most pass attempts in first 12 seasons

Matt Ryan had the most pass attempts by a quarterback in his first 12 seasons, with 6,817 attempts.

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most pass attempts by a player in first 12 seasons
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6,817
189
4,460
65.4
51,186
7.5
270.8
321
147
94.6
4.7
2.2
369
2,449
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
6,531
192
4,232
64.8
50,128
7.7
261.1
366
181
95.2
5.6
2.8
215
1,392
3Eli 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
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
6,224
165
3,898
62.6
45,109
7.2
273.4
282
144
89.9
4.5
2.3
385
2,496
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
6,149
170
4,035
65.6
45,919
7.5
270.1
324
165
94.3
5.3
2.7
234
1,698
6Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6,049
172
3,449
57.0
39,808
6.6
231.4
221
181
76.7
3.7
3.0
402
2,733
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
6,049
172
3,604
59.6
45,173
7.5
262.6
328
185
88.2
5.4
3.1
178
1,270
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
5,992
177
3,652
60.9
42,285
7.1
238.9
314
188
86.7
5.2
3.1
348
2,261
9Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
5,932
171
3,670
61.9
40,067
6.8
234.3
218
141
84.1
3.7
2.4
359
2,554
10Derek Carr
D. Carr
5,785
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
257
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
5,753
172
3,380
58.8
42,177
7.3
245.2
247
199
81.5
4.3
3.5
382
2,915
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5,665
188
3,668
64.7
43,653
7.7
232.2
334
106
100.0
5.9
1.9
527
3,464
13Carson 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
14Ben 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
15Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,396
166
3,374
62.5
38,150
7.1
229.8
244
144
87.6
4.5
2.7
345
2,254
16John Elway
J. Elway
5,384
174
3,030
56.3
37,736
7.0
216.9
199
177
76.8
3.7
3.3
416
3,073
17Philip 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
18Tom Brady
T. Brady
5,321
161
3,397
63.8
39,979
7.5
248.3
300
115
96.4
5.6
2.2
276
1,712
19Jared Goff
J. Goff
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
20Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5,218
161
3,076
58.9
36,250
6.9
225.2
230
115
85.7
4.4
2.2
394
2,513
21Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,177
150
3,465
66.9
39,471
7.6
263.1
270
110
98.2
5.2
2.1
304
2,207
22Kerry Collins
K. Collins
5,172
156
2,868
55.5
34,186
6.6
219.1
174
172
73.2
3.4
3.3
300
1,960
23Jim Everett
J. Everett
4,923
158
2,841
57.7
34,837
7.1
220.5
203
175
78.6
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
24Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,920
153
3,048
62.0
35,133
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
25Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
4,779
160
2,874
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
237
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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