most pass attempts 2011 to 2020

Between the 2011 and 2020 seasons, Matt Ryan had the most pass attempts, with 5,987 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player 2011 to 2020
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,987
159
3,982
66.5
45,706
7.6
287.5
281
124
96.3
4.7
2.1
351
2,352
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,888
156
3,782
64.2
44,460
7.6
285.0
320
88
99.0
5.4
1.5
277
1,733
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
5,751
152
3,640
63.3
42,307
7.4
278.3
263
123
91.8
4.6
2.1
357
2,291
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,729
149
3,997
69.8
45,092
7.9
302.6
336
111
104.5
5.9
1.9
236
1,641
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5,679
160
3,713
65.4
43,779
7.7
273.6
285
151
94.3
5.0
2.7
324
1,964
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,038
134
3,284
65.2
37,846
7.5
282.4
252
115
94.9
5.0
2.3
242
1,617
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,976
143
3,247
65.3
38,522
7.7
269.4
325
57
105.7
6.5
1.1
344
2,350
8Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,787
131
2,963
61.9
34,377
7.2
262.4
210
131
86.8
4.4
2.7
245
1,693
9Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,782
144
2,973
62.2
33,764
7.1
234.5
218
126
87.5
4.6
2.6
302
1,922
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,650
128
2,866
61.6
30,725
6.6
240.0
164
110
82.9
3.5
2.4
258
1,835
11Cam Newton
C. Newton
4,348
140
2,613
60.1
31,698
7.3
226.4
190
118
85.8
4.4
2.7
322
2,394
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,335
144
2,820
65.1
33,946
7.8
235.7
267
81
101.7
6.2
1.9
394
2,572
13Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,879
123
2,390
61.6
27,873
7.2
226.6
179
127
85.1
4.6
3.3
207
1,060
14Derek Carr
D. Carr
3,830
110
2,468
64.4
26,896
7.0
244.5
170
71
92.1
4.4
1.9
197
1,192
15Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,679
120
2,386
64.9
26,251
7.1
218.8
148
56
92.9
4.0
1.5
304
1,681
16Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
3,678
116
2,345
63.8
26,995
7.3
232.7
178
88
92.0
4.8
2.4
303
2,270
17Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
3,662
109
2,453
67.0
28,372
7.7
260.3
190
84
97.9
5.2
2.3
213
1,571
18Andrew Luck
A. Luck
3,290
86
2,000
60.8
23,671
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
19Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,090
85
1,917
62.0
23,553
7.6
277.1
140
87
88.9
4.5
2.8
180
1,248
20Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
2,713
85
1,689
62.3
19,169
7.1
225.5
123
81
86.1
4.5
3.0
184
1,172
21Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
2,634
78
1,562
59.3
17,649
6.7
226.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
22Jameis Winston
J. Winston
2,559
76
1,570
61.4
19,812
7.7
260.7
121
88
86.9
4.7
3.4
171
1,086
23Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
2,492
68
1,562
62.7
16,811
6.7
247.2
113
50
89.2
4.5
2.0
179
1,133
24Jared Goff
J. Goff
2,421
69
1,536
63.4
18,171
7.5
263.3
107
55
91.5
4.4
2.3
129
948
25Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
2,377
67
1,501
63.1
15,937
6.7
237.9
85
46
86.5
3.6
1.9
162
1,127
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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