which nfl player has the most passing attempts per game in a single season with at least 100 pass attempts

Steve Dils has the most pass attempts per game in a season when throwing 100+ pass attempts, with 51.0 per game in 1981.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Pass Attempts Per Game, Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATT/GATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Dils
S. Dils
51.0
102
1981
2
54
52.9
607
6.0
303.5
1
2
66.1
1.0
2.0
8
66
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
45.4
727
2012
16
435
59.8
4,967
6.8
310.4
20
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
3Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
44.4
222
2020
5
151
68.0
1,856
8.4
371.2
9
4
99.6
4.1
1.8
10
66
4Mike White
M. White
43.8
175
2022
4
103
58.9
1,192
6.8
298.0
3
4
75.7
1.7
2.3
9
76
5Jeff Rutledge
J. Rutledge
43.5
174
1983
4
87
50.0
1,208
6.9
302.0
3
8
59.3
1.7
4.6
15
110
6Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
43.2
691
1994
16
400
57.9
4,555
6.6
284.7
25
27
73.6
3.6
3.9
22
139
7Tom Brady
T. Brady
43.1
733
2022
17
490
66.8
4,694
6.4
276.1
25
9
90.7
3.4
1.2
22
160
8Peyton Manning
P. Manning
42.4
679
2010
16
450
66.3
4,700
6.9
293.8
33
17
91.9
4.9
2.5
16
91
9Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
42.4
636
1995
15
323
50.8
3,507
5.5
233.8
13
16
63.7
2.0
2.5
23
170
10Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
42.4
593
1981
14
322
54.3
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
11Tom Brady
T. Brady
42.3
719
2021
17
485
67.5
5,316
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
12Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
42.2
675
2018
16
452
67.0
5,129
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
13Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
42.1
379
2018
9
232
61.2
2,465
6.5
273.9
12
6
84.2
3.2
1.6
16
79
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
42.1
673
2016
16
471
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
42.0
672
2016
16
436
64.9
4,317
6.4
269.8
20
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
16Drew Brees
D. Brees
41.9
670
2012
16
422
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
17Andrew Luck
A. Luck
41.9
293
2015
7
162
55.3
1,881
6.4
268.7
15
12
74.9
5.1
4.1
15
88
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
41.8
627
2015
15
428
68.3
4,870
7.8
324.7
32
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
19Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
41.4
663
2011
16
421
63.5
5,038
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
20Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
41.3
661
2015
16
437
66.1
4,792
7.2
299.5
29
13
93.8
4.4
2.0
40
264
21Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
41.3
413
2015
10
266
64.4
2,791
6.8
279.1
14
12
83.1
3.4
2.9
16
124
22Drew Brees
D. Brees
41.2
659
2014
16
456
69.2
4,952
7.5
309.5
33
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
23Peyton Manning
P. Manning
41.2
659
2013
16
450
68.3
5,477
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
24Drew Brees
D. Brees
41.1
658
2010
16
448
68.1
4,620
7.0
288.8
33
22
90.9
5.0
3.3
25
185
25Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
41.1
699
2022
17
477
68.2
4,739
6.8
278.8
25
10
93.2
3.6
1.4
38
206

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