NFL Single-Season Net Yards per Pass Attempt Leaders Through 1983

These are the NFL single-season record holders through the 1983 season. See current net yards per pass attempt leaders or select another stat or year:

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Leaders through 1983

Leaders through 1983 Table
Rank	Current	Player (age)	NY/A	Year	Tm
1	10	Ken Stabler (31)	8.17	1976	OAK
2	11	Dan Fouts (31)	8.15	1982	SDG
3	13	Dan Fouts (32)	8.10	1983	SDG
	13	Joe Namath (29)	8.10	1972	NYJ
4	16	Len Dawson (33)	8.05	1968	KAN
5	20	Earl Morrall (34)	8.00	1968	BAL
6	26	Lynn Dickey (34)	7.92	1983	GNB
7	29	Tobin Rote (35)	7.87	1963	SDG
8	54	Joe Namath (25)	7.68	1968	NYJ
9	73	Bert Jones (25)	7.58	1976	BAL
10	75	Bob Griese (30)	7.55	1975	MIA
11	83	Y.A. Tittle (37)	7.52	1963	NYG
12	87	Bob Berry (29)	7.51	1971	ATL
	87	Johnny Unitas (31)	7.51	1964	BAL
	87	John Hadl (27)	7.51	1967	SDG
13	92	Jack Kemp (29)	7.50	1964	BUF
14	94	Len Dawson (31)	7.49	1966	KAN
	94	Bart Starr (32)	7.49	1966	GNB
15	98	John Hadl (28)	7.47	1968	SDG
16	101	Bill Nelsen (27)	7.45	1968	CLE
	101	John Brodie (35)	7.45	1970	SFO
17	105	Dan Fouts (30)	7.43	1981	SDG
	105	John Brodie (30)	7.43	1965	SFO
18	108	Johnny Unitas (32)	7.42	1965	BAL
19	126	Greg Cook (23)	7.34	1969	CIN
20	128	Steve Grogan (28)	7.33	1981	NWE
	128	Daryle Lamonica (28)	7.33	1969	OAK
21	136	Roger Staubach (29)	7.29	1971	DAL
22	137	Craig Morton (27)	7.28	1970	DAL
23	143	Joe Namath (24)	7.25	1967	NYJ
	143	Dan Fouts (29)	7.25	1980	SDG
24	149	Steve Grogan (27)	7.24	1980	NWE
25	164	Rudy Bukich (35)	7.20	1965	CHI
26	167	Tom Flores (29)	7.19	1966	OAK
27	174	Ken Anderson (32)	7.17	1981	CIN
28	184	Craig Morton (26)	7.15	1969	DAL
	184	Vince Ferragamo (28)	7.15	1982	RAM
29	188	Ken Anderson (26)	7.14	1975	CIN
30	191	John Hadl (24)	7.13	1964	SDG
31	193	Dan Fouts (27)	7.12	1978	SDG
32	202	Terry Bradshaw (31)	7.11	1979	PIT
33	204	Ken Stabler (29)	7.10	1974	OAK
34	219	Terry Bradshaw (33)	7.06	1981	PIT
35	223	Johnny Unitas (33)	7.05	1966	BAL
36	229	Vince Ferragamo (26)	7.04	1980	RAM
	229	Johnny Unitas (30)	7.04	1963	BAL
	229	Joe Theismann (34)	7.04	1983	WAS
37	233	Eric Hipple (24)	7.03	1981	DET
38	236	Jim Hart (31)	7.02	1975	STL
39	238	Ed Brown (35)	7.01	1963	PIT
	238	Johnny Unitas (34)	7.01	1967	BAL
	238	Doug Williams (26)	7.01	1981	TAM
40	243	Joe Namath (26)	7.00	1969	NYJ
41		Bill Nelsen (28)	6.99	1969	CLE
		Ken Anderson (33)	6.99	1982	CIN
42		Dan Fouts (28)	6.97	1979	SDG
43		Dan Marino (22)	6.96	1983	MIA
44		John Hadl (25)	6.95	1965	SDG
		Jim Hart (32)	6.95	1976	STL
45		Ron Jaworski (29)	6.94	1980	PHI
46		Joe Namath (23)	6.93	1966	NYJ
		Archie Manning (30)	6.93	1979	NOR
47		Terry Bradshaw (30)	6.92	1978	PIT
48		Fran Tarkenton (27)	6.91	1967	NYG
		Greg Landry (25)	6.91	1971	DET
49		Steve Grogan (25)	6.89	1978	NWE
50		James Harris (27)	6.87	1974	RAM
51		Norm Snead (26)	6.86	1965	PHI
52		Bart Starr (29)	6.85	1963	GNB
		Joe Ferguson (31)	6.85	1981	BUF
53		John Hadl (33)	6.84	1973	RAM
54		Daryle Lamonica (27)	6.82	1968	OAK
55		Sonny Jurgensen (33)	6.81	1967	WAS
56		Danny White (29)	6.80	1981	DAL
		Charley Johnson (34)	6.80	1972	DEN
57		Richard Todd (26)	6.79	1979	NYJ
		Brian Sipe (31)	6.79	1980	CLE
58		Earl Morrall (31)	6.78	1965	NYG
		Bart Starr (34)	6.78	1968	GNB
		Steve Grogan (29)	6.78	1982	NWE

NFL Single-Season Net Yards per Pass Attempt Leaders Through 1983

Leaders through 1983

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