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NFL Season Records
Passing Attempts

Tom Brady

2000 New England Patriots

11,317

Drew Brees

2001 San Diego Chargers

10,551

Brett Favre

1991 Atlanta Falcons

10,169

Peyton Manning

1998 Indianapolis Colts

9,380

Ben Roethlisberger

2004 Pittsburgh Steelers

8,443

Dan Marino

1983 Miami Dolphins

8,358

Philip Rivers

2004 San Diego Chargers

8,134

Eli Manning

2004 New York Giants

8,119

Matt Ryan

2008 Atlanta Falcons

8,003

John Elway

1983 Denver Broncos

7,250

Aaron Rodgers

2005 Green Bay Packers

7,118

Matthew Stafford

2009 Detroit Lions

6,825

Warren Moon

1984 Houston Oilers

6,823

Drew Bledsoe

1993 New England Patriots

6,717

Vinny Testaverde

1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

6,701

Fran Tarkenton

1961 Minnesota Vikings

6,467

Carson Palmer

2004 Cincinnati Bengals

6,307

Kerry Collins

1995 Carolina Panthers

6,261

Joe Flacco

2008 Baltimore Ravens

6,108

Dan Fouts

1973 San Diego Chargers

5,604

Joe Montana

1979 San Francisco 49ers

5,391

Donovan McNabb

1999 Philadelphia Eagles

5,374

Matt Hasselbeck

1999 Green Bay Packers

5,330

Dave Krieg

1980 Seattle Seahawks

5,311

Boomer Esiason

1984 Cincinnati Bengals

5,205

Alex Smith

2005 San Francisco 49ers

5,193

Johnny Unitas

1956 Baltimore Colts

5,186

Jim Hart

1966 St. Louis Cardinals

5,076

Ryan Fitzpatrick

2005 St. Louis Rams

5,060

Steve DeBerg

1978 San Francisco 49ers

5,024

Andy Dalton

2011 Cincinnati Bengals

5,018

Jim Everett

1986 Los Angeles Rams

4,923

Jay Cutler

2006 Denver Broncos

4,920

Jim Kelly

1986 Buffalo Bills

4,779

Russell Wilson

2012 Seattle Seahawks

4,735

Troy Aikman

1989 Dallas Cowboys

4,715

Phil Simms

1979 New York Giants

4,647

Mark Brunell

1994 Green Bay Packers

4,640

Steve McNair

1995 Houston Oilers

4,544

Joe Ferguson

1973 Buffalo Bills

4,519

Roman Gabriel

1962 Los Angeles Rams

4,498

John Brodie

1957 San Francisco 49ers

4,491

Ken Anderson

1971 Cincinnati Bengals

4,475

Cam Newton

2011 Carolina Panthers

4,474

Derek Carr

2014 Oakland Raiders

4,456

Jon Kitna

1997 Seattle Seahawks

4,442

Norm Snead

1961 Washington Redskins

4,353

Jake Plummer

1997 Arizona Cardinals

4,350

Tony Romo

2006 Dallas Cowboys

4,335

Brad Johnson

1994 Minnesota Vikings

4,326

Randall Cunningham

1985 Philadelphia Eagles

4,289

Sonny Jurgensen

1957 Philadelphia Eagles

4,262

Kirk Cousins

2012 Washington Redskins

4,223

Ryan Tannehill

2012 Miami Dolphins

4,209

Rich Gannon

1987 Minnesota Vikings

4,206

Steve Young

1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

4,149

Ron Jaworski

1974 Los Angeles Rams

4,117

Kurt Warner

1998 St. Louis Rams

4,070

Chris Chandler

1988 Indianapolis Colts

4,005

Jeff George

1990 Indianapolis Colts

3,967

Jim Harbaugh

1987 Chicago Bears

3,918

Terry Bradshaw

1970 Pittsburgh Steelers

3,901

Y.A. Tittle

1950 Baltimore Colts

3,817

Ken Stabler

1970 Oakland Raiders

3,793

Craig Morton

1965 Dallas Cowboys

3,786

Trent Green

1997 Washington Redskins

3,740

Jim Plunkett

1971 New England Patriots

3,701

Bobby Layne

1948 Chicago Bears

3,700

Jeff Garcia

1999 San Francisco 49ers

3,676

Tommy Kramer

1977 Minnesota Vikings

3,651

Archie Manning

1971 New Orleans Saints

3,642

Joe Theismann

1974 Washington Redskins

3,602

Ken O'Brien

1984 New York Jets

3,602

Steve Grogan

1975 New England Patriots

3,593

Steve Bartkowski

1975 Atlanta Falcons

3,456

Brian Sipe

1974 Cleveland Browns

3,439

Charley Johnson

1961 St. Louis Cardinals

3,392

Bernie Kosar

1985 Cleveland Browns

3,365

Matt Schaub

2004 Atlanta Falcons

3,348

Steve Beuerlein

1988 Los Angeles Raiders

3,328

Andrew Luck

2012 Indianapolis Colts

3,290

Jeff Blake

1992 New York Jets

3,241

Neil O'Donnell

1991 Pittsburgh Steelers

3,229

Michael Vick

2001 Atlanta Falcons

3,217

Daunte Culpepper

2000 Minnesota Vikings

3,199

Trent Dilfer

1994 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

3,172

Marc Bulger

2002 St. Louis Rams

3,171

Neil Lomax

1981 St. Louis Cardinals

3,153

Jim Zorn

1976 Seattle Seahawks

3,149

Bart Starr

1956 Green Bay Packers

3,149

Lynn Dickey

1971 Houston Oilers

3,125

Bobby Hebert

1985 New Orleans Saints

3,121

Gus Frerotte

1994 Washington Redskins

3,106

Dan Pastorini

1971 Houston Oilers

3,055

Carson Wentz

2016 Philadelphia Eagles

3,008

Sammy Baugh

1937 Washington Redskins

2,995

Billy Kilmer

1961 San Francisco 49ers

2,984

Richard Todd

1976 New York Jets

2,967

Sam Bradford

2010 St. Louis Rams

2,967

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Aaron Brooks

2000 New Orleans Saints

2,963

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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