most pass attempts from january 1 1980 until december 31 1989

Between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989, Joe Montana made the most pass attempts, with 4,036 attempts.

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most pass attempts by a player from january 1 1980 until december 31 1989
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
4,036
135
2,580
63.9
30,958
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,650
103
2,174
59.6
27,853
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,599
101
2,156
59.9
28,301
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
4Phil Simms
P. Simms
3,393
112
1,846
54.4
24,492
7.2
218.7
143
123
76.4
4.2
3.6
5Neil 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
6John Elway
J. Elway
3,070
100
1,665
54.2
21,195
6.9
212.0
120
114
73.6
3.9
3.7
207
1,589
7Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,009
102
1,661
55.2
20,903
6.9
204.9
131
128
73.8
4.4
4.3
8Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
2,875
118
1,571
54.6
20,132
7.0
170.6
126
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
9Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
2,855
124
1,634
57.2
19,824
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
10Danny White
D. White
2,847
106
1,705
59.9
21,229
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
11Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
2,843
103
1,644
57.8
20,858
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
12Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
2,467
82
1,471
59.6
17,589
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
2,441
84
1,339
54.9
18,300
7.5
217.9
101
99
75.9
4.1
4.1
206
1,654
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
2,439
84
1,442
59.1
17,442
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
15Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
2,430
106
1,330
54.7
17,277
7.1
163.0
105
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
16Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
2,398
90
1,298
54.1
15,246
6.4
169.4
104
113
68.5
4.3
4.7
17Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
2,285
85
1,296
56.7
18,350
8.0
215.9
126
76
87.3
5.5
3.3
155
1,277
18Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
2,249
81
1,304
58.0
17,771
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
19Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
2,196
77
1,305
59.4
15,995
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
20Richard Todd
R. Todd
2,099
74
1,181
56.3
14,368
6.8
194.2
88
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
21Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
1,940
65
1,134
58.5
13,888
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
22Doug Williams
D. Williams
1,916
62
1,001
52.2
13,380
7.0
215.8
75
61
74.5
3.9
3.2
23Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1,835
72
998
54.4
14,120
7.7
196.1
89
103
72.2
4.9
5.6
24Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,831
78
1,050
57.3
13,335
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
25Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
1,816
110
946
52.1
12,766
7.0
116.1
80
91
68.6
4.4
5.0
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