most career passing attempts (including postseason)

Tom Brady has the most career passing attempts in the regular-season and playoffs, with 13,971 attempts.

Interpreted as:
most career passing attempts by a player (including postseason)
NAME ATT GP CMP PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Tom Brady
T. Brady
13,971
383
8,953
64.1
102,614
7.3
267.9
737
252
96.2
5.3
1.8
646
4,088
2 Drew Brees
D. Brees
11,272
305
7,623
67.6
85,724
7.6
281.1
608
258
98.6
5.4
2.3
449
3,197
3 Brett Favre
B. Favre
10,960
326
6,781
61.9
77,693
7.1
238.3
552
366
86.1
5.0
3.3
561
3,721
4 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
10,407
293
6,774
65.1
79,279
7.6
270.6
579
276
95.6
5.6
2.7
343
2,251
5 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
9,231
272
5,938
64.3
70,060
7.6
257.6
454
239
92.9
4.9
2.6
607
4,035
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
9,157
275
5,965
65.1
69,867
7.6
254.1
558
132
102.5
6.1
1.4
635
4,339
7 Dan Marino
D. Marino
9,045
260
5,352
59.2
65,871
7.3
253.4
452
276
85.7
5.0
3.1
292
2,071
8 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
8,815
244
5,788
65.7
65,464
7.4
268.3
401
190
93.9
4.5
2.2
513
3,423
9 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,739
238
5,555
63.6
64,489
7.4
271.0
408
196
92.0
4.7
2.2
535
3,565
10 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,535
256
5,515
64.6
66,405
7.8
259.4
437
219
94.7
5.1
2.6
488
3,007
11 Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,519
248
5,137
60.3
59,838
7.0
241.3
384
253
84.3
4.5
3.0
438
3,025
12 John Elway
J. Elway
7,901
256
4,478
56.7
56,439
7.1
220.5
327
247
79.8
4.1
3.1
555
4,103
13 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,449
217
4,575
61.4
50,261
6.7
231.6
287
180
84.2
3.9
2.4
446
3,165
14 Warren Moon
W. Moon
7,226
218
4,247
58.8
52,195
7.2
239.4
308
247
81.1
4.3
3.4
482
3,593
15 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
6,969
201
3,968
56.9
45,946
6.6
228.6
257
218
76.3
3.7
3.1
484
3,266
16 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
6,890
240
3,901
56.6
47,553
6.9
198.1
281
272
75.2
4.1
3.9
424
3,028
17 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6,759
257
3,835
56.7
48,806
7.2
189.9
353
283
79.4
5.2
4.2
294
2,492
18 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,593
221
4,243
64.4
50,977
7.7
230.7
380
126
99.2
5.8
1.9
621
4,026
19 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
6,502
205
3,628
55.8
42,478
6.5
207.2
220
207
73.8
3.4
3.2
347
2,286
20 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6,425
186
4,008
62.4
47,043
7.3
252.9
299
194
87.5
4.7
3.0
349
2,429
21 Joe Montana
J. Montana
6,125
215
3,869
63.2
46,323
7.6
215.5
318
160
92.7
5.2
2.6
359
2,368
22 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5,951
183
3,511
59.0
41,028
6.9
224.2
258
134
85.0
4.3
2.3
458
2,934
23 Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
5,890
188
3,456
58.7
45,165
7.7
240.2
266
258
79.7
4.5
4.4
332
2,399
24 Derek Carr
D. Carr
5,839
170
3,794
65.0
41,555
7.1
244.4
258
113
92.5
4.4
1.9
306
1,918
25 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,792
170
3,876
66.9
44,055
7.6
259.1
293
127
97.3
5.1
2.2
346
2,523
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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20.0

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2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Dolphins Dolphins
1
5
0
.167
Jets Jets
0
6
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Thu
11/13
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
8:15 PM
Last Game
NO Saints

1 - 5 - 0

19

Final

25

NE Patriots

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM