most passing attempts 1957 to 1967

Between the 1957 and 1967 seasons, Johnny Unitas made the most pass attempts, with 3,899 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most passing attempts by a player 1957 to 1967
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3,899
141
2,151
55.2
31,523
8.1
223.6
243
179
83.4
6.2
4.6
2Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
2,859
132
1,334
46.7
19,487
6.8
147.6
151
174
61.6
5.3
6.1
3George Blanda
G. Blanda
2,848
136
1,372
48.2
19,518
6.9
143.5
168
195
61.9
5.9
6.8
4Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
2,792
138
1,541
55.2
21,896
7.8
158.7
174
137
81.1
6.2
4.9
5Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
2,729
108
1,266
46.4
19,237
7.0
178.1
101
161
57.9
3.7
5.9
6John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,671
126
1,442
54.0
18,509
6.9
146.9
122
134
70.3
4.6
5.0
7Bart Starr
B. Starr
2,486
145
1,419
57.1
19,684
7.9
135.8
118
105
80.9
4.7
4.2
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
2,398
124
1,298
54.1
17,450
7.3
140.7
121
126
72.4
5.0
5.3
9Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,323
89
1,162
50.0
17,232
7.4
193.6
112
131
67.3
4.8
5.6
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,276
98
1,228
54.0
17,667
7.8
180.3
142
114
79.3
6.2
5.0
11Billy Wade
B. Wade
2,215
99
1,217
54.9
16,244
7.3
164.1
111
117
73.1
5.0
5.3
12Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
2,121
97
1,198
56.5
16,088
7.6
165.9
132
116
78.7
6.2
5.5
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
2,062
117
1,057
51.3
15,396
7.5
131.6
142
105
77.6
6.9
5.1
14Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,007
112
1,127
56.2
15,671
7.8
139.9
158
100
86.9
7.9
5.0
15Don Meredith
D. Meredith
1,999
91
999
50.0
14,699
7.4
161.5
114
99
72.7
5.7
5.0
16John Hadl
J. Hadl
1,748
84
873
49.9
13,300
7.6
158.3
106
102
71.3
6.1
5.8
17Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,720
68
870
50.6
12,751
7.4
187.5
94
96
70.1
5.5
5.6
18Tom Flores
T. Flores
1,704
98
832
48.8
11,895
7.0
121.4
92
91
67.6
5.4
5.3
19Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
1,686
98
741
44.0
11,447
6.8
116.8
73
103
56.0
4.3
6.1
20Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,651
123
825
50.0
12,187
7.4
99.1
96
85
72.4
5.8
5.1
21Ed Brown
E. Brown
1,638
118
758
46.3
12,343
7.5
104.6
79
115
58.9
4.8
7.0
22Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,466
60
748
51.0
10,493
7.2
174.9
66
52
74.7
4.5
3.5
23Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,361
68
668
49.1
10,370
7.6
152.5
73
95
63.5
5.4
7.0
24Joe Namath
J. Namath
1,302
41
654
50.2
9,606
7.4
234.3
63
70
68.4
4.8
5.4
25Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
1,277
44
662
51.8
7,676
6.0
174.5
51
85
55.9
4.0
6.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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