nfl players with the most career pass attempts including playoffs

Tom Brady has made the most career passing attempts in the regular season and playoffs, with 13,971 attempts.

	NAME	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	13,971	383	8,953	64.1	102,614	7.3	267.9	737	252	96.2	5.3	1.8	646	4,088
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	11,272	305	7,623	67.6	85,724	7.6	281.1	608	258	98.6	5.4	2.3	449	3,197
3	Brett Favre B. Favre	10,960	326	6,781	61.9	77,693	7.1	238.3	552	366	86.1	5.0	3.3	561	3,721
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	10,407	293	6,774	65.1	79,279	7.6	270.6	579	276	95.6	5.6	2.7	343	2,251
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	9,703	291	6,302	64.9	73,313	7.6	251.9	579	141	101.5	6.0	1.5	672	4,598
6	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	9,408	256	5,969	63.4	69,637	7.4	272.0	454	209	92.6	4.8	2.2	559	3,734
7	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	9,231	272	5,938	64.3	70,060	7.6	257.6	454	239	92.9	4.9	2.6	607	4,035
8	Dan Marino D. Marino	9,045	260	5,352	59.2	65,871	7.3	253.4	452	276	85.7	5.0	3.1	292	2,071
9	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	8,815	244	5,788	65.7	65,464	7.4	268.3	401	190	93.9	4.5	2.2	513	3,423
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	8,627	259	5,573	64.6	66,949	7.8	258.5	441	222	94.6	5.1	2.6	493	3,044
11	Eli Manning E. Manning	8,519	248	5,137	60.3	59,838	7.0	241.3	384	253	84.3	4.5	3.0	438	3,025
12	John Elway J. Elway	7,901	256	4,478	56.7	56,439	7.1	220.5	327	247	79.8	4.1	3.1	555	4,103
13	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	7,660	226	4,704	61.4	51,706	6.8	228.8	298	184	84.3	3.9	2.4	454	3,223
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	7,226	218	4,247	58.8	52,195	7.2	239.4	308	247	81.1	4.3	3.4	482	3,593
15	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	6,969	201	3,968	56.9	45,946	6.6	228.6	257	218	76.3	3.7	3.1	484	3,266
16	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	6,890	240	3,901	56.6	47,553	6.9	198.1	281	272	75.2	4.1	3.9	424	3,028
17	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	6,759	257	3,835	56.7	48,806	7.2	189.9	353	283	79.4	5.2	4.2	294	2,492
18	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	6,600	222	4,246	64.3	51,022	7.7	229.8	380	126	99.1	5.8	1.9	623	4,039
19	Kerry Collins K. Collins	6,502	205	3,628	55.8	42,478	6.5	207.2	220	207	73.8	3.4	3.2	347	2,286
20	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	6,425	186	4,008	62.4	47,043	7.3	252.9	299	194	87.5	4.7	3.0	349	2,429
21	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	6,198	183	4,130	66.6	46,773	7.5	255.6	314	136	96.8	5.1	2.2	364	2,628
22	Joe Montana J. Montana	6,125	215	3,869	63.2	46,323	7.6	215.5	318	160	92.7	5.2	2.6	359	2,368
23	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	5,951	183	3,511	59.0	41,028	6.9	224.2	258	134	85.0	4.3	2.3	458	2,934
24	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	5,890	188	3,456	58.7	45,165	7.7	240.2	266	258	79.7	4.5	4.4	332	2,399
25	Derek Carr D. Carr	5,839	170	3,794	65.0	41,555	7.1	244.4	258	113	92.5	4.4	1.9	306	1,918

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Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
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Rams	2	2	0	.500
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Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
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Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000