Stats & Records 

Top 50 QBs in Career Passing Yards per Attempt

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Oregon's Marcus Mariota is the Pac-12 career leader in passing yards per attempt. | Steve Dykes/Getty Images via Pac-12 Conference

(Minimum 325 pass completions, through 2019 season.)

Rank Player Yards/Att From To Program
1 Marcus Mariota 9.3 2012 2014 Oregon
2 Andrew Luck 8.9 2009 2011 Stanford
3 Tyler Huntley 8.6 2016 2019 Utah
4 Matt Leinart 8.6 2003 2005 USC
5 Cade McNown 8.6 1995 1998 UCLA
6 Sam Darnold 8.5 2015 2017 USC
7 Kevin Hogan 8.5 2012 2015 Stanford
8 Troy Aikman 8.4 1984 1988 UCLA
9 Ryan Leaf 8.4 1995 1997 Washington State
10 Cory Paus 8.4 1999 2002 UCLA
11 Jake Browning 8.3 2015 2018 Washington
12 Keith Smith 8.3 1996 1999 Arizona
13 Aaron Rodgers 8.2 2003 2004 California
14 Tom Ramsey 8.2 1979 1982 UCLA
15 Cody Kessler 8.2 2012 2015 USC
16 Justin Herbert 8.2 2016 2019 Oregon
17 Rob Johnson 8.1 1991 1994 USC
18 Anthony Gordon 8.1 2018 2019 Washington State
19 Darron Thomas 8.1 2008 2011 Oregon
20 Brett Hundley 8.0 2012 2014 UCLA
21 Rudy Carpenter 8.0 2005 2008 Arizona State
22 Tommy Maddox 8.0 1990 1991 UCLA
23 Jason Johnson 8.0 1999 2002 Arizona
24 Josh Rosen 8.0 2015 2017 UCLA
25 Khalil Tate 8.0 2016 2019 Arizona
26 Steve Stenstrom 7.9 1991 1994 Stanford
27 Dave Barr 7.9 1991 1994 California
28 Jason Gesser 7.9 1999 2002 Washington State
29 Matt Barkley 7.9 2009 2012 USC
30 Jim Plunkett 7.9 1968 1970 Stanford
31 Taylor Kelly 7.8 2011 2014 Arizona State
32 Jake Plummer 7.8 1993 1996 Arizona State
33 Jared Goff 7.8 2013 2015 California
34 K.J. Costello 7.8 2017 2019 Stanford
35 Manny Wilkins 7.7 2015 2018 Arizona State
36 Pat Barnes 7.7 1993 1996 California
37 Rich Campbell 7.7 1977 1980 California
38 Wayne Cook 7.7 1991 1994 UCLA
39 Jonathan Smith 7.7 1998 2001 Oregon State
40 Jeff Van Raaphorst 7.7 1984 1986 Arizona State
41 Paul Justin 7.7 1987 1990 Arizona State
42 Ryan Kealy 7.6 1997 2000 Arizona State
43 Rodney Peete 7.6 1985 1988 USC
44 Timm Rosenbach 7.6 1986 1988 Washington State
45 Bill Musgrave 7.6 1987 1990 Oregon
46 Keith Price 7.5 2010 2013 Washington
47 Carson Palmer 7.5 1998 2002 USC
48 Drew Bledsoe 7.5 1990 1992 Washington State
49 Todd Husak 7.5 1996 1999 Stanford
50 Alex Brink 7.5 2004 2007 Washington State

Breakdown by Program

Program Quarterbacks
UCLA 8
ASU 7
USC 7
Stanford 6
WSU 6
Oregon 4
Cal 5
Arizona 2
Washington 2
OSU 1
Utah 1
Colorado 0

 

 

 

 

 



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