most passing attempts since 2001

Since 2001, Tom Brady has the most passing attempts, with 12,047 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most passing attempts by a player since 2001
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,047
334
7,752
64.3
89,208
7.4
267.1
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
3Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,763
239
5,562
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
423
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,743
264
5,696
65.1
66,274
7.6
251.0
527
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
5Matt 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
6Ben 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
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,226
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
425
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
8Eli 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
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7,701
218
5,111
66.4
59,653
7.7
273.6
454
193
98.9
5.9
2.5
247
1,597
10Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,167
209
4,417
61.6
48,176
6.7
230.5
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
11Carson 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
12Russell 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
13Kirk 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
14Derek 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
15Andy 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
16Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
5,301
177
3,209
60.5
36,493
6.9
206.2
210
153
82.4
4.0
2.9
358
2,249
17Brett Favre
B. Favre
5,238
157
3,303
63.1
37,132
7.1
236.5
253
179
86.0
4.8
3.4
225
1,565
18Jared 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
19Alex Smith
A. Smith
5,193
174
3,250
62.6
35,650
6.9
204.9
199
109
86.9
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
20Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
5,060
166
3,072
60.7
34,990
6.9
210.8
223
169
82.3
4.4
3.3
300
1,576
21Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
4,920
153
3,048
62.0
35,133
7.1
229.6
227
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
22Ryan 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
23Dak 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
24Patrick 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
25Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
4,589
139
2,734
59.6
32,963
7.2
237.1
205
97
87.7
4.5
2.1
337
2,160
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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0
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7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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11
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3
14
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11
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9
1
.441
5
12
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4
13
0
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
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9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176