Career Passing Yards per Attempt Leaders

Single-Season Passing Yards per Attempt Leaders
Active Passing Yards per Attempt Leaders

(age) | * - HOFer | Bold - Active

Rank	Player	YDS/ATT	Years
1.	Otto Graham*	8.63	1946 - 1955
2.	Sid Luckman*	8.42	1939 - 1950
3.	Norm Van Brocklin*	8.16	1949 - 1960
4.	Kurt Warner (38)	8.04	1998 - 2008
5.	Steve Young*	7.98	1985 - 1999
6.	Ben Roethlisberger (27)	7.86	2004 - 2008
7.	Ed Brown	7.85	1954 - 1965
8.	Bart Starr*	7.85	1956 - 1971
9.	Johnny Unitas*	7.76	1956 - 1973
10.	Earl Morrall	7.74	1956 - 1976
11.	Dan Fouts*	7.68	1973 - 1987
12.	Len Dawson*	7.67	1957 - 1975
13.	Roger Staubach*	7.67	1969 - 1979
14.	Peyton Manning (33)	7.66	1998 - 2008
15.	Daunte Culpepper (32)	7.63	1999 - 2008
16.	Trent Green (39)	7.61	1997 - 2008
17.	Sonny Jurgensen*	7.56	1957 - 1974
18.	Joe Montana*	7.52	1979 - 1994
19.	Frank Ryan	7.52	1958 - 1970
20.	Steve Grogan	7.48	1975 - 1990
21.	Lynn Dickey	7.46	1971 - 1985
22.	Eddie LeBaron	7.46	1952 - 1963
23.	Don Meredith. Joseph Don	7.45	1960 - 1968
24.	Danny White	7.44	1976 - 1988
25.	Bill Nelsen	7.44	1963 - 1972
26.	Y.A. Tittle*	7.42	1948 - 1964
27.	Jim Kelly*	7.42	1986 - 1996
28.	Craig Morton	7.37	1965 - 1982
29.	Ken Stabler	7.37	1970 - 1984
30.	Daryle Lamonica	7.36	1963 - 1974
31.	Joe Namath*	7.35	1965 - 1977
32.	Jake Delhomme (34)	7.34	1999 - 2008
33.	Billy Wade	7.34	1954 - 1966
34.	Dan Marino*	7.34	1983 - 1999
35.	Ken Anderson	7.34	1971 - 1986
36.	Bob Waterfield*	7.33	1945 - 1952
37.	Bob Griese*	7.32	1967 - 1980
38.	Sammy Baugh*	7.31	1937 - 1952
39.	Marc Bulger (32)	7.30	2002 - 2008
40.	Boomer Esiason	7.29	1984 - 1997
41.	Fran Tarkenton*	7.27	1961 - 1978
42.	Chad Pennington (33)	7.26	2000 - 2008
43.	Milt Plum	7.25	1957 - 1969
44.	Tom Brady (32)	7.24	2000 - 2008
45.	Bobby Layne*	7.23	1948 - 1962
46.	Warren Moon*	7.23	1984 - 2000
47.	Steve Beuerlein	7.23	1988 - 2003
48.	Neil Lomax	7.22	1981 - 1988
49.	Carson Palmer (30)	7.22	2004 - 2008
50.	Phil Simms	7.20	1979 - 1993
51.	Charley Johnson	7.20	1961 - 1975
52.	Drew Brees (30)	7.19	2001 - 2008
53.	Dave Krieg	7.18	1980 - 1998
54.	Terry Bradshaw*	7.17	1970 - 1983
55.	John Hadl	7.15	1962 - 1977
56.	Jay Schroeder	7.14	1985 - 1994
57.	Bert Jones	7.13	1973 - 1982
58.	Gary Danielson	7.12	1976 - 1988
59.	Tony Eason	7.12	1983 - 1990
60.	Wade Wilson	7.12	1981 - 1998
61.	Chris Chandler	7.11	1988 - 2004
62.	Bill Kenney	7.11	1980 - 1988
63.	John Elway*	7.10	1983 - 1998
64.	Jim Everett	7.08	1986 - 1997
65.	Norm Snead	7.07	1961 - 1976
66.	Mark Rypien	7.07	1988 - 2001
67.	Jim McMahon	7.05	1982 - 1996
68.	Matt Hasselbeck (34)	7.04	1999 - 2008
69.	Jeff Hostetler	7.03	1985 - 1997
70.	John Brodie	7.02	1957 - 1973
71.	Vince Ferragamo	7.02	1977 - 1986
72.	Brett Favre (40)	7.02	1991 - 2008
73.	Joe Theismann	7.00	1974 - 1985
74.	Jim Plunkett	6.99	1971 - 1986
75.	Randall Cunningham	6.99	1985 - 2001
76.	Troy Aikman*	6.99	1989 - 2000
77.	Steve Bartkowski	6.98	1975 - 1986
78.	Greg Landry	6.98	1968 - 1984
79.	Tom Flores	6.97	1960 - 1969
80.	Ken O'Brien	6.97	1984 - 1993
81.	Rodney Peete	6.96	1989 - 2004
82.	Jeff George	6.96	1990 - 2001
83.	Brian Griese (34)	6.95	1998 - 2008
84.	Bobby Hebert	6.95	1985 - 1996
85.	Jeff Garcia (39)	6.95	1999 - 2008
86.	Richard Todd	6.95	1976 - 1985
87.	Eric Hipple	6.93	1980 - 1989
88.	Mark Brunell (39)	6.93	1994 - 2008
89.	Bernie Kosar	6.92	1985 - 1996
90.	Marc Wilson	6.92	1980 - 2007
91.	Jack Kemp	6.91	1957 - 1969
92.	Vinny Testaverde	6.90	1987 - 2007
93.	Jay Fiedler	6.90	1998 - 2005
94.	Brian Sipe	6.90	1974 - 1983
95.	Steve McNair	6.89	1995 - 2007
96.	Mike Tomczak	6.88	1985 - 1999
97.	Charley Conerly	6.88	1948 - 1961
98.	Billy Kilmer	6.87	1961 - 1978
99.	Elvis Grbac	6.86	1994 - 2001
100.	Gus Frerotte (38)	6.85	1994 - 2008
101.	Ron Jaworski	6.85	1974 - 1989
102.	Doug Flutie	6.84	1986 - 2005
103.	Aaron Brooks	6.84	2000 - 2006
104.	Rich Gannon	6.83	1987 - 2004
105.	Stan Humphries	6.83	1989 - 1997
106.	Jim Hart	6.83	1966 - 1984
107.	Steve DeBerg	6.82	1978 - 1998
108.	Donovan McNabb (33)	6.81	1999 - 2008
109.	Babe Parilli	6.81	1952 - 1969
110.	Tommy Kramer	6.79	1977 - 1990
111.	Doug Williams	6.78	1978 - 1989
112.	Jake Plummer	6.72	1997 - 2006
113.	George Blanda*	6.72	1949 - 1975
114.	Neil O'Donnell	6.72	1991 - 2003
115.	Cotton Davidson	6.72	1954 - 1968
116.	Brad Johnson (41)	6.72	1994 - 2008
117.	Jim Harbaugh	6.71	1987 - 2000
118.	Jim Zorn	6.71	1976 - 1987
119.	Jeff Blake	6.70	1992 - 2005
120.	Scott Mitchell	6.69	1991 - 2001
121.	Chris Miller	6.68	1987 - 1999
122.	Erik Kramer	6.67	1987 - 1999
123.	Don Majkowksi	6.67	1987 - 1996
124.	Michael Vick	6.65	2001 - 2006
125.	Drew Bledsoe	6.64	1993 - 2006
126.	Jon Kitna (37)	6.63	1997 - 2008
127.	Joe Ferguson	6.60	1973 - 1990
128.	Kerry Collins (37)	6.59	1995 - 2008
129.	Archie Manning	6.57	1971 - 1984
130.	Roman Gabriel	6.55	1962 - 1977
131.	Bubby Brister	6.53	1986 - 2000
132.	Bill Munson	6.51	1964 - 1979
133.	Tony Banks	6.50	1996 - 2005
134.	Tim Couch	6.49	1999 - 2003
135.	Tobin Rote	6.48	1950 - 1966
136.	Trent Dilfer	6.47	1994 - 2007
137.	Mike Livingston	6.45	1968 - 1979
138.	Eli Manning (28)	6.40	2004 - 2008
139.	David Carr (30)	6.38	2002 - 2008
140.	Billy Tolliver	6.31	1989 - 1999
141.	Kordell Stewart	6.28	1995 - 2005
142.	Dave Brown	6.27	1992 - 2001
143.	Mike Pagel	6.24	1982 - 1993
144.	Jack Trudeau	6.23	1986 - 1995
145.	Mark Malone	6.17	1980 - 1989
146.	Steve Bono	6.14	1985 - 1999
147.	Dan Pastorini	6.06	1971 - 1983
148.	Frank Tripucka	5.89	1949 - 1963
149.	Rick Mirer	5.86	1993 - 2003
150.	Mike Phipps	5.84	1970 - 1981
151.	Joey Harrington (31)	5.79	2002 - 2008

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