most passing attempts in a career by a player

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

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
5Matthew 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
6Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,657
262
5,644
65.2
65,812
7.6
251.2
526
123
102.4
6.1
1.4
596
4,076
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
8,161
245
5,295
64.9
63,560
7.8
259.4
422
210
95.1
5.2
2.6
466
2,844
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
7,162
207
4,414
61.6
48,152
6.7
232.6
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
17Fran 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
18Carson 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
19Kerry 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
20Russell 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
21Kirk 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
22Derek 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
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,651
179
3,539
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
24Dan 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
25Joe 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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20.0

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
3
12
0
.200
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

12 - 3

28

Final

24

BAL Ravens

7 - 8

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
6
0
.571
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
6
8
1
.433
4
11
0
.267
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
49ers 49ers - x
10
4
0
.714
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
10-48
Sat
9/20
@
10-17
Sat
9/20
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10-13
Sat
9/20
@
20-23
Sat
9/20
@
13-44

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
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Thu
12/25
@
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
4:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM