passing attempts leaders before 1978

Before 1978, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing attempts, with 5,895 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5,895
230
3,341
56.7
43,535
7.4
189.3
317
234
81.5
5.4
4.0
247
2,083
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
5,186
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
3John Hadl
J. Hadl
4,687
224
2,363
50.4
33,503
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
4Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
4,498
183
2,366
52.6
29,444
6.5
160.9
201
149
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
5John Brodie
J. Brodie
4,491
201
2,469
55.0
31,548
7.0
157.0
214
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
4,353
178
2,276
52.3
30,797
7.1
173.0
196
257
65.5
4.5
5.9
94
744
7Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
4,262
218
2,433
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
255
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
4,007
340
1,911
47.7
26,920
6.7
79.2
236
277
60.6
5.9
6.9
12
94
9Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
3,817
178
2,118
55.5
28,339
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
10Joe Namath
J. Namath
3,762
140
1,886
50.1
27,663
7.4
197.6
173
220
65.5
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
11Len Dawson
L. Dawson
3,741
211
2,136
57.1
28,711
7.7
136.1
239
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
12Bobby Layne
B. Layne
3,700
175
1,814
49.0
26,768
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
13Jim Hart
J. Hart
3,424
136
1,725
50.4
23,869
7.0
175.5
152
167
67.6
4.4
4.9
130
1,077
14Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
3,392
165
1,737
51.2
24,410
7.2
147.9
170
181
69.2
5.0
5.3
118
894
15Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
3,330
189
1,552
46.6
22,681
6.8
120.0
178
220
59.6
5.3
6.6
0
0
16Bart Starr
B. Starr
3,149
196
1,808
57.4
24,718
7.8
126.1
152
138
80.5
4.8
4.4
59
533
17Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
3,073
122
1,436
46.7
21,218
6.9
173.9
114
183
57.3
3.7
6.0
21
187
18Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
2,995
165
1,693
56.5
21,886
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
19Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
2,938
165
1,562
53.2
20,179
6.9
122.3
148
143
71.5
5.0
4.9
154
1,171
20Tobin Rote
T. Rote
2,907
149
1,329
45.7
18,850
6.5
126.5
148
191
56.8
5.1
6.6
21Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,895
140
1,553
53.6
23,611
8.2
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
22Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,833
161
1,418
50.1
19,488
6.9
121.0
173
167
68.2
6.1
5.9
23Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,784
131
1,541
55.4
20,351
7.3
155.4
161
141
76.8
5.8
5.1
214
1,841
24Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
2,689
255
1,379
51.3
20,809
7.7
81.6
161
148
74.1
6.0
5.5
58
487
25Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
2,601
151
1,288
49.5
19,154
7.4
126.8
164
138
72.9
6.3
5.3
72
636
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