what qb had the most pass attempts in 1957

Johnny Unitas made the most passing attempts by a quarterback in 1957, with 301 attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
301
1957
12
172
57.1
2,550
8.5
212.5
24
17
88.0
8.0
5.6
2Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
289
1957
12
139
48.1
1,900
6.6
158.3
11
12
64.9
3.8
4.2
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
279
1957
12
176
63.1
2,157
7.7
179.8
13
15
80.0
4.7
5.4
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
265
1957
12
132
49.8
2,105
7.9
175.4
20
21
68.8
7.5
7.9
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
232
1957
12
128
55.2
1,712
7.4
142.7
11
11
74.9
4.7
4.7
6Bart Starr
B. Starr
215
1957
12
117
54.4
1,489
6.9
124.1
8
10
69.3
3.7
4.7
7Lamar McHan
L. McHan
200
1957
12
87
43.5
1,568
7.8
130.7
11
15
58.1
5.5
7.5
8Ed Brown
E. Brown
185
1957
12
84
45.4
1,321
7.1
110.1
6
16
44.4
3.2
8.6
9Bobby Layne
B. Layne
179
1957
11
87
48.6
1,169
6.5
106.3
6
12
53.0
3.4
6.7
10Tobin Rote
T. Rote
177
1957
12
76
42.9
1,070
6.0
89.2
11
10
60.2
6.2
5.6
11Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
167
1957
12
99
59.3
1,508
9.0
125.7
11
10
86.1
6.6
6.0
12Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
110
1957
11
63
57.3
1,229
11.2
111.7
9
8
93.3
8.2
7.3
13Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
102
1957
12
39
38.2
669
6.6
55.8
4
12
34.8
3.9
11.8
14Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
92
1957
12
46
50.0
630
6.8
52.5
4
10
47.2
4.3
10.9
15Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
80
1957
12
37
46.3
527
6.6
43.9
1
9
32.7
1.3
11.3
16Milt Plum
M. Plum
76
1957
9
41
53.9
590
7.8
65.6
2
5
60.7
2.6
6.6
17Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
70
1957
10
33
47.1
470
6.7
47.0
5
8
53.6
7.1
11.4
18Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
45
1957
7
15
33.3
238
5.3
34.0
1
5
19.7
2.2
11.1
19Al Dorow
A. Dorow
36
1957
6
17
47.2
212
5.9
35.3
1
4
35.6
2.8
11.1
20Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
28
1957
7
6
21.4
103
3.7
14.7
0
3
2.8
0.0
10.7
21Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
26
1957
4
11
42.3
224
8.6
56.0
1
1
70.0
3.8
3.8
22Billy Wade
B. Wade
24
1957
5
10
41.7
116
4.8
23.2
1
1
53.5
4.2
4.2
23John Brodie
J. Brodie
21
1957
5
11
52.4
160
7.6
32.0
2
3
69.6
9.5
14.3
24Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
18
1957
4
8
44.4
88
4.9
22.0
0
2
19.9
0.0
11.1
25Paul Larson
P. Larson
14
1957
5
6
42.9
61
4.4
12.2
0
1
26.2
0.0
7.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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