most pass attempts by a quarterback from 2011 to 2018

Between the 2011 and 2018 seasons, Drew Brees made the most pass attempts by a quarterback, with 4,961 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,961
126
3,441
69.4
39,171
7.9
310.9
285
101
103.4
5.7
2.0
211
1,463
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,932
128
3,114
63.1
35,724
7.2
279.1
218
108
90.5
4.4
2.2
301
1,900
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,745
128
3,167
66.7
36,659
7.7
286.4
229
99
97.3
4.8
2.1
262
1,779
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,665
124
3,008
64.5
35,770
7.7
288.5
256
68
100.0
5.5
1.5
229
1,405
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,640
127
2,872
61.9
33,335
7.2
262.5
204
126
86.9
4.4
2.7
240
1,649
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,545
128
2,954
65.0
34,995
7.7
273.4
238
120
94.8
5.2
2.6
271
1,624
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
4,368
117
2,850
65.2
33,692
7.7
288.0
219
104
95.4
5.0
2.4
227
1,492
8Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,254
115
2,621
61.6
28,039
6.6
243.8
152
102
82.8
3.6
2.4
225
1,572
9Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,921
120
2,443
62.3
28,100
7.2
234.2
188
104
88.8
4.8
2.7
241
1,489
10Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,891
123
2,321
59.7
28,469
7.3
231.5
182
107
86.4
4.7
2.7
285
2,156
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,881
111
2,522
65.0
30,221
7.8
272.3
251
48
105.1
6.5
1.2
288
1,884
12Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,427
112
2,218
64.7
24,669
7.2
220.3
142
48
94.0
4.1
1.4
282
1,542
13Andrew 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
14Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,261
112
2,095
64.2
25,624
7.9
228.8
196
63
100.3
6.0
1.9
299
1,952
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,110
99
1,896
61.0
22,253
7.2
224.8
146
106
84.1
4.7
3.4
153
786
16Carson 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
17Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
2,911
88
1,829
62.8
20,434
7.0
232.2
123
75
87.0
4.2
2.6
248
1,885
18Derek Carr
D. Carr
2,800
78
1,759
62.8
18,739
6.7
240.2
122
54
88.8
4.4
1.9
142
858
19Jay 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
20Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
2,702
78
1,797
66.5
20,504
7.6
262.9
129
65
95.0
4.8
2.4
146
1,109
21Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
2,632
75
1,561
59.3
17,646
6.7
235.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
22Sam 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
23Tony Romo
T. Romo
2,265
67
1,503
66.4
17,533
7.7
261.7
130
55
98.6
5.7
2.4
142
1,012
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
2,170
58
1,443
66.5
17,112
7.9
295.0
140
53
101.7
6.5
2.4
72
470
25Jameis Winston
J. Winston
1,922
56
1,183
61.6
14,628
7.6
261.2
88
58
87.8
4.6
3.0
122
793
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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12
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