NFL Career Pass Attempts Leaders Through 2008
These are the NFL career record holders through the 2008 season. See current pass attempts leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 2008
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Att | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Brett Favre | 9280 | 3TM |
2 | 7 | Dan Marino | 8358 | mia |
3 | 12 | John Elway | 7250 | den |
4 | 13 | Warren Moon | 6823 | 4TM |
5 | 14 | Drew Bledsoe | 6717 | 3TM |
6 | 15 | Vinny Testaverde | 6701 | 7TM |
7 | 17 | Fran Tarkenton | 6467 | 2TM |
8 | 4 | Peyton Manning | 5960 | clt |
9 | 19 | Kerry Collins | 5669 | 5TM |
10 | 21 | Dan Fouts | 5604 | sdg |
11 | 24 | Joe Montana | 5391 | 2TM |
12 | 27 | Dave Krieg | 5311 | 6TM |
13 | 28 | Boomer Esiason | 5205 | 3TM |
14 | 30 | Johnny Unitas | 5186 | 2TM |
15 | 32 | Jim Hart | 5076 | 2TM |
16 | 34 | Steve DeBerg | 5024 | 6TM |
17 | 35 | Jim Everett | 4923 | 3TM |
18 | 37 | Jim Kelly | 4779 | buf |
19 | 39 | Troy Aikman | 4715 | dal |
20 | 40 | John Hadl | 4687 | 4TM |
21 | 41 | Phil Simms | 4647 | nyg |
22 | 42 | Mark Brunell | 4594 | 4TM |
23 | 43 | Steve McNair | 4544 | 2TM |
24 | 44 | Joe Ferguson | 4519 | 4TM |
25 | 45 | Roman Gabriel | 4498 | 2TM |
26 | 46 | John Brodie | 4491 | sfo |
27 | 47 | Ken Anderson | 4475 | cin |
28 | 50 | Y.A. Tittle | 4395 | 3TM |
29 | 51 | Norm Snead | 4353 | 5TM |
30 | 52 | Jake Plummer | 4350 | 2TM |
31 | 54 | Brad Johnson | 4326 | 4TM |
32 | 25 | Donovan McNabb | 4303 | phi |
33 | 55 | Randall Cunningham | 4289 | 4TM |
34 | 56 | Sonny Jurgensen | 4262 | 2TM |
35 | 57 | Rich Gannon | 4206 | 4TM |
36 | 58 | Steve Young | 4149 | 2TM |
37 | 59 | Ron Jaworski | 4117 | 4TM |
38 | 49 | Jon Kitna | 4114 | 3TM |
39 | 62 | George Blanda | 4007 | 4TM |
40 | 63 | Chris Chandler | 4005 | 7TM |
41 | 64 | Jeff George | 3967 | 5TM |
42 | 65 | Jim Harbaugh | 3918 | 4TM |
43 | 66 | Terry Bradshaw | 3901 | pit |
44 | 68 | Ken Stabler | 3793 | 3TM |
45 | 69 | Craig Morton | 3786 | 3TM |
46 | 70 | Joe Namath | 3762 | 2TM |
47 | 71 | Len Dawson | 3741 | 3TM |
48 | 72 | Trent Green | 3740 | 4TM |
49 | 73 | Jim Plunkett | 3701 | 3TM |
50 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 3700 | 4TM |
51 | 75 | Jeff Garcia | 3676 | 5TM |
52 | 1 | Tom Brady | 3653 | nwe |
53 | 76 | Tommy Kramer | 3651 | 2TM |
54 | 2 | Drew Brees | 3650 | 2TM |
55 | 77 | Archie Manning | 3642 | 3TM |
56 | 78 | Joe Theismann | 3602 | was |
78 | Ken O'Brien | 3602 | 2TM | |
57 | 80 | Steve Grogan | 3593 | nwe |
58 | 61 | Kurt Warner | 3557 | 3TM |
59 | 82 | Steve Bartkowski | 3456 | 2TM |
60 | 83 | Brian Sipe | 3439 | cle |
61 | 84 | Bob Griese | 3429 | mia |
62 | 85 | Charley Johnson | 3392 | 3TM |
63 | 86 | Bernie Kosar | 3365 | 3TM |
64 | 26 | Matt Hasselbeck | 3347 | 2TM |
65 | 88 | Babe Parilli | 3330 | 5TM |
66 | 89 | Steve Beuerlein | 3328 | 6TM |
67 | 92 | Jeff Blake | 3241 | 7TM |
68 | 93 | Neil O'Donnell | 3229 | 4TM |
69 | 96 | Trent Dilfer | 3172 | 5TM |
70 | 98 | Neil Lomax | 3153 | crd |
71 | 99 | Jim Zorn | 3149 | 3TM |
99 | Bart Starr | 3149 | gnb | |
72 | 102 | Lynn Dickey | 3125 | 2TM |
73 | 103 | Bobby Hebert | 3121 | 2TM |
74 | 104 | Gus Frerotte | 3106 | 7TM |
75 | 105 | Jack Kemp | 3073 | 3TM |
76 | 106 | Dan Pastorini | 3055 | 4TM |
77 | 95 | Daunte Culpepper | 3042 | 4TM |
78 | 107 | Sammy Baugh | 2995 | was |
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