most pass att before the age of 38

Matthew Stafford has made the most career pass attempts by a quarterback younger than 38, with 8,763 attempts.

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most pass att by a player before the age of 38
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,763
239
5,562
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
8,758
233
5,836
66.6
66,111
7.5
283.7
465
220
96.3
5.3
2.5
358
2,547
3Matt 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
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
8,452
240
5,532
65.5
64,964
7.7
270.7
491
219
97.2
5.8
2.6
270
1,740
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
8,433
246
5,162
61.2
59,027
7.0
239.9
423
277
85.3
5.0
3.3
433
2,849
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
8,012
232
4,778
59.6
59,128
7.4
254.9
410
235
87.4
5.1
2.9
261
1,864
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
7,972
232
4,804
60.3
55,981
7.0
241.3
360
239
84.1
4.5
3.0
406
2,826
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
7,445
224
4,806
64.6
58,090
7.8
259.3
391
193
95.1
5.3
2.6
438
2,653
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
7,230
218
4,651
64.3
56,545
7.8
259.4
363
191
94.0
5.0
2.6
503
3,320
10Tom Brady
T. Brady
7,168
209
4,551
63.5
53,258
7.4
254.8
392
143
95.9
5.5
2.0
364
2,284
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
6,960
208
4,532
65.1
54,123
7.8
260.2
435
93
104.0
6.3
1.3
489
3,291
12John Elway
J. Elway
6,894
221
3,913
56.8
48,669
7.1
220.2
278
216
79.2
4.0
3.1
498
3,650
13Drew 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
14Carson 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
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
6,299
183
3,881
61.6
42,320
6.7
231.3
232
147
84.0
3.7
2.3
378
2,702
16Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6,124
194
3,411
55.7
40,141
6.6
206.9
204
195
73.6
3.3
3.2
331
2,180
17Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,120
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
18Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,899
174
3,934
66.7
44,700
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
19Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5,895
230
3,341
56.7
43,535
7.4
189.3
317
234
81.5
5.4
4.0
20Derek 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
21Andy 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
22Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
5,604
181
3,297
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
23Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
5,424
182
3,032
55.9
37,732
7.0
207.3
234
222
75.0
4.3
4.1
341
2,515
24Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5,374
167
3,170
59.0
37,276
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
25Jared Goff
J. Goff
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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9
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14
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11
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0
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9
1
.441
5
12
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4
13
0
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176