nfl player pass attempt leaders in 1987

Neil Lomax had the most pass attempts in 1987, with 463 attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
463
1987
12
275
59.4
3,387
7.3
282.3
24
12
88.5
5.2
2.6
48
350
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
444
1987
12
263
59.2
3,245
7.3
270.4
26
13
89.2
5.9
2.9
9
77
3Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
440
1987
12
240
54.5
3,321
7.5
276.8
16
19
73.1
3.6
4.3
26
209
4Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
419
1987
12
250
59.7
2,798
6.7
233.2
19
11
83.8
4.5
2.6
27
239
5Chuck Long
C. Long
416
1987
12
232
55.8
2,598
6.2
216.5
11
20
63.4
2.6
4.8
17
127
6John Elway
J. Elway
410
1987
12
224
54.6
3,198
7.8
266.5
19
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
406
1987
12
223
54.9
2,786
6.9
232.2
23
12
83.0
5.7
3.0
54
380
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
398
1987
13
266
66.8
3,054
7.7
234.9
31
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
9Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
393
1987
12
234
59.5
2,696
6.9
224.7
13
8
82.8
3.3
2.0
50
364
10Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
389
1987
12
241
62.0
3,033
7.8
252.8
22
9
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
368
1987
12
184
50.0
2,806
7.6
233.8
21
18
74.2
5.7
4.9
25
198
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
364
1987
11
206
56.6
2,517
6.9
228.8
10
15
70.0
2.7
4.1
24
176
13Danny White
D. White
362
1987
11
215
59.4
2,617
7.2
237.9
12
17
73.2
3.3
4.7
44
353
14Mark Malone
M. Malone
336
1987
12
156
46.4
1,896
5.6
158.0
6
19
46.7
1.8
5.7
18
151
15Jim Everett
J. Everett
302
1987
11
162
53.6
2,064
6.8
187.6
10
13
68.4
3.3
4.3
17
139
16Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
294
1987
12
164
55.8
2,119
7.2
176.6
15
9
82.9
5.1
3.1
20
119
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
294
1987
12
178
60.5
2,131
7.2
177.6
23
15
87.6
7.8
5.1
27
247
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
282
1987
9
163
57.8
2,230
7.9
247.8
17
9
90.0
6.0
3.2
35
225
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
275
1987
12
159
57.8
1,891
6.9
157.6
14
7
85.3
5.1
2.5
20
185
20Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
273
1987
11
154
56.4
2,107
7.7
191.5
15
9
85.8
5.5
3.3
22
161
21Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
267
1987
11
129
48.3
1,878
7.0
170.7
12
10
71.0
4.5
3.7
17
149
22Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
266
1987
15
152
57.1
2,070
7.8
138.0
12
8
84.6
4.5
3.0
33
238
23Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
264
1987
12
140
53.0
2,106
8.0
175.5
14
13
76.7
5.3
4.9
26
194
24Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
260
1987
12
136
52.3
1,728
6.6
144.0
11
14
65.0
4.2
5.4
25
178
25Randy Wright
R. Wright
247
1987
9
132
53.4
1,507
6.1
167.4
6
11
61.6
2.4
4.5
20
128
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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