most passing attempts since 2002

Since 2002, Tom Brady has made the most pass attempts, with 11,634 attempts.

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most passing attempts by a player since 2002
NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
11,634
319
7,488
64.4
86,365
7.4
270.7
631
200
97.6
5.4
1.7
524
3,360
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,524
286
7,127
67.7
80,137
7.6
280.2
570
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
418
2,979
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
9Joe 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
10Peyton Manning
P. Manning
7,154
202
4,768
66.6
55,522
7.8
274.9
428
170
100.0
6.0
2.4
218
1,365
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
16Jared 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
17Alex 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
18Ryan 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
19Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
4,980
164
3,033
60.9
34,470
6.9
210.2
203
145
83.1
4.1
2.9
320
1,998
20Jay 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
21Ryan 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
22Dak 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
23Brett Favre
B. Favre
4,728
141
2,989
63.2
33,211
7.0
235.5
221
164
85.2
4.7
3.5
203
1,414
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
25Cam Newton
C. Newton
4,474
148
2,682
59.9
32,382
7.2
218.8
194
123
85.2
4.3
2.7
332
2,477
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