most pass attempts 49ers qbs

Joe Montana has the most career pass attempts by a 49ers quarterback, with 4,600 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
4,600
167
2,929
63.7
35,124
7.6
210.3
244
123
93.5
5.3
2.7
282
1,902
2John Brodie
J. Brodie
4,491
201
2,469
55.0
31,548
7.0
157.0
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
3Steve Young
S. Young
3,648
150
2,400
65.8
29,907
8.2
199.4
221
86
101.4
6.1
2.4
290
1,571
4Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
2,360
74
1,449
61.4
16,408
7.0
221.7
113
56
88.3
4.8
2.4
103
570
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
2,194
112
1,226
55.9
16,016
7.3
143.0
108
134
70.0
4.9
6.1
6Alex Smith
A. Smith
2,177
80
1,290
59.3
14,280
6.6
178.5
81
63
79.1
3.7
2.9
196
1,182
7Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
1,692
69
1,011
59.8
12,271
7.3
177.8
72
30
88.9
4.3
1.8
171
1,060
8Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
1,632
57
1,104
67.6
13,599
8.3
238.6
82
42
99.2
5.0
2.6
115
769
9Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
1,353
49
919
67.9
11,685
8.6
238.5
84
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
10Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
1,201
39
670
55.8
7,220
6.0
185.1
37
60
63.1
3.1
5.0
48
389
11Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
790
64
418
52.9
5,039
6.4
78.7
33
41
65.1
4.2
5.2
50
367
12Frankie Albert
F. Albert
601
36
316
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
13Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
600
19
387
64.5
4,714
7.9
248.1
25
22
87.2
4.2
3.7
36
266
14Tim Rattay
T. Rattay
586
32
356
60.8
3,941
6.7
123.2
24
18
81.6
4.1
3.1
59
354
15Shaun Hill
S. Hill
522
18
322
61.7
3,490
6.7
193.9
23
11
87.3
4.4
2.1
47
286
16C.J. Beathard
C.J. Beathard
497
19
291
58.6
3,469
7.0
182.6
18
13
81.1
3.6
2.6
46
368
17Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
491
26
254
51.7
3,285
6.7
126.3
22
30
62.5
4.5
6.1
56
491
18Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
449
15
272
60.6
2,994
6.7
199.6
16
13
80.2
3.6
2.9
36
212
19Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
430
42
284
66.0
3,098
7.2
73.8
18
16
85.6
4.2
3.7
16
102
20Steve Bono
S. Bono
359
34
220
61.3
2,558
7.1
75.2
14
7
87.7
3.9
1.9
17
123
21Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
316
11
171
54.1
1,712
5.4
155.6
8
11
63.7
2.5
3.5
19
122
22Mac Jones
M. Jones
289
11
201
69.6
2,151
7.4
195.5
13
6
97.4
4.5
2.1
16
108
23George Mira
G. Mira
240
47
112
46.7
1,711
7.1
36.4
17
14
70.0
7.1
5.8
24Norm Snead
N. Snead
237
12
138
58.2
1,705
7.2
142.1
11
11
76.7
4.6
4.6
18
124
25Tom Owen
T. Owen
235
14
112
47.7
1,645
7.0
117.5
11
17
56.4
4.7
7.2
31
259
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
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5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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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
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3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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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