Weekend Trivia: Leaders in Pass Attempts

by Chase Stuart on May 19, 2018

In 2017, Tom Brady led the NFL in pass attempts while playing for the 13-3 (0.813) Patriots. Since 1950, there have been just three quarterbacks to lead the league (combining the AFL and NFL) in pass attempts while playing for a team with a winning percentage of 0.813 or better. Can you name them?

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The three quarterbacks were all Hall of Famers — or soon to be Hall of Famers.

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Two of the three quarterbacks made and lost the Super Bowl this season. The third made and lost the Super Bowl the year before and the year after.

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The three quarterbacks did it in 1975, 1984, and 2013.

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The answers: Fran Tarkenton, Dan Marino, and Peyton Manning.

The graph below shows the team’s winning percentage for the quarterback who led the league in pass attempts each year:

And the raw data.

Year	Quarterback	Team	Win%
2017	Tom Brady	nwe	0.813
2016	Drew Brees	nor	0.438
2015	Philip Rivers	sdg	0.250
2014	Drew Brees	nor	0.438
2013	Peyton Manning	den	0.813
2012	Matthew Stafford	det	0.250
2011	Matthew Stafford	det	0.625
2010	Peyton Manning	clt	0.625
2009	Matt Schaub	htx	0.563
2008	Drew Brees	nor	0.500
2007	Drew Brees	nor	0.438
2006	Brett Favre	gnb	0.500
2005	Brett Favre	gnb	0.250
2004	Trent Green	kan	0.438
2003	Brad Johnson	tam	0.438
2002	Rich Gannon	rai	0.688
2001	Jon Kitna	cin	0.375
2000	Vinny Testaverde	nyj	0.563
1999	Brett Favre	gnb	0.500
1998	Peyton Manning	clt	0.188
1997	Dan Marino	mia	0.563
1996	Drew Bledsoe	nwe	0.688
1995	Drew Bledsoe	nwe	0.375
1994	Drew Bledsoe	nwe	0.625
1993	John Elway	den	0.563
1992	Dan Marino	mia	0.688
1991	Warren Moon	oti	0.688
1990	Warren Moon	oti	0.563
1989	Don Majkowski	gnb	0.625
1988	Dan Marino	mia	0.375
1987	Neil Lomax	crd	0.467
1986	Dan Marino	mia	0.500
1985	John Elway	den	0.688
1984	Dan Marino	mia	0.875
1983	Bill Kenney	kan	0.375
1982	Joe Montana	sfo	0.333
1981	Dan Fouts	sdg	0.625
1980	Dan Fouts	sdg	0.688
1979	Steve DeBerg	sfo	0.125
1978	Fran Tarkenton	min	0.531
1977	Joe Ferguson	buf	0.214
1976	Jim Zorn	sea	0.143
1975	Fran Tarkenton	min	0.857
1974	Jim Hart	crd	0.714
1973	Roman Gabriel	phi	0.393
1972	Archie Manning	nor	0.179
1971	John Hadl	sdg	0.429
1970	Roman Gabriel	ram	0.679
1969	Sonny Jurgensen	was	0.571
1968	John Hadl	sdg	0.643
1967	Sonny Jurgensen	was	0.464
1966	Joe Namath	nyj	0.500
1965	George Blanda	oti	0.286
1964	George Blanda	oti	0.286
1963	George Blanda	oti	0.429
1962	Frank Tripucka	den	0.500
1961	Al Dorow	nyj	0.500
1960	Frank Tripucka	den	0.321
1959	Johnny Unitas	clt	0.750
1958	Norm Van Brocklin	phi	0.208
1957	Johnny Unitas	clt	0.583
1956	Tobin Rote	gnb	0.333
1955	Jim Finks	pit	0.333
1954	Tobin Rote	gnb	0.333
1953	George Blanda	chi	0.292
1952	Otto Graham	cle	0.667
1951	Bobby Layne	det	0.625
1950	Bobby Layne	det	0.500

What stands out to you?

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