Real Passing Yds/Attempt

The Cold, Hard Football Facts use passing yards per attempt as a way to measure the effectiveness of each quarterback at getting the ball downfield. Longtime CHFF readers know that a quarterback’s average per attempt has an incredibly high correlation to success, often close to 80 percent in a given season.

Real Passing Yards Per Attempt is a little more advanced and a team-wide indicator. It doesn’t just reward a quarterback for throwing the football. Instead, as a team indicator, it also includes the impact of sacks. We use only NET passing figures to determine yards per attempt. This is gross passing yards, minus yards lost via sacks. But we also divide it by total dropbacks – that is, not just pass attempts, but sacks as well. This formula yields a team’s TRUE average per pass attempt, its Real Passing Yards Per Attempt.

Bottom line: it rewards teams for protecting the passer.

Rank	Team	Attempts	Passing Yds.	Sacks	Yds. Lost	Real Passing Yds./Attempt
1 =	Buffalo Bills	205	1,793	13	80	7.86
2 1	San Francisco 49ers	211	1,748	7	40	7.83
3 1	New England Patriots	240	2,029	16	76	7.63
4 1	Jacksonville Jaguars	201	1,698	13	106	7.44
5 1	Kansas City Chiefs	232	1,795	9	52	7.23
6 1	Cincinnati Bengals	267	2,115	13	96	7.21
7 2	Detroit Lions	248	1,964	16	116	7.00
7 1	Las Vegas Raiders	292	2,185	11	64	7.00
8 1	Houston Texans	248	1,867	15	93	6.75
9 3	Green Bay Packers	312	2,246	14	78	6.65
10 4	Baltimore Ravens	228	1,785	22	144	6.56
10 7	New York Jets	239	1,913	23	194	6.56
11 2	Los Angeles Rams	306	2,159	12	88	6.51
12 3	Chicago Bears	275	2,031	19	139	6.44
13 3	Seattle Seahawks	260	1,914	19	136	6.37
14 =	Dallas Cowboys	302	2,046	11	63	6.34
15 1	Atlanta Falcons	225	1,604	16	97	6.25
16 5	Carolina Panthers	274	1,968	23	136	6.17
17 1	New York Giants	241	1,702	21	97	6.13
18 2	Cleveland Browns	252	1,808	33	174	5.73
19 =	Miami Dolphins	183	1,268	21	101	5.72
20 2	Washington Commanders	231	1,502	16	98	5.68
21 =	New Orleans Saints	273	1,721	15	113	5.58
22 1	Denver Broncos	250	1,493	10	50	5.55
23 1	Minnesota Vikings	193	1,298	21	139	5.42
24 1	Pittsburgh Steelers	290	1,871	23	187	5.38
25 2	Tennessee Titans	248	1,483	13	99	5.30
26 2	Los Angeles Chargers	213	1,398	23	158	5.25
27 1	Arizona Cardinals	329	1,914	20	124	5.13
28 1	Philadelphia Eagles	269	1,571	23	154	4.85
29 1	Indianapolis Colts	270	1,550	23	153	4.77
30 1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	208	1,180	23	129	4.55