when throwing 3,000+ pass attempts, with 8.0 yards.

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quarterback highest passing yards per attempt 3000+ passes

	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	8.0	4,149	169	2,667	64.3	33,124	196.0	232	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
2	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7.9	4,070	124	2,666	65.5	32,344	260.8	208	128	93.7	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
3	Tony 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
4	Bart Starr B. Starr	7.8	3,149	196	1,808	57.4	24,718	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
5	Philip 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
6	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
7	Patrick 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
8	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
9	Len Dawson L. Dawson	7.7	3,741	211	2,136	57.1	28,711	136.1	239	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
10	Russell 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
11	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
12	Jameis 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
13	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
14	Trent Green T. Green	7.6	3,740	120	2,266	60.6	28,475	237.3	162	114	86.0	4.3	3.0	259	1,621
15	Matt 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
16	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
17	Jared 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
18	Aaron 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
19	Kirk 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
20	Dak 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
21	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	7.6	4,262	218	2,433	57.1	32,224	147.8	255	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
22	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	7.6	3,199	105	2,016	63.0	24,153	230.0	149	106	87.8	4.7	3.3	298	1,696
23	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
24	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	7.5	3,593	149	1,879	52.3	26,886	180.4	182	208	69.6	5.1	5.8	247	1,986
25	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	7.5	3,125	152	1,747	55.9	23,322	153.4	141	179	70.9	4.5	5.7	297	2,423

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