Yards Per Pass Attempt Y/A

Y/A stands for yards per pass attempt in football. Passing yards divided by pass attempts — how far the ball goes per throw, incompletions included. Other sites write it YPA.

How Y/A is calculated

Y/A = passing yards ÷ ATT

Josh Allen, 2026: 2,027 ÷ 236 = 8.6

Sacks are not attempts, and the yards lost on them come off the team’s passing total, not the passer’s — so Y/A flatters a quarterback who takes a lot of sacks. The league average has sat near 7.0 for two decades.

What counts as a good Y/A?

Half of the 24 qualified NFL players in 2026 were at or below 7.2. Clearing 8.4 put a season in the top tenth of the league.

Median
7.2
Top 10%
8.4
Leader
8.6

Qualified: 4+ games, 200+ ATT, non-zero, 2026 regular season.

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