Between the 1960 and 1980 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing attempts, with 6,467 attempts.
| NAME | ATT | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 6,467 | 246 | 3,686 | 57.0 | 47,003 | 7.3 | 191.1 | 342 | 266 | 80.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 274 | 2,337 |
| 2 | | J. Hart | 4,704 | 180 | 2,387 | 50.7 | 32,154 | 6.8 | 178.6 | 193 | 225 | 66.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 214 | 1,718 |
| 3 | | J. Hadl | 4,687 | 224 | 2,363 | 50.4 | 33,503 | 7.1 | 149.6 | 244 | 268 | 67.4 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 179 | 1,514 |
| 4 | | R. Gabriel | 4,498 | 183 | 2,366 | 52.6 | 29,444 | 6.5 | 160.9 | 201 | 149 | 74.3 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 168 | 1,268 |
| 5 | | N. Snead | 4,353 | 178 | 2,276 | 52.3 | 30,797 | 7.1 | 173.0 | 196 | 257 | 65.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 94 | 744 |
| 6 | | J. Brodie | 4,234 | 172 | 2,325 | 54.9 | 29,810 | 7.0 | 173.3 | 204 | 201 | 73.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 47 | 380 |
| 7 | | S. Jurgensen | 4,165 | 184 | 2,385 | 57.3 | 31,468 | 7.6 | 171.0 | 249 | 180 | 83.2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 94 | 748 |
| 8 |  | J. Unitas | 4,057 | 165 | 2,219 | 54.7 | 31,285 | 7.7 | 189.6 | 206 | 205 | 75.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 74 | 590 |
| 9 | | J. Namath | 3,762 | 140 | 1,886 | 50.1 | 27,663 | 7.4 | 197.6 | 173 | 220 | 65.5 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 109 | 1,052 |
| 10 | | L. Dawson | 3,724 | 192 | 2,130 | 57.2 | 28,615 | 7.7 | 149.0 | 238 | 181 | 82.8 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 167 | 1,423 |
| 11 | | B. Griese | 3,429 | 161 | 1,926 | 56.2 | 25,092 | 7.3 | 155.9 | 192 | 172 | 77.1 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 267 | 2,318 |
| 12 | | C. Johnson | 3,392 | 165 | 1,737 | 51.2 | 24,410 | 7.2 | 147.9 | 170 | 181 | 69.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 118 | 894 |
| 13 | | C. Morton | 3,384 | 189 | 1,810 | 53.5 | 24,520 | 7.2 | 129.7 | 162 | 170 | 71.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 316 | 2,387 |
| 14 |  | T. Bradshaw | 3,283 | 144 | 1,692 | 51.5 | 23,257 | 7.1 | 161.5 | 171 | 185 | 68.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 272 | 2,408 |
| 15 | | A. Manning | 3,096 | 121 | 1,714 | 55.4 | 20,284 | 6.6 | 167.6 | 110 | 143 | 68.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 317 | 2,458 |
| 16 | | K. Anderson | 3,060 | 132 | 1,736 | 56.7 | 21,808 | 7.1 | 165.2 | 131 | 114 | 77.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 295 | 2,183 |
| 17 | | J. Kemp | 3,055 | 118 | 1,428 | 46.7 | 21,130 | 6.9 | 179.1 | 114 | 181 | 57.6 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 21 | 187 |
| 18 | | G. Blanda | 3,019 | 224 | 1,466 | 48.6 | 20,984 | 7.0 | 93.7 | 188 | 207 | 63.7 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 12 | 94 |
| 19 | | B. Kilmer | 2,984 | 170 | 1,585 | 53.1 | 20,495 | 6.9 | 120.6 | 152 | 146 | 71.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 158 | 1,193 |
| 20 | | R. Staubach | 2,958 | 131 | 1,685 | 57.0 | 22,700 | 7.7 | 173.3 | 153 | 109 | 83.4 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 313 | 2,154 |
| 21 | | K. Stabler | 2,938 | 146 | 1,779 | 60.6 | 22,280 | 7.6 | 152.6 | 163 | 171 | 78.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 216 | 1,955 |
| 22 | | D. Pastorini | 2,898 | 130 | 1,492 | 51.5 | 17,796 | 6.1 | 136.9 | 101 | 147 | 61.1 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 232 | 2,080 |
| 23 | | B. Parilli | 2,679 | 136 | 1,270 | 47.4 | 18,289 | 6.8 | 134.5 | 144 | 152 | 64.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | D. Lamonica | 2,601 | 151 | 1,288 | 49.5 | 19,154 | 7.4 | 126.8 | 164 | 138 | 72.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 72 | 636 |
| 25 | | B. Starr | 2,599 | 151 | 1,519 | 58.4 | 21,057 | 8.1 | 139.5 | 133 | 106 | 84.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 59 | 533 |
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.
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