retired quarterback with highest average passing yards per game all-time

Drew Brees has gained the most career passing yards per game by an inactive or retired quarterback when passing for exactly 0.0 yards per attempt, with 280.0 per game.

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retired quarterback with highest average passing passing yards per game all-time
NAMEYDS/GAVGGPCMPATTPCTYDSTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
280.0
7.6
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
2Andrew Luck
A. Luck
275.2
7.2
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
23,671
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
270.5
7.7
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
268.3
7.4
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
266.3
7.4
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
89,214
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
6Kurt Warner
K. Warner
260.8
7.9
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
32,344
208
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
7Kellen Moore
K. Moore
259.7
7.5
3
61
104
58.7
779
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
259.0
7.8
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
257.4
7.6
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
10Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
254.1
7.3
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
253.6
7.3
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
251.0
7.6
264
5,696
8,743
65.1
66,274
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
13Derek Carr
D. Carr
244.1
7.1
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
14Eli Manning
E. Manning
241.6
7.0
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
15Brett Favre
B. Favre
237.9
7.1
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
71,838
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
16Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
237.8
7.7
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
17Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
237.6
7.2
96
1,969
3,171
62.1
22,814
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
18Trent Green
T. Green
237.3
7.6
120
2,266
3,740
60.6
28,475
162
114
86.0
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
19Warren Moon
W. Moon
237.1
7.2
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
20Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
234.3
6.6
83
1,855
2,967
62.5
19,449
103
61
84.5
3.5
2.1
196
1,371
21Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
230.0
7.6
105
2,016
3,199
63.0
24,153
149
106
87.8
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
22Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
230.0
6.6
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
23Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
229.6
7.1
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
35,133
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
24Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
229.1
7.7
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
25Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
226.3
6.7
78
1,562
2,634
59.3
17,649
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,384

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RUSH

471

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PPG

18.0

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OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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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