longest single air throw in nfl history

Tom Brady has the most career pass attempts, with 12,050 attempts.

Interpreted as:
longest single air throw by a player in NFL history
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,050
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,551
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
10,169
302
6,300
62.0
71,838
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9,380
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
8,464
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
6Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,453
255
5,511
65.2
64,441
7.6
252.7
519
121
102.7
6.1
1.4
583
3,989
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8,443
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,408
229
5,334
63.4
61,675
7.3
269.3
394
190
91.7
4.7
2.3
513
3,434
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
8,358
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,134
244
5,277
64.9
63,440
7.8
260.0
421
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,119
236
4,895
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12John Elway
J. Elway
7,250
234
4,123
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,037
203
4,340
61.7
47,296
6.7
233.0
266
168
84.1
3.8
2.4
417
2,962
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
6,823
208
3,988
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
15Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6,717
194
3,839
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
16Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
6,701
233
3,787
56.5
46,233
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
17Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6,467
246
3,686
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
18Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6,307
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
19Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6,261
198
3,487
55.7
40,922
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
20Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,113
204
3,948
64.6
46,921
7.7
230.0
353
114
99.4
5.8
1.9
568
3,736
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
5,785
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,668
166
3,794
66.9
43,181
7.6
260.1
288
126
97.3
5.1
2.2
333
2,413
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,651
179
3,539
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
24Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
5,604
181
3,297
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,391
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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1
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2
0
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4
0
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Seahawks Seahawks
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