most average passing attempts per game by an nfl quarterback ever

Andrew Luck has the most career passing attempts per game played by a quarterback, with 38.26.

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most average passing passing attempts per game by an NFL quarterback ever
NAMEATT/GPAVGATTGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Andrew Luck
A. Luck
38.26
7.2
3,290
86
2,000
60.8
23,671
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
2Brian McClure
B. McClure
38
4.8
38
1
20
52.6
181
181.0
0
3
32.9
0.0
7.9
2
17
3Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
37.09
7.7
4,673
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
36.76
7.6
10,551
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
5Jake Luton
J. Luton
36.67
5.7
110
3
60
54.5
624
208.0
2
6
54.5
1.8
5.5
7
52
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
36.67
7.4
8,763
239
5,562
63.5
64,516
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
7Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
36.44
7.4
2,806
77
1,921
68.5
20,810
270.3
157
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
8Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
36.19
7.2
3,438
95
2,285
66.5
24,820
261.3
163
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
36.17
7.4
8,464
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
10Tom Brady
T. Brady
35.97
7.4
12,050
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
11Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
35.75
6.6
2,967
83
1,855
62.5
19,449
234.3
103
61
84.5
3.5
2.1
196
1,371
12Peyton Manning
P. Manning
35.26
7.7
9,380
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
13Bo Nix
B. Nix
34.68
6.5
1,179
34
764
64.8
7,706
226.6
54
23
90.5
4.6
2.0
46
317
14Kellen Moore
K. Moore
34.67
7.5
104
3
61
58.7
779
259.7
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
34.65
7.3
6,307
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
16Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
34.62
6.6
6,717
194
3,839
57.2
44,611
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
17Jared Goff
J. Goff
34.6
7.6
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
18Dan Marino
D. Marino
34.54
7.3
8,358
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
19Eli Manning
E. Manning
34.4
7.0
8,119
236
4,895
60.3
57,023
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
20Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
34.29
6.7
7,167
209
4,417
61.6
48,176
230.5
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
21Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
34.24
7.6
4,759
139
3,184
66.9
35,989
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
22Derek Carr
D. Carr
34.23
7.1
5,785
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
23David Norrie
D. Norrie
34
5.5
68
2
35
51.5
376
188.0
1
4
48.4
1.5
5.9
15
72
24Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
33.94
6.8
3,496
103
2,195
62.8
23,626
229.4
159
72
89.1
4.5
2.1
262
1,680
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
33.91
7.6
8,443
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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30

Final

38

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
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10/4
@
38-35
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10/4
@
37-24
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10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
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23-20

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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Sat
1/10
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8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
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1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM