nfl qb with the most passing attempts 1980's

From 1980 through 1989, Joe Montana made the most passing attempts by a quarterback, with 4,036 attempts.

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Data note: Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	4,036	135	2,580	63.9	30,958	7.7	229.3	215	107	94.0	5.3	2.7	252	1,741
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	3,650	103	2,174	59.6	27,853	7.6	270.4	220	125	89.3	6.0	3.4	83	670
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	3,599	101	2,156	59.9	28,301	7.9	280.2	172	141	84.4	4.8	3.9	169	1,257
4	Phil Simms P. Simms	3,393	112	1,846	54.4	24,492	7.2	218.7	143	123	76.4	4.2	3.6	357	2,632
5	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	3,153	108	1,817	57.6	22,771	7.2	210.8	136	90	82.7	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
6	John Elway J. Elway	3,070	100	1,665	54.2	21,195	6.9	212.0	120	114	73.6	3.9	3.7	207	1,589
7	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	3,009	102	1,661	55.2	20,903	6.9	204.9	131	128	73.8	4.4	4.3	204	1,270
8	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	2,875	118	1,571	54.6	20,132	7.0	170.6	126	107	75.9	4.4	3.7	224	1,774
9	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	2,855	124	1,634	57.2	19,824	6.9	159.9	118	128	73.8	4.1	4.5	189	1,573
10	Danny White D. White	2,847	106	1,705	59.9	21,229	7.5	200.3	152	126	82.4	5.3	4.4	233	1,997
11	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	2,843	103	1,644	57.8	20,858	7.3	202.5	169	116	83.7	5.9	4.1	269	2,158
12	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	2,467	82	1,471	59.6	17,589	7.1	214.5	96	68	83.0	3.9	2.8	261	1,942
13	Warren Moon W. Moon	2,441	84	1,339	54.9	18,300	7.5	217.9	101	99	75.9	4.1	4.1	206	1,654
14	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	2,439	84	1,442	59.1	17,442	7.2	207.6	110	85	81.7	4.5	3.5	208	1,661
15	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	2,430	106	1,330	54.7	17,277	7.1	163.0	105	86	77.0	4.3	3.5	195	1,487
16	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	2,398	90	1,298	54.1	15,246	6.4	169.4	104	113	68.5	4.3	4.7	121	1,175
17	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	2,285	85	1,296	56.7	18,350	8.0	215.9	126	76	87.3	5.5	3.3	155	1,277
18	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	2,249	81	1,304	58.0	17,771	7.9	219.4	116	119	78.5	5.2	5.3	204	1,585
19	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	2,196	77	1,305	59.4	15,995	7.3	207.7	109	69	85.4	5.0	3.1	212	1,678
20	Richard Todd R. Todd	2,099	74	1,181	56.3	14,368	6.8	194.2	88	100	71.6	4.2	4.8	171	1,347
21	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	1,940	65	1,134	58.5	13,888	7.2	213.7	75	47	83.4	3.9	2.4	139	888
22	Doug Williams D. Williams	1,916	62	1,001	52.2	13,380	7.0	215.8	75	61	74.5	3.9	3.2	71	608
23	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	1,835	72	998	54.4	14,120	7.7	196.1	89	103	72.2	4.9	5.6	118	876
24	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	1,831	78	1,050	57.3	13,335	7.3	171.0	77	66	79.2	4.2	3.6	174	1,057
25	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	1,816	110	946	52.1	12,766	7.0	116.1	80	91	68.6	4.4	5.0	181	1,282

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