most pass attempts from 2001 to 2015

Between the 2001 and 2015 seasons, Drew Brees made the most pass attempts, with 8,085 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player from 2001 to 2015
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
8,085
217
5,365
66.4
60,903
7.5
280.7
428
205
95.8
5.3
2.5
331
2,363
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
7,789
224
4,952
63.6
58,022
7.4
259.0
428
150
96.4
5.5
1.9
402
2,509
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7,701
218
5,111
66.4
59,653
7.7
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
4Eli Manning
E. Manning
6,227
185
3,695
59.3
44,187
7.1
238.8
294
199
83.5
4.7
3.2
307
2,137
5Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
5,443
160
3,413
62.7
40,036
7.4
250.2
259
166
88.1
4.8
3.0
278
1,933
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,423
171
3,476
64.1
42,995
7.9
251.4
272
147
94.0
5.0
2.7
439
2,867
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5,339
164
3,462
64.8
41,447
7.8
252.7
281
135
95.5
5.3
2.5
326
1,990
8Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
5,301
177
3,209
60.5
36,493
6.9
206.2
210
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
358
2,249
9Brett Favre
B. Favre
5,238
157
3,303
63.1
37,132
7.1
236.5
253
179
86.0
4.8
3.4
225
1,565
10Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
4,589
139
2,734
59.6
32,963
7.2
237.1
205
97
87.7
4.5
2.1
337
2,160
11Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,530
126
2,915
64.3
32,757
7.2
260.0
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
12Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,354
134
2,701
62.0
31,408
7.2
234.4
204
141
86.0
4.7
3.2
285
1,777
13Tony Romo
T. Romo
4,331
155
2,826
65.3
34,154
7.9
220.3
247
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
14Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,070
122
2,479
60.9
28,322
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
15Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4,047
126
2,633
65.1
32,399
8.0
257.1
257
65
104.1
6.4
1.6
306
1,917
16Kerry Collins
K. Collins
3,870
120
2,198
56.8
25,486
6.6
212.4
127
108
76.2
3.3
2.8
193
1,220
17Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3,691
93
2,246
60.9
25,976
7.0
279.3
163
98
85.8
4.4
2.7
205
1,347
18Alex Smith
A. Smith
3,619
126
2,208
61.0
24,344
6.7
193.2
142
83
84.5
3.9
2.3
325
1,856
19Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,473
113
2,087
60.1
23,178
6.7
205.1
154
116
80.8
4.4
3.3
205
1,109
20Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
3,312
102
2,019
61.0
22,193
6.7
217.6
120
120
77.8
3.6
3.6
244
1,541
21Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
3,271
141
2,092
64.0
24,851
7.6
176.2
133
90
89.1
4.1
2.8
178
1,226
22Michael Vick
M. Vick
3,217
143
1,807
56.2
22,464
7.0
157.1
133
88
80.4
4.1
2.7
316
1,879
23Kurt Warner
K. Warner
3,213
96
2,102
65.4
24,523
7.6
255.4
146
97
91.0
4.5
3.0
211
1,353
24Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
3,171
96
1,969
62.1
22,814
7.2
237.6
122
93
84.4
3.8
2.9
254
1,863
25Trent Green
T. Green
2,990
96
1,843
61.6
22,971
7.7
239.3
123
98
85.5
4.1
3.3
186
1,138
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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8
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11
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