most passing attempts by a quarterback since 2012

Since 2012, Matthew Stafford has the most passing attempts by a quarterback, with 7,627 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
7,627
210
4,883
64.0
56,676
7.4
269.9
363
159
93.6
4.8
2.1
461
3,053
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
6,729
174
4,356
64.7
49,235
7.3
283.0
349
97
97.8
5.2
1.4
289
1,864
3Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
6,630
195
4,315
65.1
48,908
7.4
250.8
395
85
101.6
6.0
1.3
440
3,069
4Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6,442
172
4,319
67.0
48,554
7.5
282.3
286
137
95.3
4.4
2.1
403
2,740
5Russell 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
6Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,899
174
3,934
66.7
44,700
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
7Derek 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
8Jared Goff
J. Goff
5,224
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
256
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
9Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
5,209
145
3,227
62.0
34,360
6.6
237.0
192
126
83.4
3.7
2.4
283
2,009
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
5,189
147
3,405
65.6
39,699
7.7
270.1
262
134
94.7
5.0
2.6
299
1,803
11Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,135
163
3,239
63.1
36,395
7.1
223.3
234
138
88.2
4.6
2.7
339
2,212
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5,130
135
3,350
65.3
37,509
7.3
277.8
253
111
94.4
4.9
2.2
240
1,580
13Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,072
133
3,529
69.6
39,616
7.8
297.9
290
97
103.7
5.7
1.9
212
1,483
14Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
4,764
155
3,063
64.3
34,881
7.3
225.0
216
115
91.2
4.5
2.4
415
3,065
15Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
4,759
139
3,184
66.9
35,989
7.6
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
16Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,673
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
7.7
285.2
267
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
17Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,198
115
2,604
62.0
29,444
7.0
256.0
181
115
86.0
4.3
2.7
217
1,494
18Josh Allen
J. Allen
4,088
128
2,615
64.0
30,102
7.4
235.2
220
94
94.4
5.4
2.3
229
1,448
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
3,957
132
2,372
59.9
28,331
7.2
214.6
173
106
85.3
4.4
2.7
297
2,217
20Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,938
123
2,500
63.5
28,525
7.2
231.9
197
101
91.2
5.0
2.6
286
1,820
21Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,496
103
2,195
62.8
23,626
6.8
229.4
159
72
89.1
4.5
2.1
262
1,680
22Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
3,438
95
2,285
66.5
24,820
7.2
261.3
163
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
23Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,316
108
2,040
61.5
24,054
7.3
222.7
155
104
86.1
4.7
3.1
186
914
24Andrew Luck
A. Luck
3,290
86
2,000
60.8
23,671
7.2
275.2
171
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
25Jameis Winston
J. Winston
3,243
108
1,981
61.1
24,792
7.6
229.6
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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12
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13
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11
6
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9
7
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9
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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14
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