qb pass attempts per game leaders in 2021

Tom Brady averaged the most pass attempts per game by a quarterback in 2021, with 42.3 per game.

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Data note: Pass Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	ATT/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Tom Brady T. Brady	42.3	2021	TB	17	485	719	67.5	5,316	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
2	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	39.5	2021	LAC	17	443	672	65.9	5,014	7.5	294.9	38	15	97.7	5.7	2.2	31	214
3	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	38.7	2021	KC	17	436	658	66.3	4,839	7.4	284.6	37	13	98.5	5.6	2.0	28	146
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	38.0	2021	BUF	17	409	646	63.3	4,407	6.8	259.2	36	15	92.2	5.6	2.3	26	164
5	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	37.8	2021	PIT	16	390	605	64.5	3,740	6.2	233.8	22	10	86.8	3.6	1.7	38	232
6	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	37.3	2021	DAL	16	410	596	68.8	4,449	7.5	278.1	37	10	104.2	6.2	1.7	30	144
7	Derek Carr D. Carr	36.8	2021	LV	17	428	626	68.4	4,804	7.7	282.6	23	14	94.0	3.7	2.2	40	241
8	Sean Mannion S. Mannion	36.0	2021	MIN	1	22	36	61.1	189	5.3	189.0	1	0	84.1	2.8	0.0	2	15
9	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	35.4	2021	JAX	17	359	602	59.6	3,641	6.0	214.2	12	17	71.9	2.0	2.8	32	238
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	35.4	2021	LAR	17	404	601	67.2	4,886	8.1	287.4	41	17	102.9	6.8	2.8	30	243
11	Jared Goff J. Goff	35.3	2021	DET	14	332	494	67.2	3,245	6.6	231.8	19	8	91.5	3.8	1.6	35	280
12	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	35.1	2021	MIN	16	372	561	66.3	4,221	7.5	263.8	33	7	103.1	5.9	1.2	28	197
13	Nick Foles N. Foles	35.0	2021	CHI	1	24	35	68.6	250	7.1	250.0	1	0	98.5	2.9	0.0	4	21
14	Kyler Murray K. Murray	34.4	2021	ARI	14	333	481	69.2	3,787	7.9	270.5	24	10	100.6	5.0	2.1	31	286
15	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	33.8	2021	CAR	12	243	406	59.9	2,527	6.2	210.6	9	13	71.9	2.2	3.2	35	204
16	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	33.2	2021	GB	16	366	531	68.9	4,115	7.7	257.2	37	4	111.9	7.0	0.8	30	188
17	Mike White M. White	33.0	2021	NYJ	4	88	132	66.7	953	7.2	238.3	5	8	75.1	3.8	6.1	4	18
18	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	32.9	2021	ATL	17	375	560	67.0	3,968	7.1	233.4	20	12	90.4	3.6	2.1	40	274
19	Daniel Jones D. Jones	32.8	2021	NYG	11	232	361	64.3	2,428	6.7	220.7	10	7	84.8	2.8	1.9	22	160
20	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	32.5	2021	CIN	16	366	520	70.4	4,611	8.9	288.2	34	14	108.3	6.5	2.7	51	370
21	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	31.8	2021	BAL	12	246	382	64.4	2,882	7.5	240.2	16	13	87.0	4.2	3.4	38	190
22	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	31.3	2021	NO	6	108	188	57.4	1,154	6.1	192.3	11	3	88.4	5.9	1.6	9	64
23	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	31.2	2021	TEN	17	357	531	67.2	3,734	7.0	219.6	21	14	89.6	4.0	2.6	47	327
24	Garrett Gilbert G. Gilbert	31.0	2021	WAS	1	20	31	64.5	194	6.3	194.0	0	0	81.9	0.0	0.0	2	20
25	Taylor Heinicke T. Heinicke	30.9	2021	WAS	16	321	494	65.0	3,419	6.9	213.7	20	15	85.9	4.0	3.0	38	278

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