quarterback with highest average passing yards per start all-time

Tom Brady has the most career passing yards by a quarterback as a starter when passing for exactly 0.0 yards per attempt, with 89,162 yards.

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quarterback with highest average passing passing yards per start all-time
NAMEYDSAVGGPCMPATTPCTYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
89,162
7.4
333
7,747
12,037
64.4
267.8
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
80,137
7.6
286
7,127
10,524
67.7
280.2
570
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
418
2,979
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71,871
7.7
265
6,120
9,371
65.3
271.2
539
251
96.5
5.8
2.7
302
1,953
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
71,476
7.1
298
6,270
10,112
62.0
239.9
506
333
86.2
5.0
3.3
515
3,416
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
65,945
7.6
257
5,661
8,684
65.2
256.6
526
122
102.4
6.1
1.4
591
4,018
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
64,516
7.4
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
63,836
7.8
243
5,318
8,196
64.9
262.7
424
211
95.1
5.2
2.6
466
2,853
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
63,533
7.6
247
5,406
8,390
64.4
257.2
413
208
93.4
4.9
2.5
551
3,651
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
62,792
7.4
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
59,151
7.3
231
4,794
8,062
59.5
256.1
400
246
86.0
5.0
3.1
260
1,850
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
56,957
7.0
234
4,892
8,110
60.3
243.4
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
410
2,867
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
48,956
7.2
203
3,955
6,762
58.5
241.2
287
232
80.8
4.2
3.4
457
3,409
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
47,916
6.7
201
4,391
7,127
61.6
238.4
269
172
84.0
3.8
2.4
419
2,980
14John Elway
J. Elway
47,202
7.1
207
3,785
6,608
57.3
228.0
275
197
81.0
4.2
3.0
463
3,400
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,913
7.7
202
3,947
6,111
64.6
232.2
353
114
99.4
5.8
1.9
567
3,731
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
46,131
7.3
181
3,933
6,286
62.6
254.9
294
184
88.2
4.7
2.9
340
2,364
17Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
44,515
6.6
193
3,831
6,701
57.2
230.6
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
466
3,126
18Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,129
7.6
167
3,882
5,809
66.8
264.2
294
127
97.2
5.1
2.2
341
2,445
19Derek Carr
D. Carr
41,245
7.1
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
20Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
41,130
6.9
197
3,413
5,985
57.0
208.8
243
234
75.5
4.1
3.9
349
2,449
21Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
40,134
7.3
204
3,167
5,532
57.2
196.7
292
218
81.2
5.3
3.9
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
39,622
7.6
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
23Kerry Collins
K. Collins
39,475
6.5
180
3,366
6,057
55.6
219.3
203
191
73.6
3.4
3.2
328
2,164
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
39,355
7.0
169
3,509
5,601
62.6
232.9
251
151
87.3
4.5
2.7
360
2,340
25Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
37,110
7.0
161
3,148
5,323
59.1
230.5
234
116
86.0
4.4
2.2
398
2,553
StatMuse has game-level data for passing yards and yards per attempt going back to the 1950 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.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
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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