pass attempt leaders 2008 to 2015

Between the 2008 and 2015 seasons, Drew Brees had the most pass attempts, with 5,070 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
5,070
126
3,444
67.9
39,714
7.8
315.2
294
123
100.5
5.8
2.4
205
1,425
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
4,530
126
2,915
64.3
32,757
7.2
260.0
202
107
90.9
4.5
2.4
218
1,446
3Eli Manning
E. Manning
4,422
128
2,708
61.2
32,802
7.4
256.3
217
135
87.7
4.9
3.1
214
1,467
4Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
4,389
128
2,884
65.7
34,759
7.9
271.6
237
110
97.4
5.4
2.5
273
1,657
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
4,150
113
2,659
64.1
31,658
7.6
280.2
231
64
99.4
5.6
1.5
199
1,231
6Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
4,070
122
2,479
60.9
28,322
7.0
232.1
162
102
84.7
4.0
2.5
257
1,833
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,988
119
2,598
65.1
32,070
8.0
269.5
256
64
104.6
6.4
1.6
297
1,847
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,987
115
2,568
64.4
31,322
7.9
272.4
188
93
94.5
4.7
2.3
293
1,898
9Peyton Manning
P. Manning
3,975
106
2,657
66.8
30,314
7.6
286.0
233
98
98.8
5.9
2.5
112
721
10Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
3,750
113
2,323
61.9
26,910
7.2
238.1
175
122
85.6
4.7
3.3
245
1,539
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
3,691
93
2,246
60.9
25,976
7.0
279.3
163
98
85.8
4.4
2.7
205
1,347
12Tony Romo
T. Romo
3,474
101
2,271
65.4
27,040
7.8
267.7
192
85
97.2
5.5
2.4
203
1,372
13Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3,407
99
2,108
61.9
25,137
7.4
253.9
155
103
87.0
4.5
3.0
181
1,298
14Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
3,338
107
2,011
60.2
22,401
6.7
209.4
150
108
81.7
4.5
3.2
196
1,060
15Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
2,821
92
1,816
64.4
21,577
7.6
234.5
118
75
90.5
4.2
2.7
150
1,051
16Alex Smith
A. Smith
2,819
94
1,773
62.9
19,665
7.0
209.2
123
52
90.4
4.4
1.8
244
1,348
17Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
2,534
85
1,494
59.0
16,750
6.6
197.1
99
75
79.4
3.9
3.0
192
1,075
18Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
2,497
77
1,556
62.3
18,008
7.2
233.9
124
73
88.4
5.0
2.9
140
813
19Cam Newton
C. Newton
2,418
78
1,440
59.6
18,263
7.6
234.1
117
64
88.3
4.8
2.6
185
1,424
20Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
2,292
63
1,378
60.1
14,790
6.5
234.8
78
52
81.0
3.4
2.3
148
1,022
21Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
2,267
75
1,285
56.7
15,126
6.7
201.7
86
84
74.3
3.8
3.7
158
1,023
22Kyle Orton
K. Orton
2,264
69
1,380
61.0
15,690
6.9
227.4
89
54
84.9
3.9
2.4
133
814
23Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
2,248
64
1,392
61.9
15,460
6.9
241.6
87
54
85.2
3.9
2.4
184
1,390
24Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
2,192
74
1,318
60.1
14,305
6.5
193.3
70
69
76.9
3.2
3.1
131
867
25Andrew Luck
A. Luck
2,106
55
1,224
58.1
14,838
7.0
269.8
101
55
85.0
4.8
2.6
115
722
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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11
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12
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9
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.559
9
8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
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8
9
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.471
6
11
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