2011 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

Drew Brees led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2011 with 280, 19 ahead of Tom Brady (261). It stands 2nd among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 8 times Drew Brees led in passing first downs.

Led the whole NFL in 2011 Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

280 Passing First Downs 19 clear of Tom Brady

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

#	Player	Team	1D	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Drew Brees	NO	280	16	660	5,535	46
2	Tom Brady	NE	261	16	611	5,235	39
3	Matthew Stafford	DET	246	16	673	5,100	41
4	Philip Rivers	LAC	234	16	582	4,624	27
5	Eli Manning	NYG	216	16	589	4,933	29
6	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	210	15	513	4,077	21
7	Aaron Rodgers	GB	208	15	501	4,636	45
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	205	16	566	4,177	29
9	Tony Romo	DAL	203	16	522	4,184	31
10	Joe Flacco	BAL	179	16	542	3,610	20
11	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	178	16	569	3,832	24
12	Cam Newton	CAR	173	16	517	4,051	21
13	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	171	16	543	3,474	26
14	Josh Freeman	TB	168	15	551	3,592	16
15	Matt Hasselbeck	TEN	163	16	518	3,571	18
16	Rex Grossman	WAS	159	13	458	3,151	16
17	Andy Dalton	CIN	156	16	516	3,398	20
18	Mike Vick	PHI	155	13	423	3,303	18
19	Alex Smith	SF	147	16	445	3,144	17
20	Colt McCoy	CLE	144	13	463	2,733	14
21	Tarvaris Jackson	SEA	138	15	450	3,091	14
22	Matt Moore	MIA	122	13	347	2,497	16
23	Carson Palmer	LV	122	10	328	2,753	13
24	Matt Schaub	HOU	118	10	292	2,479	15
25	Blaine Gabbert	JAX	109	15	413	2,214	12
26	Jay Cutler	CHI	106	10	314	2,319	13
27	Sam Bradford	LA	104	10	357	2,164	6
28	Kyle Orton	KC	94	9	252	1,758	9
29	Christian Ponder	MIN	91	11	291	1,853	13
30	Kevin Kolb	ARI	88	9	253	1,955	9
31	Matt Cassel	KC	83	9	269	1,713	10
32	John Skelton	ARI	82	8	275	1,913	11
33	Tim Tebow	DEN	76	13	271	1,729	12
34	Curtis Painter	IND	71	9	243	1,541	6
35	Dan Orlovsky	IND	70	8	193	1,201	6
36	Jason Campbell	LV	56	6	165	1,170	6
37	Donovan McNabb	MIN	52	6	156	1,026	4
38	T.J. Yates	HOU	48	6	134	949	3
39	John Beck	WAS	44	4	132	858	2
40	Chad Henne	MIA	41	4	112	868	4
41	TP Tyler Palko	KC	40	6	134	796	2
42	Vince Young	PHI	39	5	114	866	4
43	Seneca Wallace	CLE	29	6	107	567	2
44	Caleb Hanie	CHI	29	4	102	613	3
45	Kerry Collins	IND	29	3	98	481	2
46	Kellen Clemens	LA	28	3	91	546	2
47	A.J. Feeley	LA	27	4	97	548	1
48	Matt Flynn	GB	22	5	49	518	6
49	Jake Locker	TEN	22	5	66	542	4
50	Josh McCown	CHI	18	3	55	414	2

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