2003 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

First downs gained passing

2003 quarterbacks only → All-time career leaders →

Peyton Manning led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2003 with 210, 12 ahead of Trent Green (198). It was one of 10 times Peyton Manning led in passing first downs.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the whole NFL in 2003 Peyton Manning Indianapolis Colts

210 Passing First Downs 12 clear of Trent Green

Showing Passing First Downs and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	1D	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Peyton Manning	IND	210	16	566	4,267	29
2	Trent Green	KC	198	16	523	4,039	24
3	Marc Bulger	LA	193	15	532	3,845	22
4	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	187	16	513	3,844	26
5	Brad Johnson	TB	184	16	570	3,821	26
6	Jon Kitna	CIN	181	16	521	3,605	26
7	Tom Brady	NE	175	16	528	3,620	23
8	Aaron Brooks	NO	172	16	518	3,546	24
9	Tommy Maddox	PIT	171	16	519	3,414	18
10	Daunte Culpepper	MIN	169	14	454	3,479	25
11	Brett Favre	GB	166	16	472	3,361	32
12	Steve McNair	TEN	164	14	400	3,246	24
13	Kerry Collins	NYG	159	13	500	3,110	13
14	Donovan McNabb	PHI	152	16	479	3,223	16
15	Quincy Carter	DAL	148	16	506	3,302	17
16	Joey Harrington	DET	147	16	554	2,880	17
17	Jake Delhomme	CAR	146	16	449	3,219	19
18	Drew Bledsoe	BUF	142	16	471	2,860	11
19	Byron Leftwich	JAX	135	15	419	2,819	14
20	Jeff Garcia	SF	131	13	392	2,704	18
21	Chad Pennington	NYJ	116	10	297	2,139	13
22	Jake Plummer	DEN	114	11	302	2,183	15
23	Jay Fiedler	MIA	107	12	314	2,138	11
24	Patrick Ramsey	WAS	99	11	338	2,169	14
25	Jeff Blake	ARI	96	13	368	2,252	13
26	Drew Brees	LAC	95	11	356	2,108	11
27	Kelly Holcomb	CLE	94	10	302	1,797	10
28	David Carr	HOU	86	12	295	2,013	9
29	Doug Johnson	ATL	72	10	243	1,655	8
30	Kordell Stewart	CHI	69	9	251	1,418	7
31	Vinny Testaverde	NYJ	65	7	198	1,385	7
32	Rick Mirer	LV	64	9	221	1,267	3
33	Kyle Boller	BAL	62	11	224	1,260	7
34	Tim Couch	CLE	59	10	203	1,319	7
35	Anthony Wright	BAL	55	7	178	1,199	9
36	Rich Gannon	LV	53	7	224	1,270	6
37	Tim Hasselbeck	WAS	53	7	177	1,012	5
38	Chris Chandler	CHI	51	8	192	1,050	3
39	Josh McCown	ARI	51	7	165	1,018	5
40	Doug Flutie	LAC	50	7	167	1,097	9
41	Tim Rattay	SF	41	8	118	856	7
42	Brian Griese	MIA	36	5	130	813	5
43	Tony Banks	HOU	34	6	102	693	5
44	Mike Vick	ATL	32	5	100	585	4
45	Billy Volek	TEN	31	6	69	545	4
46	Danny Kanell	DEN	26	5	103	442	2
47	Gus Frerotte	MIN	25	5	65	690	7
48	Jesse Palmer	NYG	25	5	116	532	3
49	Kurt Kittner	ATL	23	6	114	391	2
50	Rex Grossman	CHI	23	3	72	437	2