which nfl player has the most passing attempts per game in a single season

Steve Dils has the most passing attempts per game played in a season, with 51 in 1981.

	NAME	ATT/GP	ATT	GP	SEASON	TM	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Dils S. Dils	51	102	2	1981	MIN	54	52.9	607	6.0	303.5	1	2	66.1	1.0	2.0	8	66
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	45.44	727	16	2012	DET	435	59.8	4,967	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
3	Cam Newton C. Newton	44.5	89	2	2019	CAR	50	56.2	572	6.4	286.0	0	1	71.0	0.0	1.1	6	43
4	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	44.4	222	5	2020	DAL	151	68.0	1,856	8.4	371.2	9	4	99.6	4.1	1.8	10	66
5	Mike White M. White	43.75	175	4	2022	NYJ	103	58.9	1,192	6.8	298.0	3	4	75.7	1.7	2.3	9	76
6	Jeff Rutledge J. Rutledge	43.5	174	4	1983	NYG	87	50.0	1,208	6.9	302.0	3	8	59.3	1.7	4.6	15	110
7	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	43.19	691	16	1994	NE	400	57.9	4,555	6.6	284.7	25	27	73.6	3.6	3.9	22	139
8	Tom Brady T. Brady	43.12	733	17	2022	TB	490	66.8	4,694	6.4	276.1	25	9	90.7	3.4	1.2	22	160
9	Peyton Manning P. Manning	42.44	679	16	2010	IND	450	66.3	4,700	6.9	293.8	33	17	91.9	4.9	2.5	16	91
10	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	42.4	636	15	1995	NE	323	50.8	3,507	5.5	233.8	13	16	63.7	2.0	2.5	23	170
11	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	42.36	593	14	1981	MIN	322	54.3	3,912	6.6	279.4	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
12	Tom Brady T. Brady	42.29	719	17	2021	TB	485	67.5	5,316	7.4	312.7	43	12	102.1	6.0	1.7	22	144
13	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	42.19	675	16	2018	PIT	452	67.0	5,129	7.6	320.6	34	16	96.5	5.0	2.4	24	166
14	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	42.11	379	9	2018	BAL	232	61.2	2,465	6.5	273.9	12	6	84.2	3.2	1.6	16	79
15	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
16	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
17	Geno Smith G. Smith	42	42	1	2015	NYJ	27	64.3	265	6.3	265.0	2	1	87.9	4.8	2.4	3	19
18	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.88	670	16	2012	NO	422	63.0	5,177	7.7	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
19	Andrew Luck A. Luck	41.86	293	7	2015	IND	162	55.3	1,881	6.4	268.7	15	12	74.9	5.1	4.1	15	88
20	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.8	627	15	2015	NO	428	68.3	4,870	7.8	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
21	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	41.44	663	16	2011	DET	421	63.5	5,038	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257
22	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	41.31	661	16	2015	SD	437	66.1	4,792	7.2	299.5	29	13	93.8	4.4	2.0	40	264
23	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	41.3	413	10	2015	BAL	266	64.4	2,791	6.8	279.1	14	12	83.1	3.4	2.9	16	124
24	Drew Brees D. Brees	41.19	659	16	2014	NO	456	69.2	4,952	7.5	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186
25	Peyton Manning P. Manning	41.19	659	16	2013	DEN	450	68.3	5,477	8.3	342.3	55	10	115.1	8.3	1.5	18	120

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