Pass Attempts Career Leaders and Records

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Leaders

  • Since 1956
Leaders Table
Rk Player Att From To School
1Timmy Chang*243620002004Hawaii
2Case Keenum*222920072011Houston
3Landry Jones*218320092012Oklahoma
4Luke Falk*205420142017Washington State
5Graham Harrell*201120052008Texas Tech
6Bo Nix*193620192023Oregon
7Sam Hartman*189820182023Notre Dame
8Kliff Kingsbury*188319992002Texas Tech
9Will Rogers*187620202023Mississippi State
10Holton Ahlers*185720182022East Carolina
11Rakeem Cato*183820112014Marshall
Sean Mannion*183820112014Oregon State
13Corey Robinson*182320102013Troy
14Luke McCown177520002003Louisiana Tech
15Dan Lefevour*176320062009Central Michigan
16Ryan Lindley*173220082011San Diego State
17Philip Rivers*171020002003North Carolina State
18Clayton Thorson*169620152018Northwestern
19Michael Penix Jr.*168520182023Washington
20Chris Redman167919961999Louisville
21Kenny Pickett*167420172021Pitt
22Zac Dysert*167220092012Miami (OH)
23Dillon Gabriel*166420192023Oklahoma
24Kellen Moore*165820082011Boise State
25Mason Fine*165520162019North Texas
26Curtis Painter*164820052008Purdue
Cooper Rush*164820132016Central Michigan
28Colt McCoy*164520062009Texas
29Keith Wenning*164220102013Ball State
30Trevor Vittatoe*164120072010UTEP
31Connor Halliday*163420112014Washington State
32Derek Carr*163020092013Fresno State
33Chevan Cordeiro*162420182023San Jose State
34Brett Rypien*161720152018Boise State
35Chase Daniel*160920052008Missouri
Brent Stockstill*160920142018Middle Tennessee State
37Tim Hiller*160820052009Western Michigan
38Brady Quinn*160220032006Notre Dame
39Adam Weber*159420072010Minnesota
40Brett Basanez*158420022005Northwestern
Colt Brennan*158420052007Hawaii
42Shane Carden*157920122014East Carolina
43Kolton Browning*157720102013Louisiana-Monroe
Dane Evans*157720132016Tulsa
45Jared Goff*156920132015California
46Dan Orlovsky*156720012004Connecticut
47Chase Holbrook156620062008New Mexico State
48Kevin Kolb*156520032006Houston
49Matt Barkley*156220092012USC
50Gino Guidugli*155620012004Cincinnati
51Drew Lock*155320152018Missouri
52Jarret Doege*155220172022Troy
Tim Rattay155219971999Louisiana Tech
54Garrett Gilbert*154820092013SMU
55Frank Harris*154620192023UTSA
Nick Mullens*154620132016Southern Mississippi
57Tyler Rogers*154020142017New Mexico State
58Kedon Slovis*153420192023Brigham Young
59Ty Detmer153019881991Brigham Young
60Austin Davis*152720082011Southern Mississippi
61Drew Brees152519972000Purdue
62Derek Anderson*151520012004Oregon State
Carson Palmer*151519982002USC
64Jared Lorenzen151420002003Kentucky
65Thaddeus Lewis151020062009Duke
66Shane Buechele*150820162020SMU
67Tim Lester150719961999Western Michigan
68Brandon Silvers*150320142017Troy
69Baker Mayfield*149720132017Oklahoma
Clayton Tune*149720182022Houston
71Tyler Sheehan*149420062009Bowling Green State
72Brandon Doughty*149120112015Western Kentucky
73Russell Wilson*148920082011Wisconsin
74Jake Browning*148420152018Washington
Todd Santos148419841987San Diego State
Brad Smith*148420022005Missouri
77Erik Wilhelm148019851988Oregon State
78Aaron Murray*147820102013Georgia
79Riley Neal147720152019Vanderbilt
80Sam Ehlinger*147620172020Texas
81Steven Jyles147320022005Louisiana-Monroe
82Danny Wimprine*146920012004Memphis
83Brock Purdy*146720182021Iowa State
84Matt Linehan*146520142017Idaho
Geno Smith*146520092012West Virginia
86Alex Van Pelt146319891992Pitt
87Ryan Finley*146120142018North Carolina State
Todd Reesing*146120062009Kansas
89Chris Leak*145820032006Florida
P.J. Walker*145820132016Temple
91Alex Brink145120042007Washington State
Tanner Price*145120102013Wake Forest
93Mason Rudolph*144720142017Oklahoma State
94Byron Leftwich*144219982002Marshall
95Walter Church144119962000Eastern Michigan
96David Greene*144020012004Georgia
97Jayden Daniels*143820192023LSU
98Charlie Frye143620012004Akron
Taulia Tagovailoa*143620192023Maryland
100Jeremy Leach143219881991New Mexico
101Jake Bentley*142920162021South Alabama
David Blough*142920152018Purdue
103Nathan Enderle*142720072010Idaho
Brian McClure142719821985Bowling Green State
Jordan Palmer*142720032006UTEP
106Connor Bazelak*142620192023Bowling Green State
107John Beck*141820032006Brigham Young
108Andrew Walter*141620012004Arizona State
109Bret Meyer*141420042007Iowa State
110Sefo Liufau*141220132016Colorado
111Ryan Aplin*141020092012Arkansas State
112Paul Pinegar*140520022005Fresno State
113Nick Foles*140420072011Arizona
114Ben Hicks*140320152019Arkansas
115Tajh Boyd*140220102013Clemson
Eric Zeier140219911994Georgia
117Pete Thomas140020102014Louisiana-Monroe
118Charlie Brewer*139620172022Liberty
Ryan Griffin139620092012Tulane
120Brennan Armstrong*139320182023North Carolina State
Mike White*139320132017Western Kentucky
122Sean Renfree*138920092012Duke
123Chase Clement*138720052008Rice
Chad Henne*138720042007Michigan
Zach Terrell*138720132016Western Michigan
126Layne Hatcher*138620192023Ball State
127Jason McKinley138519972000Houston
128Max Hall*138220072009Brigham Young
129Peyton Manning138119941997Tennessee
130Casey Bramlet137820002003Wyoming
131David Neill137619982001Nevada
132Ben Bennett137519801983Duke
133Troy Kopp137419891992Pacific
134Cody Pickett*137319992003Washington
135Brad Tayles137019891992Western Michigan
136Spence Fischer136919921995Duke
137Charlie Whitehurst*136820022005Clemson
138Davis Webb*136720132016California
139Reggie Ball*136320032006Georgia Tech
Eli Manning*136320002003Ole Miss
141Rusty Smith136120062009Florida Atlantic
142Joe Licata*135920122015Buffalo
Dorian Thompson-Robinson*135920182022UCLA
144Kellen Mond*135820172020Texas A&M
145Sean Clifford*135620182022Penn State
146Trevone Boykin*135520122015TCU
Patrick Ramsey135519982001Tulane
148Ryan Schneider135420002003UCF
149Patrick Mahomes*134920142016Texas Tech
Riley Skinner*134920062009Wake Forest
151Cody Fajardo*134820112014Nevada
152Ryan Radcliff*134720092012Central Michigan
Matt Ryan*134720042007Boston College
154Jack Plummer*133820192023Louisville
155Gunnar Watson*133720182023Troy
156T.J. Rubley133619871991Tulsa
Kevin Sweeney133619821986Fresno State
158Alex McGough*133520142017Florida International
159John Navarre*132720002003Michigan
160Drew Willy*132220052008Buffalo
161Steven Montez*132120152019Colorado
162Jason Martin132019931996Louisiana Tech
Steve Stenstrom132019911994Stanford
164Andy Dalton*131720072010TCU
165Spencer Keith*131620092012Kent State
166Devin Leary*131520192023Kentucky
167Seth Henigan*131420212023Memphis
168Spencer Rattler*131320192023South Carolina
169Ryan Nassib*131220092012Syracuse
170Rudy Carpenter*130920052008Arizona State
171Desmond Ridder*130420182021Cincinnati
Ben Roethlisberger*130420012003Miami (OH)
173Kyle Boller130119992002California
174Justin Herbert*129320162019Oregon
175Paul Smith*129220032007Tulsa
176Spencer Sanders*128320192023Ole Miss
177Brogan Roback*128220132017Eastern Michigan
178Tanner Mordecai*128120182023Wisconsin
Brady White*128120152020Memphis
180J'mar Smith*128020152019Louisiana Tech
181Eric Dungey*127920152018Syracuse
182Andre Woodson*127820042007Kentucky
183T.J. Yates*127720072010North Carolina
184Willie Tuitama*127620052008Arizona
185Glenn Foley127519901993Boston College
Daniel Jones*127520152018Duke
John Wolford*127520142017Wake Forest
188Chris Reynolds*127420182022Charlotte
189Doug Flutie127119811984Boston College
Colin Kaepernick*127120072010Nevada
Bryant Moniz*127120092011Hawaii
192Casey Clausen*127020002003Tennessee
Jose Fuentes127019992002Utah State
194Todd Ellis126619861989South Carolina
195Chad Pennington126519971999Marshall
196Kyle Shurmur*126420152018Vanderbilt
197Kyle Orton*126220012004Purdue
198Justice Hansen*126120162018Arkansas State
Cody Kessler*126120122015USC
David Klingler126119881991Houston
201Tyler Jones126020132016Texas State
202Kyle Vantrease*125820172022Georgia Southern
203Cody Hawkins*125320072010Colorado
Carson Strong*125320182021Nevada
205Caleb Evans125220162019Louisiana-Monroe
206Brian Lewerke*124920152019Michigan State
207Logan Thomas*124820102013Virginia Tech
208James Blackman*124620172022Arkansas State
Jake Delhomme124619931996Louisiana
John Elway124619791982Stanford
Darrell Hackney*124620022005UAB
Drew Plitt*124620172021Ball State
213Matt Leinart*124520032005USC
Gary Nova*124520112014Rutgers
215Jamie Barnette124319961999North Carolina State
216Jay Cutler124220022005Vanderbilt
Mark Herrmann124219771980Purdue
Chase Rettig*124220102013Boston College
219Davis Brin*124120182023Georgia Southern
Dominique Davis*124120082011East Carolina
Brett Hundley*124120122014UCLA
222Adrian Martinez*123920182022Kansas State
223Aidan O'Connell*123820192022Purdue
224Stoney Case123719911994New Mexico
Taylor Lamb*123720142017Appalachian State
226Christian Hackenberg*123520132015Penn State
227Peyton Ramsey*123420172020Northwestern
228Nathan Scheelhaase*123120102013Illinois
Stan White123119901993Auburn
230Brian Kuklick123019941998Wake Forest
231Chase Brice*122720182022Appalachian State
232Alan Bowman*122520182023Oklahoma State
Max Duggan*122520192022TCU
Matt Schilz*122520102013Bowling Green State
235JT Daniels*122420182023Rice
236James Morgan*122120152019Florida International
237Ryan Hart*121720022005Rutgers
Shawn Jones121719891992Georgia Tech
239Alex Carder*121520092012Western Michigan
Trace McSorley*121520152018Penn State
241Brett Smith*121220112013Wyoming
242J.T. Barrett*121120142017Ohio State
243Erik Ainge*121020042007Tennessee
244Steve Taneyhill120919921995South Carolina
245Deshaun Watson*120720142016Clemson
246Kurt Kittner120519982001Illinois
Paxton Lynch*120520132015Memphis
248Michael Pratt*120420202023Tulane
Steve Slayden120419841987Duke
250Shane Matthews120219901992Florida