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 =	San Francisco 49ers	142	1,196	3	14	8.15
2 1	Buffalo Bills	138	1,249	10	58	8.05
3 1	Baltimore Ravens	137	1,231	11	82	7.76
4 1	Kansas City Chiefs	128	1,037	6	38	7.46
5 10	New England Patriots	157	1,274	11	48	7.30
6 =	Jacksonville Jaguars	143	1,174	10	71	7.21
7 3	Seattle Seahawks	147	1,191	11	81	7.03
8 1	Carolina Panthers	163	1,268	10	63	6.97
9 8	Green Bay Packers	185	1,408	10	53	6.95
10 2	Detroit Lions	191	1,485	11	87	6.92
11 2	Dallas Cowboys	192	1,381	6	33	6.81
11 2	Los Angeles Rams	219	1,585	7	47	6.81
12 2	Las Vegas Raiders	180	1,317	8	49	6.74
13 3	Atlanta Falcons	134	1,041	11	66	6.72
14 2	Cincinnati Bengals	189	1,361	9	61	6.57
15 1	Houston Texans	186	1,402	14	93	6.54
16 5	Chicago Bears	172	1,171	11	75	5.99
17 1	New York Jets	147	1,084	16	134	5.83
18 7	Pittsburgh Steelers	186	1,234	14	117	5.58
19 2	New York Giants	166	1,055	13	59	5.56
20 2	New Orleans Saints	205	1,299	13	98	5.51
21 3	Washington Commanders	162	985	10	46	5.46
22 2	Denver Broncos	162	942	6	28	5.44
23 3	Minnesota Vikings	140	938	15	103	5.39
24 8	Cleveland Browns	149	1,010	19	113	5.34
25 6	Miami Dolphins	130	849	14	81	5.33
26 2	Indianapolis Colts	176	1,021	9	56	5.22
27 3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	151	952	17	85	5.16
28 6	Los Angeles Chargers	144	937	17	114	5.11
29 2	Philadelphia Eagles	155	933	13	80	5.08
30 7	Tennessee Titans	155	896	10	77	4.96
31 2	Arizona Cardinals	200	1,117	12	69	4.94