who has the most career pass attempts in nfl history active players

Matthew Stafford has made the most career pass attempts by an active quarterback, with 8,539 attempts.

NAMEATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,539
233
5,422
63.5
62,639
7.3
268.8
407
190
92.2
4.8
2.2
517
3,463
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,534
258
5,561
65.2
64,921
7.6
251.6
522
123
102.5
6.1
1.4
590
4,029
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,161
206
4,413
61.6
48,148
6.7
233.7
272
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
4Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,120
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
5Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,705
168
3,816
66.9
43,428
7.6
258.5
290
127
97.2
5.1
2.2
336
2,431
6Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
5,651
179
3,539
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
254
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
7Jared Goff
J. Goff
4,998
145
3,291
65.8
37,827
7.6
260.9
245
99
96.6
4.9
2.0
271
1,962
8Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,578
123
3,040
66.4
35,329
7.7
287.2
263
81
101.4
5.7
1.8
208
1,361
9Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
4,557
133
3,056
67.1
34,378
7.5
258.5
236
89
98.5
5.2
2.0
273
1,634
10Josh Allen
J. Allen
3,955
122
2,524
63.8
29,143
7.4
238.9
213
93
94.1
5.4
2.4
217
1,332
11Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,754
117
2,382
63.5
27,238
7.3
232.8
189
95
91.4
5.0
2.5
272
1,741
12Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,496
103
2,195
62.8
23,626
6.8
229.4
159
72
89.1
4.5
2.1
262
1,680
13Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
3,302
90
2,195
66.5
23,784
7.2
264.3
156
54
96.4
4.7
1.6
206
1,328
14Jameis Winston
J. Winston
3,242
107
1,981
61.1
24,792
7.6
231.7
156
113
86.4
4.8
3.5
222
1,383
15Geno Smith
G. Smith
3,008
105
1,956
65.0
21,510
7.2
204.9
118
85
87.4
3.9
2.8
263
1,884
16Kyler Murray
K. Murray
2,941
87
1,974
67.1
20,460
7.0
235.2
121
60
92.2
4.1
2.0
195
1,413
17Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
2,781
111
1,808
65.0
21,654
7.8
195.1
181
52
102.6
6.5
1.9
216
1,170
18Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
2,654
94
1,650
62.2
19,168
7.2
203.9
117
78
86.4
4.4
2.9
208
1,374
19Daniel Jones
D. Jones
2,591
81
1,679
64.8
17,422
6.7
215.1
87
54
86.6
3.4
2.1
229
1,475
20Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
2,583
71
1,769
68.5
19,190
7.4
270.3
142
46
101.0
5.5
1.8
201
1,344
21Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
2,402
71
1,508
62.8
16,222
6.8
228.5
83
57
84.2
3.5
2.4
141
962
22Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
2,349
75
1,600
68.1
17,629
7.5
235.1
117
57
96.6
5.0
2.4
132
909
23Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
2,305
73
1,527
66.2
17,904
7.8
245.3
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
24Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
2,302
100
1,453
63.1
17,249
7.5
172.5
104
60
90.1
4.5
2.6
199
1,290
25Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
2,247
88
1,455
64.8
16,951
7.5
192.6
102
40
95.2
4.5
1.8
178
1,092
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.833
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.636
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.545
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5
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