Los Angeles Chargers Yards per Attempt Leaders

Career totals with the Chargers 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 (1960-1969), which the NFL's record book counts. Los Angeles Chargers 1960, San Diego Chargers 1961-2016.

Chargers records →

Philip Rivers holds the Chargers career record with 7.81 yards per attempt. The single-season record is 8.78, by Tobin Rote in 1963.

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 Chargers leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Philip Rivers	2004–2019	7.81	228
2	Dan Fouts	1973–1987	7.68	181
3	John Hadl	1962–1972	7.40	154
4	Justin Herbert	2020–2026	7.18	101
5	Stan Humphries	1992–1997	6.84	79
6	Drew Brees	2001–2005	6.83	59

Single-season Chargers records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Tobin Rote	1963	8.78	14
2	Philip Rivers	2009	8.75	16
3	Dan Fouts	1983	8.75	10
4	Dan Fouts	1982	8.74	9
5	Philip Rivers	2010	8.71	16
6	Philip Rivers	2018	8.48	16
7	Dan Fouts	1985	8.46	14
8	Philip Rivers	2008	8.38	16
9	Philip Rivers	2013	8.23	16
10	John Hadl	1965	8.04	14
11	Dan Fouts	1980	8.01	16
12	Philip Rivers	2011	7.95	16
13	Drew Brees	2004	7.90	15
14	John Hadl	1968	7.89	14
15	Dan Fouts	1981	7.89	16
16	John Hadl	1967	7.88	14
17	John Hadl	1964	7.87	14
18	Dan Fouts	1978	7.87	15
19	Philip Rivers	2017	7.85	16
20	Philip Rivers	2019	7.81	16
21	Dan Fouts	1979	7.70	16
22	Justin Herbert	2024	7.68	17
23	John Hadl	1966	7.59	14
24	Philip Rivers	2016	7.59	16
25	Philip Rivers	2014	7.52	16