Cincinnati Bengals Yards per Attempt Leaders

Career totals with the Bengals and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Includes the club's AFL seasons (1968-1969), which the NFL's record book counts.

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Boomer Esiason holds the Bengals career record with 7.62 yards per attempt. The single-season record is 9.41, by Greg Cook in 1969.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Bengals leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Boomer Esiason	1984–1997	7.62	134
2	Joe Burrow	2020–2026	7.40	82
3	Ken Anderson	1971–1986	7.34	192
4	Andy Dalton	2011–2019	7.10	133
5	Carson Palmer	2004–2010	7.05	97
6	Jeff Blake	1994–1999	6.81	75
7	Jon Kitna	2001–2005	6.28	52

Single-season Bengals records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Greg Cook	1969	9.41	11
2	Boomer Esiason	1988	9.21	16
3	Joe Burrow	2021	8.87	16
4	Boomer Esiason	1986	8.44	16
5	Andy Dalton	2015	8.42	13
6	Ken Anderson	1975	8.41	13
7	Ken Anderson	1974	8.13	13
8	Ken Anderson	1982	8.07	9
9	Boomer Esiason	1985	7.99	15
10	Jake Browning	2023	7.97	9
11	Ken Anderson	1983	7.86	13
12	Ken Anderson	1981	7.84	16
13	Carson Palmer	2006	7.76	16
14	Boomer Esiason	1989	7.75	16
15	Ken Anderson	1984	7.66	11
16	Boomer Esiason	1987	7.55	12
17	Joe Burrow	2024	7.54	17
18	Boomer Esiason	1990	7.54	16
19	Carson Palmer	2005	7.54	16
20	Andy Dalton	2016	7.47	16
21	Joe Burrow	2022	7.38	16
22	Ken Anderson	1973	7.38	14
23	Andy Dalton	2013	7.33	16
24	Virgil Carter	1971	7.32	10
25	Carson Palmer	2007	7.18	16