most pass attempts 1981 to 1994

Between the 1981 and 1994 seasons, Dan Marino made the most pass attempts, with 6,049 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player 1981 to 1994
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
6,049
172
3,604
59.6
45,173
7.5
262.6
328
185
88.2
5.4
3.1
178
1,270
2John Elway
J. Elway
5,384
174
3,030
56.3
37,736
7.0
216.9
199
177
76.8
3.7
3.3
416
3,073
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
5,147
156
3,003
58.3
37,949
7.4
243.3
214
185
80.3
4.2
3.6
344
2,638
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,095
161
3,220
63.2
38,660
7.6
240.1
257
130
92.5
5.0
2.6
298
1,995
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
4,388
170
2,562
58.4
32,114
7.3
188.9
231
166
83.0
5.3
3.8
424
3,289
6Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
4,291
158
2,440
56.9
31,874
7.4
201.7
207
153
81.6
4.8
3.6
267
2,088
7Phil Simms
P. Simms
3,980
139
2,249
56.5
29,398
7.4
211.5
171
124
81.3
4.3
3.1
402
2,866
8Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,942
132
2,397
60.8
29,527
7.5
223.7
201
143
85.8
5.1
3.6
260
1,959
9Jim Everett
J. Everett
3,817
123
2,193
57.5
27,613
7.2
224.5
164
141
79.0
4.3
3.7
207
1,491
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
3,764
159
2,174
57.8
26,652
7.1
167.6
156
143
77.7
4.1
3.8
242
2,020
11Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
3,602
129
2,110
58.6
25,094
7.0
194.5
128
98
80.4
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
3,241
115
1,805
55.7
22,272
6.9
193.7
147
100
79.4
4.5
3.1
409
3,054
13Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,225
114
1,896
58.8
22,394
6.9
196.4
120
82
81.8
3.7
2.5
261
1,598
14Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
3,153
108
1,817
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
15Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,010
85
1,808
60.1
23,586
7.8
277.5
142
117
84.3
4.7
3.9
137
1,047
16Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
2,808
118
1,426
50.8
20,063
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
17Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
2,766
100
1,463
52.9
19,192
6.9
191.9
107
139
67.0
3.9
5.0
226
1,733
18Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
2,588
100
1,517
58.6
18,218
7.0
182.2
111
98
78.8
4.3
3.8
151
1,105
19Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
2,568
113
1,488
57.9
18,103
7.0
160.2
100
90
78.1
3.9
3.5
226
1,344
20Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
2,490
88
1,363
54.7
17,323
7.0
196.9
112
106
73.9
4.5
4.3
169
1,067
21Steve Young
S. Young
2,429
113
1,546
63.6
19,869
8.2
175.8
140
68
96.8
5.8
2.8
208
1,263
22Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
2,424
102
1,314
54.2
16,603
6.8
162.8
99
95
73.1
4.1
3.9
197
1,561
23Danny White
D. White
2,411
90
1,445
59.9
17,942
7.4
199.4
124
101
82.7
5.1
4.2
203
1,745
24Chris Miller
C. Miller
2,406
82
1,302
54.1
16,170
6.7
197.2
103
86
74.6
4.3
3.6
171
1,232
25Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
2,361
103
1,293
54.8
16,735
7.1
162.5
100
84
76.5
4.2
3.6
190
1,444
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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