most pass attempts since 1970

Since 1970, Tom Brady has the most passing attempts, with 12,050 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most pass attempts by a player since 1970
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,050
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
649
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,551
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
571
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
10,169
302
6,300
62.0
71,838
7.1
237.9
508
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9,380
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,696
263
5,665
65.1
65,980
7.6
250.9
526
123
102.3
6.0
1.4
598
4,084
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,685
237
5,515
63.5
63,988
7.4
270.0
417
193
92.4
4.8
2.2
521
3,487
7Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
8,464
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
381
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8,443
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
418
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
8,358
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,226
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,119
236
4,895
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
366
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12John Elway
J. Elway
7,250
234
4,123
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
300
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,167
208
4,417
61.6
48,176
6.7
231.6
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
14Warren Moon
W. Moon
6,823
208
3,988
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
291
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
15Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6,717
194
3,839
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
251
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
16Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
6,701
233
3,787
56.5
46,233
6.9
198.4
275
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
17Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6,307
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
294
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
18Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6,261
198
3,487
55.7
40,922
6.5
206.7
208
196
73.8
3.3
3.1
337
2,230
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,120
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
20Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,847
172
3,903
66.8
44,394
7.6
258.1
296
130
97.0
5.1
2.2
341
2,466
21Derek 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
22Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,651
180
3,539
62.6
39,793
7.0
221.1
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
23Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
5,604
181
3,297
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
24Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,391
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
25Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5,374
167
3,170
59.0
37,276
6.9
223.2
234
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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.500
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.438
6
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.400
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10
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.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
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12
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