who threw the most passes in 1981

Dan Fouts had 609 pass attempts in 1981.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
609
1981
16
360
59.1
4,802
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
2Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
593
1981
14
322
54.3
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
3Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
567
1981
16
313
55.2
3,876
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
533
1981
16
297
55.7
3,829
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
37
287
5Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
498
1981
16
252
50.6
3,652
7.3
228.3
24
20
74.1
4.8
4.0
15
137
6Richard Todd
R. Todd
497
1981
16
279
56.1
3,231
6.5
201.9
25
13
81.8
5.0
2.6
30
224
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
496
1981
16
293
59.1
3,568
7.2
223.0
19
20
77.3
3.8
4.0
28
259
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
488
1981
16
311
63.7
3,565
7.3
222.8
19
12
88.4
3.9
2.5
26
193
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
479
1981
16
300
62.6
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
25
140
10Doug Williams
D. Williams
471
1981
16
238
50.5
3,563
7.6
222.7
19
14
76.8
4.0
3.0
18
135
11Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
461
1981
16
250
54.2
3,095
6.7
193.4
23
20
73.8
5.0
4.3
21
197
12Vince Evans
V. Evans
436
1981
16
195
44.7
2,354
5.4
147.1
11
20
51.1
2.5
4.6
23
173
13Bert Jones
B. Jones
426
1981
15
244
57.3
3,094
7.3
206.3
21
20
76.9
4.9
4.7
31
263
14Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
397
1981
13
236
59.4
2,788
7.0
214.5
13
9
82.4
3.3
2.3
24
201
15Danny White
D. White
391
1981
16
223
57.0
3,098
7.9
193.6
22
13
87.5
5.6
3.3
30
234
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
376
1981
15
225
59.8
3,195
8.5
213.0
21
14
90.5
5.6
3.7
54
394
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
370
1981
14
201
54.3
2,887
7.8
206.2
22
14
83.9
5.9
3.8
17
155
18Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
366
1981
13
173
47.3
2,311
6.3
177.8
14
19
58.9
3.8
5.2
30
241
19David Woodley
D. Woodley
366
1981
15
191
52.2
2,470
6.7
164.7
12
13
69.8
3.3
3.6
24
191
20Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
354
1981
13
204
57.6
2,593
7.3
199.5
17
15
79.0
4.8
4.2
40
298
21Phil Simms
P. Simms
316
1981
10
172
54.4
2,031
6.4
203.1
11
9
74.0
3.5
2.8
38
301
22Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
285
1981
13
165
57.9
1,988
7.0
152.9
14
18
69.5
4.9
6.3
29
254
23Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
279
1981
16
140
50.2
2,358
8.5
147.4
14
15
73.4
5.0
5.4
27
208
24Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
274
1981
13
147
53.6
1,983
7.2
152.5
9
16
63.6
3.3
5.8
20
160
25Pat Haden
P. Haden
267
1981
13
138
51.7
1,815
6.8
139.6
9
13
64.4
3.4
4.9
28
227
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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