NFL Career Pass Attempts Leaders Through 2007
These are the NFL career record holders through the 2007 season. See current pass attempts leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 2007
| Rank | Current | Player (age) | Att | Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Brett Favre | 8758 | 2TM |
| 2 | 9 | Dan Marino | 8358 | mia |
| 3 | 12 | John Elway | 7250 | den |
| 4 | 14 | Warren Moon | 6823 | 4TM |
| 5 | 15 | Drew Bledsoe | 6717 | 3TM |
| 6 | 16 | Vinny Testaverde | 6701 | 7TM |
| 7 | 17 | Fran Tarkenton | 6467 | 2TM |
| 8 | 24 | Dan Fouts | 5604 | sdg |
| 9 | 4 | Peyton Manning | 5405 | clt |
| 10 | 25 | Joe Montana | 5391 | 2TM |
| 11 | 28 | Dave Krieg | 5311 | 6TM |
| 12 | 19 | Kerry Collins | 5254 | 5TM |
| 13 | 30 | Boomer Esiason | 5205 | 3TM |
| 14 | 32 | Johnny Unitas | 5186 | 2TM |
| 15 | 33 | Jim Hart | 5076 | 2TM |
| 16 | 35 | Steve DeBerg | 5024 | 6TM |
| 17 | 36 | Jim Everett | 4923 | 3TM |
| 18 | 38 | Jim Kelly | 4779 | buf |
| 19 | 41 | Troy Aikman | 4715 | dal |
| 20 | 42 | John Hadl | 4687 | 4TM |
| 21 | 44 | Phil Simms | 4647 | nyg |
| 22 | 45 | Mark Brunell | 4594 | 3TM |
| 23 | 46 | Steve McNair | 4544 | 2TM |
| 24 | 47 | Joe Ferguson | 4519 | 4TM |
| 25 | 48 | Roman Gabriel | 4498 | 2TM |
| 26 | 49 | John Brodie | 4491 | sfo |
| 27 | 50 | Ken Anderson | 4475 | cin |
| 28 | 53 | Y.A. Tittle | 4395 | 3TM |
| 29 | 54 | Norm Snead | 4353 | 5TM |
| 30 | 55 | Jake Plummer | 4350 | 2TM |
| 31 | 58 | Randall Cunningham | 4289 | 4TM |
| 32 | 59 | Sonny Jurgensen | 4262 | 2TM |
| 33 | 57 | Brad Johnson | 4248 | 4TM |
| 34 | 60 | Rich Gannon | 4206 | 4TM |
| 35 | 61 | Steve Young | 4149 | 2TM |
| 36 | 62 | Ron Jaworski | 4117 | 4TM |
| 37 | 65 | George Blanda | 4007 | 4TM |
| 38 | 66 | Chris Chandler | 4005 | 7TM |
| 39 | 52 | Jon Kitna | 3994 | 3TM |
| 40 | 67 | Jeff George | 3967 | 5TM |
| 41 | 69 | Jim Harbaugh | 3918 | 4TM |
| 42 | 70 | Terry Bradshaw | 3901 | pit |
| 43 | 71 | Ken Stabler | 3793 | 3TM |
| 44 | 72 | Craig Morton | 3786 | 3TM |
| 45 | 73 | Joe Namath | 3762 | 2TM |
| 46 | 74 | Len Dawson | 3741 | 3TM |
| 47 | 26 | Donovan McNabb | 3732 | phi |
| 48 | 76 | Jim Plunkett | 3701 | 3TM |
| 49 | 77 | Bobby Layne | 3700 | 4TM |
| 50 | 75 | Trent Green | 3668 | 4TM |
| 51 | 79 | Tommy Kramer | 3651 | 2TM |
| 52 | 80 | Archie Manning | 3642 | 3TM |
| 1 | Tom Brady | 3642 | nwe | |
| 53 | 81 | Joe Theismann | 3602 | was |
| 81 | Ken O'Brien | 3602 | 2TM | |
| 54 | 83 | Steve Grogan | 3593 | nwe |
| 55 | 85 | Steve Bartkowski | 3456 | 2TM |
| 56 | 86 | Brian Sipe | 3439 | cle |
| 57 | 88 | Bob Griese | 3429 | mia |
| 58 | 89 | Charley Johnson | 3392 | 3TM |
| 59 | 90 | Bernie Kosar | 3365 | 3TM |
| 60 | 92 | Babe Parilli | 3330 | 5TM |
| 61 | 93 | Steve Beuerlein | 3328 | 6TM |
| 62 | 78 | Jeff Garcia | 3300 | 5TM |
| 63 | 96 | Jeff Blake | 3241 | 7TM |
| 64 | 97 | Neil O'Donnell | 3229 | 4TM |
| 65 | 100 | Trent Dilfer | 3172 | 5TM |
| 66 | 102 | Neil Lomax | 3153 | crd |
| 67 | 103 | Jim Zorn | 3149 | 3TM |
| 103 | Bart Starr | 3149 | gnb | |
| 68 | 27 | Matt Hasselbeck | 3138 | 2TM |
| 69 | 105 | Lynn Dickey | 3125 | 2TM |
| 70 | 106 | Bobby Hebert | 3121 | 2TM |
| 71 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 3073 | 3TM |
| 72 | 110 | Dan Pastorini | 3055 | 4TM |
| 73 | 2 | Drew Brees | 3015 | 2TM |
| 74 | 111 | Sammy Baugh | 2995 | was |
| 75 | 112 | Billy Kilmer | 2984 | 3TM |
| 76 | 113 | Richard Todd | 2967 | 2TM |
| 77 | 115 | Aaron Brooks | 2963 | 2TM |

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