quarterback with most pass attempts per game 2016 to 2016 nfl

Drew Brees had the most passing attempts per game played by a quarterback in 2016, with 42.06.

	NAME	ATT/GP	ATT	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	42.06	673	16	2016	NO	471	70.0	5,208	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
2	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	42	672	16	2016	BAL	436	64.9	4,317	6.4	269.8	20	15	83.5	3.0	2.2	33	243
3	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	39.8	597	15	2016	ARI	364	61.0	4,233	7.1	282.2	26	14	87.2	4.4	2.3	40	281
4	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	39.06	625	16	2016	JAX	368	58.9	3,905	6.2	244.1	23	16	78.8	3.7	2.6	34	197
5	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	38.13	610	16	2016	GB	401	65.7	4,428	7.3	276.8	40	7	104.2	6.6	1.1	35	246
6	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	37.94	607	16	2016	PHI	379	62.4	3,782	6.2	236.4	16	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
7	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	37.88	606	16	2016	WAS	406	67.0	4,917	8.1	307.3	25	12	97.2	4.1	2.0	23	190
8	Eli Manning E. Manning	37.38	598	16	2016	NYG	377	63.0	4,027	6.7	251.7	26	16	86.0	4.3	2.7	21	142
9	Derek Carr D. Carr	37.33	560	15	2016	OAK	357	63.8	3,937	7.0	262.5	28	6	96.7	5.0	1.1	16	79
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	37.13	594	16	2016	DET	388	65.3	4,327	7.3	270.4	24	10	93.3	4.0	1.7	37	216
11	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	36.8	552	15	2016	MIN	395	71.6	3,877	7.0	258.5	20	5	99.3	3.6	0.9	37	276
12	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	36.36	509	14	2016	PIT	328	64.4	3,819	7.5	272.8	29	13	95.4	5.7	2.6	17	141
13	Andrew Luck A. Luck	36.33	545	15	2016	IND	346	63.5	4,240	7.8	282.7	31	13	96.4	5.7	2.4	41	268
14	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	36.13	578	16	2016	SD	349	60.4	4,386	7.6	274.1	33	21	87.9	5.7	3.6	36	188
15	Tom Brady T. Brady	36	432	12	2016	NE	291	67.4	3,554	8.2	296.2	28	2	112.2	6.5	0.5	15	87
16	Jameis Winston J. Winston	35.44	567	16	2016	TB	345	60.8	4,090	7.2	255.6	28	18	86.1	4.9	3.2	35	239
17	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	35.19	563	16	2016	CIN	364	64.7	4,206	7.5	262.9	18	8	91.8	3.2	1.4	41	264
18	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	34.71	486	14	2016	DEN	289	59.5	3,401	7.0	242.9	18	10	84.6	3.7	2.1	31	187
19	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	34.13	546	16	2016	SEA	353	64.7	4,219	7.7	263.7	21	11	92.6	3.8	2.0	41	293
20	Cam Newton C. Newton	34	510	15	2016	CAR	270	52.9	3,509	6.9	233.9	19	14	75.8	3.7	2.7	36	277
21	Brock Osweiler B. Osweiler	34	510	15	2016	HOU	301	59.0	2,957	5.8	197.1	15	16	72.2	2.9	3.1	27	206
22	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	33.38	534	16	2016	ATL	373	69.9	4,944	9.3	309.0	38	7	117.1	7.1	1.3	37	235
23	Brian Hoyer B. Hoyer	33.33	200	6	2016	CHI	134	67.0	1,445	7.2	240.8	6	0	98.0	3.0	0.0	4	18
24	Josh McCown J. McCown	33	165	5	2016	CLE	90	54.5	1,100	6.7	220.0	6	6	72.3	3.6	3.6	18	126
25	Alex Smith A. Smith	32.6	489	15	2016	KC	328	67.1	3,502	7.2	233.5	15	8	91.2	3.1	1.6	28	140

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