most passing attempts by a quarterback from 2014 to 2018

From 2014 through 2018, Drew Brees made the most passing attempts by a quarterback, with 2,984 attempts.

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  • Data note: Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
2,984
78
2,105
70.5
23,356
7.8
299.4
157
56
103.2
5.3
1.9
124
871
2Eli Manning
E. Manning
2,964
79
1,875
63.3
20,636
7.0
261.2
131
68
89.0
4.4
2.3
154
1,033
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
2,913
80
1,959
67.3
23,248
8.0
290.6
142
56
99.6
4.9
1.9
164
1,098
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,908
80
1,887
64.9
21,069
7.2
263.4
128
56
93.0
4.4
1.9
213
1,263
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
2,892
80
1,872
64.7
22,287
7.7
278.6
153
74
95.1
5.3
2.6
162
965
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2,822
73
1,867
66.2
22,089
7.8
302.6
144
68
96.8
5.1
2.4
115
759
7Derek Carr
D. Carr
2,800
78
1,759
62.8
18,739
6.7
240.2
122
54
88.8
4.4
1.9
142
858
8Tom Brady
T. Brady
2,789
76
1,826
65.5
21,365
7.7
281.1
158
37
101.9
5.7
1.3
130
794
9Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
2,632
75
1,561
59.3
17,646
6.7
235.3
103
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2,567
67
1,630
63.5
16,700
6.5
249.3
91
58
84.5
3.5
2.3
111
818
11Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
2,537
71
1,615
63.7
18,747
7.4
264.0
150
28
101.0
5.9
1.1
180
1,255
12Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
2,499
70
1,683
67.3
19,184
7.7
274.1
121
55
97.2
4.8
2.2
138
1,050
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
2,461
80
1,586
64.4
19,149
7.8
239.4
144
44
100.3
5.9
1.8
222
1,477
14Cam Newton
C. Newton
2,416
75
1,439
59.6
17,170
7.1
228.9
118
65
86.4
4.9
2.7
171
1,316
15Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
2,291
72
1,451
63.3
16,740
7.3
232.5
108
55
91.0
4.7
2.4
142
918
16Alex Smith
A. Smith
2,256
71
1,484
65.8
16,475
7.3
232.0
89
31
94.8
3.9
1.4
175
932
17Andrew Luck
A. Luck
2,093
54
1,318
63.0
15,475
7.4
286.6
125
56
94.1
6.0
2.7
101
651
18Jameis Winston
J. Winston
1,922
56
1,183
61.6
14,628
7.6
261.2
88
58
87.8
4.6
3.0
122
793
19Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
1,839
56
1,192
64.8
13,227
7.2
236.2
87
45
91.6
4.7
2.4
155
1,252
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
1,686
56
1,020
60.5
12,567
7.5
224.4
84
55
86.6
5.0
3.3
80
368
21Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
1,625
44
1,011
62.2
12,508
7.7
284.3
81
35
93.6
5.0
2.2
96
641
22Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
1,610
49
1,028
63.9
11,196
7.0
228.5
72
48
86.8
4.5
3.0
104
631
23Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
1,605
56
1,015
63.2
12,004
7.5
214.4
69
42
89.4
4.3
2.6
130
830
24Case Keenum
C. Keenum
1,591
49
1,007
63.3
10,901
6.9
222.5
55
36
85.5
3.5
2.3
86
554
25Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
1,475
48
975
66.1
10,876
7.4
226.6
67
25
96.0
4.5
1.7
113
675

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