most pass attempts in nfl history first 9 seasons

Matt Ryan made the most passing attempts by a quarterback in his first 9 seasons, with 5,064 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player in NFL history first 9 seasons
NAME ATT GP CMP PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
5,064
142
3,288
64.9
37,701
7.4
265.5
240
114
93.6
4.7
2.3
255
1,681
2 Derek Carr
D. Carr
4,958
142
3,201
64.6
35,222
7.1
248.0
217
99
91.8
4.4
2.0
264
1,624
3 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
4,890
144
3,131
64.0
37,586
7.7
261.0
275
139
94.4
5.6
2.8
170
1,108
4 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
4,850
125
3,005
62.0
34,749
7.2
278.0
216
118
88.3
4.5
2.4
289
1,850
5 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,742
138
2,915
61.5
32,639
6.9
236.5
182
117
84.5
3.8
2.5
290
2,076
6 Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,730
135
2,798
59.2
35,386
7.5
262.1
266
149
88.2
5.6
3.2
125
942
7 Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,646
134
3,047
65.6
35,058
7.5
261.6
222
94
95.7
4.8
2.0
248
1,815
8 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
4,518
124
2,544
56.3
29,657
6.6
239.2
166
138
75.9
3.7
3.1
262
1,778
9 Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,457
137
2,612
58.6
31,527
7.1
230.1
211
144
82.7
4.7
3.2
213
1,512
10 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
4,449
133
2,757
62.0
31,594
7.1
237.5
204
118
87.5
4.6
2.7
278
1,738
11 Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,351
129
2,659
61.1
30,894
7.1
239.5
235
141
87.1
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
12 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
4,335
144
2,820
65.1
33,946
7.8
235.7
267
81
101.7
6.2
1.9
394
2,572
13 Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,276
115
2,840
66.4
33,021
7.7
287.1
248
75
101.6
5.8
1.8
190
1,265
14 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
4,209
133
2,702
64.2
30,729
7.3
231.0
199
102
91.7
4.7
2.4
350
2,597
15 Drew Brees
D. Brees
4,164
122
2,697
64.8
30,646
7.4
251.2
202
110
91.9
4.9
2.6
159
1,165
16 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
4,160
122
2,781
66.9
31,471
7.6
258.0
213
82
98.2
5.1
2.0
256
1,529
17 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
4,110
122
2,568
62.5
29,465
7.2
241.5
189
130
86.2
4.6
3.2
203
1,434
18 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
4,033
127
2,309
57.3
27,259
6.8
214.6
150
148
75.1
3.7
3.7
266
1,624
19 Warren Moon
W. Moon
4,026
126
2,329
57.8
30,200
7.5
239.7
175
145
81.0
4.3
3.6
281
2,185
20 John Elway
J. Elway
4,023
132
2,201
54.7
27,974
7.0
211.9
148
140
74.4
3.7
3.5
295
2,205
21 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
4,004
123
2,235
55.8
26,383
6.6
214.5
132
134
73.1
3.3
3.3
232
1,532
22 Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,980
125
2,371
59.6
29,041
7.3
232.3
182
108
86.1
4.6
2.7
291
2,199
23 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,942
132
2,397
60.8
29,527
7.5
223.7
201
143
85.8
5.1
3.6
260
1,959
24 Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
3,871
119
2,390
61.7
27,749
7.2
233.2
183
130
85.2
4.7
3.4
256
1,627
25 Jim Everett
J. Everett
3,817
123
2,193
57.5
27,613
7.2
224.5
164
141
79.0
4.3
3.7
207
1,491
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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OPP PPG

19.7

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
2
0
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Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
Saints Saints
0
3
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

1 - 2 - 0

30

Final

0

ATL Falcons

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
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Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
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Sun
9/28
NO NO
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BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
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Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
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DET DET
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