highest first down percentage on passes in a single season

Josh Allen has made the most pass attempts on 1st down in a season, with 285 attempts in 2021.

Interpreted as:
highest first down percentage on passes by a player in a single season
NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Josh Allen
J. Allen
285
2021
17
190
66.7
2,214
7.8
130.2
7
6
89.4
2.5
2.1
0
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
284
2011
16
202
71.1
2,159
7.6
134.9
19
8
103.6
6.7
2.8
6
-33
3Andrew Luck
A. Luck
281
2018
16
189
67.3
1,975
7.0
123.4
19
7
99.6
6.8
2.5
0
4Josh Allen
J. Allen
279
2020
16
201
72.0
2,493
8.9
155.8
14
2
113.1
5.0
0.7
0
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
279
2007
16
195
69.9
2,125
7.6
132.8
8
6
92.7
2.9
2.2
5
-31
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
277
2012
16
164
59.2
2,151
7.8
134.4
14
5
93.1
5.1
1.8
5
-33
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
276
2018
16
177
64.1
2,104
7.6
131.5
15
5
97.9
5.4
1.8
0
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
276
2012
16
169
61.2
1,963
7.1
122.7
5
9
75.2
1.8
3.3
6
-50
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
273
2016
16
192
70.3
2,281
8.4
142.6
15
7
103.1
5.5
2.6
0
10Peyton Manning
P. Manning
273
2013
16
188
68.9
2,388
8.7
149.3
27
6
119.7
9.9
2.2
6
-36
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
272
2008
16
164
60.3
2,025
7.4
126.6
11
8
84.6
4.0
2.9
3
-18
12Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
271
2018
16
181
66.8
2,296
8.5
143.5
17
5
106.3
6.3
1.8
0
13Drew Brees
D. Brees
270
2010
16
180
66.7
1,752
6.5
109.5
9
7
85.0
3.3
2.6
8
-55
14Tom Brady
T. Brady
269
2022
17
181
67.3
1,835
6.8
107.9
10
4
92.8
3.7
1.5
0
15Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
268
2015
16
159
59.3
2,076
7.7
129.8
12
13
78.5
4.5
4.9
14
-89
16Tom Brady
T. Brady
267
2021
17
182
68.2
2,093
7.8
123.1
15
5
102.5
5.6
1.9
0
17Tom Brady
T. Brady
265
2011
16
181
68.3
2,358
8.9
147.4
13
5
104.6
4.9
1.9
10
-57
18Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
265
2008
16
169
63.8
1,901
7.2
118.8
7
4
87.6
2.6
1.5
3
-20
19Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
264
2022
17
184
69.7
2,028
7.7
119.3
14
3
105.1
5.3
1.1
0
20Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
264
2002
16
164
62.1
1,880
7.1
117.5
11
6
87.9
4.2
2.3
16
-118
21Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
263
2021
17
165
62.7
1,848
7.0
108.7
11
4
91.2
4.2
1.5
0
22Tony Romo
T. Romo
261
2012
16
181
69.3
1,920
7.4
120.0
13
4
100.7
5.0
1.5
9
-79
23Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
261
2002
16
186
71.3
1,840
7.0
115.0
10
4
97.2
3.8
1.5
8
-41
24Drew Brees
D. Brees
258
2014
16
178
69.0
1,851
7.2
115.7
15
3
104.0
5.8
1.2
15
-94
25Tom Brady
T. Brady
258
2013
16
149
57.8
1,943
7.5
121.4
10
2
91.3
3.9
0.8
14
-88
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