2014 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

Drew Brees led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2014 with 258, 18 ahead of Ben Roethlisberger (240). It stands 10th 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 2014 Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

258 Passing First Downs 18 clear of Ben Roethlisberger

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	258	16	659	4,952	33
2	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	240	16	608	4,952	32
3	Andrew Luck	IND	234	16	616	4,761	40
4	Matt Ryan	ATL	230	16	628	4,694	28
5	Peyton Manning	DEN	225	16	597	4,727	39
6	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	224	16	590	4,045	27
7	Tom Brady	NE	220	16	582	4,109	33
8	Aaron Rodgers	GB	219	16	520	4,381	38
9	Eli Manning	NYG	216	16	601	4,410	30
10	Philip Rivers	LAC	213	16	570	4,286	31
11	Matthew Stafford	DET	209	16	602	4,257	22
12	Joe Flacco	BAL	194	16	554	3,986	27
13	Tony Romo	DAL	189	15	435	3,705	34
14	Jay Cutler	CHI	181	15	561	3,812	28
15	Alex Smith	KC	175	15	464	3,265	18
16	Derek Carr	LV	163	16	599	3,270	21
17	Colin Kaepernick	SF	163	16	478	3,369	19
18	Brian Hoyer	CLE	163	14	438	3,326	12
19	Russell Wilson	SEA	159	16	452	3,475	20
20	Andy Dalton	CIN	158	16	481	3,398	19
21	Cam Newton	CAR	155	14	448	3,127	18
22	Kyle Orton	BUF	147	12	447	3,018	18
23	Teddy Bridgewater	MIN	137	13	402	2,919	14
24	Blake Bortles	JAX	132	14	475	2,908	11
25	Ryan Fitzpatrick	HOU	119	12	312	2,483	17
26	Geno Smith	NYJ	118	14	367	2,525	13
27	Mark Sanchez	PHI	117	9	309	2,418	14
28	Austin Davis	LA	106	9	284	2,001	12
29	Nick Foles	PHI	101	8	311	2,163	13
30	Josh McCown	TB	98	11	327	2,206	11
31	Carson Palmer	ARI	82	6	224	1,626	11
32	Shaun Hill	LA	81	8	229	1,657	8
33	Drew Stanton	ARI	77	9	240	1,711	7
34	Kirk Cousins	WAS	75	6	204	1,710	10
35	Robert Griffin III	WAS	67	9	214	1,694	4
36	Mike Glennon	TB	64	6	203	1,417	10
37	Zach Mettenberger	TEN	56	7	179	1,412	8
38	Charlie Whitehurst	TEN	56	7	185	1,326	7
39	Jake Locker	TEN	47	7	146	993	5
40	Derek Anderson	CAR	44	5	97	701	5
41	Colt McCoy	WAS	44	5	128	1,057	4
42	EJ Manuel	BUF	39	4	131	838	5
43	Mike Vick	NYJ	33	9	121	604	3
44	Ryan Lindley	ARI	30	3	93	562	2
45	Ryan Mallett	HOU	23	3	75	400	2
46	Matt Cassel	MIN	21	3	71	425	3
47	Case Keenum	HOU	21	2	77	435	2
48	Chad Henne	JAX	19	3	78	492	3
49	Matt Hasselbeck	IND	17	4	44	301	2
50	Brandon Weeden	DAL	16	4	41	303	3

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