most passing attempts before 2000

Before 2000, Dan Marino made the most passing attempts, with 8,358 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most passing attempts by a player before 2000
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan 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
2John 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
3Warren Moon
W. Moon
6,789
206
3,973
58.5
49,117
7.2
238.4
290
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6,467
246
3,686
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
5Dan 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
6Joe 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
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
5,311
213
3,105
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
261
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
8Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
5,205
187
2,969
57.0
37,920
7.3
202.8
247
184
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
5,186
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
10Jim Hart
J. Hart
5,076
201
2,593
51.1
34,665
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
11Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
5,024
206
2,874
57.2
34,241
6.8
166.2
196
204
74.2
3.9
4.1
296
2,469
12Jim 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
13Jim 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
14John Hadl
J. Hadl
4,687
224
2,363
50.4
33,503
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
15Phil Simms
P. Simms
4,647
164
2,576
55.4
33,462
7.2
204.0
199
157
78.5
4.3
3.4
477
3,418
16Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
4,613
157
2,569
55.7
32,575
7.1
207.5
205
191
75.5
4.4
4.1
316
2,359
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
4,519
186
2,369
52.4
29,817
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
18Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
4,498
183
2,366
52.6
29,444
6.5
160.9
201
149
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
19John Brodie
J. Brodie
4,491
201
2,469
55.0
31,548
7.0
157.0
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
20Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
4,475
192
2,654
59.3
32,838
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
21Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
4,453
154
2,742
61.6
31,310
7.0
203.3
158
127
82.6
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
22Norm Snead
N. Snead
4,353
178
2,276
52.3
30,797
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
94
744
23Brett 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
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
4,262
218
2,433
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
25Steve Young
S. Young
4,149
169
2,667
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
232
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
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12
5
0
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7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
0
.353
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12
0
.294
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13
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14
3
0
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11
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6
11
0
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3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176