nfl most pass attempts by a qb 1980

Dan Fouts had the most passing attempts by a quarterback in 1980, with 589 attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
589
1980
16
348
59.1
4,715
8.0
294.7
30
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
2Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
554
1980
16
337
60.8
4,132
7.5
258.3
30
14
91.4
5.4
2.5
23
217
3Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
522
1980
15
299
57.3
3,582
6.9
238.8
19
23
72.2
3.6
4.4
37
214
4Doug Williams
D. Williams
521
1980
16
254
48.8
3,396
6.5
212.3
20
16
69.9
3.8
3.1
23
194
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
509
1980
16
309
60.7
3,716
7.3
232.3
23
20
81.8
4.5
3.9
41
311
6Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
488
1980
16
276
56.6
3,346
6.9
209.1
17
20
72.3
3.5
4.1
44
341
7Richard Todd
R. Todd
479
1980
16
264
55.1
3,329
6.9
208.1
17
30
62.7
3.5
6.3
42
326
8Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
478
1980
16
278
58.2
3,529
7.4
220.6
15
25
70.0
3.1
5.2
37
314
9Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
463
1980
16
257
55.5
3,544
7.7
221.5
31
16
88.2
6.7
3.5
35
324
10Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
457
1980
16
293
64.1
3,202
7.0
200.1
13
28
68.7
2.8
6.1
27
264
11Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
454
1980
16
262
57.7
2,962
6.5
185.1
17
16
75.2
3.7
3.5
31
282
12Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
451
1980
16
257
57.0
3,529
7.8
220.6
27
12
91.0
6.0
2.7
27
213
13Bert Jones
B. Jones
446
1980
15
248
55.6
3,134
7.0
208.9
23
21
75.3
5.2
4.7
34
262
14Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
439
1980
16
251
57.2
2,805
6.4
175.3
20
18
74.5
4.6
4.1
13
129
15Danny White
D. White
436
1980
16
260
59.6
3,287
7.5
205.4
28
25
80.7
6.4
5.7
30
252
16Jim Hart
J. Hart
425
1980
15
228
53.6
2,946
6.9
196.4
16
20
68.6
3.8
4.7
39
292
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
424
1980
15
218
51.4
3,339
7.9
222.6
24
22
75.0
5.7
5.2
33
245
18Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
417
1980
16
244
58.5
3,223
7.7
201.4
13
11
82.4
3.1
2.6
44
338
19Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
404
1980
16
240
59.4
3,199
7.9
199.9
30
19
89.7
7.4
4.7
23
191
20Phil Simms
P. Simms
402
1980
13
193
48.0
2,321
5.8
178.5
15
19
58.9
3.7
4.7
36
233
21David Woodley
D. Woodley
327
1980
13
176
53.8
1,850
5.7
142.3
14
17
63.1
4.3
5.2
17
127
22Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
321
1980
11
186
57.9
1,998
6.2
181.6
12
17
66.7
3.7
5.3
14
114
23Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
320
1980
14
193
60.3
2,250
7.0
160.7
10
12
76.4
3.1
3.8
49
348
24Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
320
1980
13
165
51.6
2,299
7.2
176.8
18
16
72.9
5.6
5.0
36
285
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
306
1980
12
175
57.2
2,475
8.1
206.3
18
22
73.1
5.9
7.2
17
138
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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