qb with the most pass attempts including playoffs

Tom Brady has the most career passing attempts by a quarterback in the regular-season and playoffs, with 13,971 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom 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
2Drew 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
3Brett 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
4Peyton 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
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9,550
287
6,214
65.1
72,314
7.6
252.0
572
137
101.8
6.0
1.4
659
4,491
6Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
9,246
252
5,870
63.5
68,448
7.4
271.6
448
203
92.8
4.8
2.2
553
3,693
7Ben 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
8Dan 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
9Matt 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
10Philip 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
11Eli 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
12John 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
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,660
225
4,704
61.4
51,706
6.8
229.8
298
184
84.3
3.9
2.4
454
3,223
14Warren 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
15Drew 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
16Vinny 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
17Fran 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
18Russell 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
19Kerry 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
20Carson 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
21Joe 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
22Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
6,054
179
4,037
66.7
45,747
7.6
255.6
303
132
96.7
5.0
2.2
359
2,602
23Donovan 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
24Dan 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
25Derek 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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13
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6
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9
7
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8
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8
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8
9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
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.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
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14
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