nfl most passing attempts per game in a season since 1980

Since 1980, Steve Dils has the most pass attempts per game in a season, with 51.0 per game in 1981.

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	NAME	ATT/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Dils S. Dils	51.0	1981	MIN	2	54	102	52.9	607	6.0	303.5	1	2	66.1	1.0	2.0	8	66
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	45.4	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	4,967	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
3	Cam Newton C. Newton	44.5	2019	CAR	2	50	89	56.2	572	6.4	286.0	0	1	71.0	0.0	1.1	6	43
4	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	44.4	2020	DAL	5	151	222	68.0	1,856	8.4	371.2	9	4	99.6	4.1	1.8	10	66
5	Mike White M. White	43.8	2022	NYJ	4	103	175	58.9	1,192	6.8	298.0	3	4	75.7	1.7	2.3	9	76
6	Jeff Rutledge J. Rutledge	43.5	1983	NYG	4	87	174	50.0	1,208	6.9	302.0	3	8	59.3	1.7	4.6	15	110
7	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	43.2	2026	LAR	5	139	216	64.4	1,572	7.3	314.4	9	6	88.3	4.2	2.8	7	47
8	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	43.2	1994	NE	16	400	691	57.9	4,555	6.6	284.7	25	27	73.6	3.6	3.9	22	139
9	Tom Brady T. Brady	43.1	2022	TB	17	490	733	66.8	4,694	6.4	276.1	25	9	90.7	3.4	1.2	22	160
10	Peyton Manning P. Manning	42.4	2010	IND	16	450	679	66.3	4,700	6.9	293.8	33	17	91.9	4.9	2.5	16	91
11	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	42.4	1995	NE	15	323	636	50.8	3,507	5.5	233.8	13	16	63.7	2.0	2.5	23	170
12	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	42.4	1981	MIN	14	322	593	54.3	3,912	6.6	279.4	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
13	Tom Brady T. Brady	42.3	2021	TB	17	485	719	67.5	5,316	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
14	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	42.2	2018	PIT	16	452	675	67.0	5,129	7.6	320.6	34	16	96.5	5.0	2.4	24	166
15	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	42.1	2018	BAL	9	232	379	61.2	2,465	6.5	273.9	12	6	84.2	3.2	1.6	16	79
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	42.1	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	5,208	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
17	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	42.0	2016	BAL	16	436	672	64.9	4,317	6.4	269.8	20	15	83.5	3.0	2.2	33	243
18	Geno Smith G. Smith	42.0	2015	NYJ	1	27	42	64.3	265	6.3	265.0	2	1	87.9	4.8	2.4	3	19
19	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.9	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	5,177	7.7	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
20	Andrew Luck A. Luck	41.9	2015	IND	7	162	293	55.3	1,881	6.4	268.7	15	12	74.9	5.1	4.1	15	88
21	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.8	2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	4,870	7.8	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
22	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	41.4	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	5,038	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
23	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	41.3	2015	SD	16	437	661	66.1	4,792	7.2	299.5	29	13	93.8	4.4	2.0	40	264
24	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	41.3	2015	BAL	10	266	413	64.4	2,791	6.8	279.1	14	12	83.1	3.4	2.9	16	124
25	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.2	2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	4,952	7.5	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186

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