nfl player pass attempt leaders in 2016

Drew Brees made the most passing attempts in 2016, with 673 attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
673
2016
16
471
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
2Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
672
2016
16
436
64.9
4,317
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
3Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
625
2016
16
368
58.9
3,905
6.2
244.1
23
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
610
2016
16
401
65.7
4,428
7.3
276.8
40
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
5Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
607
2016
16
379
62.4
3,782
6.2
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
6Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
606
2016
16
406
67.0
4,917
8.1
307.3
25
12
97.2
4.1
2.0
23
190
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
598
2016
16
377
63.0
4,027
6.7
251.7
26
16
86.0
4.3
2.7
21
142
8Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
597
2016
15
364
61.0
4,233
7.1
282.2
26
14
87.2
4.4
2.3
40
281
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
594
2016
16
388
65.3
4,327
7.3
270.4
24
10
93.3
4.0
1.7
37
216
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
578
2016
16
349
60.4
4,386
7.6
274.1
33
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
11Jameis Winston
J. Winston
567
2016
16
345
60.8
4,090
7.2
255.6
28
18
86.1
4.9
3.2
35
239
12Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
563
2016
16
364
64.7
4,206
7.5
262.9
18
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
13Derek Carr
D. Carr
560
2016
15
357
63.8
3,937
7.0
262.5
28
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
14Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
552
2016
15
395
71.6
3,877
7.0
258.5
20
5
99.3
3.6
0.9
37
276
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
546
2016
16
353
64.7
4,219
7.7
263.7
21
11
92.6
3.8
2.0
41
293
16Andrew Luck
A. Luck
545
2016
15
346
63.5
4,240
7.8
282.7
31
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
534
2016
16
373
69.9
4,944
9.3
309.0
38
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
510
2016
15
270
52.9
3,509
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
19Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
510
2016
15
301
59.0
2,957
5.8
197.1
15
16
72.2
2.9
3.1
27
206
20Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
509
2016
14
328
64.4
3,819
7.5
272.8
29
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
21Alex Smith
A. Smith
489
2016
15
328
67.1
3,502
7.2
233.5
15
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
22Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
486
2016
14
289
59.5
3,401
7.0
242.9
18
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
23Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
459
2016
16
311
67.8
3,667
8.0
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
24Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
451
2016
15
276
61.2
3,426
7.6
228.4
26
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
25Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
436
2016
15
269
61.7
3,023
6.9
201.5
17
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,792

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,044

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

17.0

29th

OPP PPG

22.5

14th

RUSH YDS/G

92.8

30th

PASS YDS/G

229.0

18th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
Saints Saints
5
10
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYJ Jets

3 - 12

6

Final

29

NO Saints

5 - 10

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM