nfl most passing attempts in a season for a player before 2000

Before 2000, Drew Bledsoe had the most passing attempts in a season, with 691 attempts in 1994.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
691
1994
16
400
57.9
4,555
6.6
284.7
25
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
2Warren Moon
W. Moon
655
1991
16
404
61.7
4,690
7.2
293.1
23
21
81.7
3.5
3.2
23
174
3Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
636
1995
15
323
50.8
3,507
5.5
233.8
13
16
63.7
2.0
2.5
23
170
4Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
623
1996
16
373
59.9
4,086
6.6
255.4
27
15
83.7
4.3
2.4
30
190
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
623
1986
16
378
60.7
4,746
7.6
296.6
44
23
92.5
7.1
3.7
17
119
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
615
1994
16
385
62.6
4,453
7.2
278.3
30
17
89.2
4.9
2.8
18
113
7Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
609
1981
16
360
59.1
4,802
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
606
1995
16
377
62.2
4,228
7.0
264.3
33
14
91.5
5.4
2.3
38
277
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
606
1988
16
354
58.4
4,434
7.3
277.1
28
23
80.8
4.6
3.8
6
31
10John Elway
J. Elway
605
1985
16
327
54.0
3,891
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
11Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
603
1983
16
346
57.4
4,348
7.2
271.8
24
18
80.8
4.0
3.0
41
284
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
601
1994
15
371
61.7
4,264
7.1
284.3
18
19
79.9
3.0
3.2
29
235
13Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
599
1989
16
353
58.9
4,318
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
14Brett Favre
B. Favre
595
1999
16
341
57.3
4,091
6.9
255.7
22
23
74.7
3.7
3.9
35
223
15Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
593
1981
14
322
54.3
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
16Dan 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
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
584
1990
15
362
62.0
4,689
8.0
312.6
33
13
96.8
5.7
2.2
36
252
18Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
583
1995
16
346
59.3
4,338
7.4
271.1
32
12
92.3
5.5
2.1
31
145
19Brett Favre
B. Favre
582
1994
16
363
62.4
3,882
6.7
242.6
33
14
90.7
5.7
2.4
31
188
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
578
1979
16
347
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
21Peyton Manning
P. Manning
575
1998
16
326
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
22Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
572
1978
16
345
60.3
3,468
6.1
216.8
25
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
23Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
571
1999
16
343
60.1
4,436
7.8
277.3
36
15
94.6
6.3
2.6
50
280
24Brett Favre
B. Favre
570
1995
16
359
63.0
4,413
7.7
275.8
38
13
99.5
6.7
2.3
33
217
25Jeff Blake
J. Blake
567
1995
16
326
57.5
3,822
6.7
238.9
28
17
82.1
4.9
3.0
24
152
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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