2015 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

Carson Palmer led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2015 with 231, 2 ahead of Matt Ryan (229). It stands 45th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 2 times Carson Palmer led in passing first downs.

Led the whole NFL in 2015 Carson Palmer Arizona Cardinals

231 Passing First Downs 2 clear of Matt Ryan

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

#	Player	Team	1D	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Carson Palmer	ARI	231	16	537	4,671	35
2	Matt Ryan	ATL	229	16	614	4,591	21
3	Tom Brady	NE	228	16	624	4,770	36
4	Drew Brees	NO	228	15	627	4,870	32
5	Philip Rivers	LAC	226	16	661	4,792	29
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	223	16	592	4,262	32
7	Blake Bortles	JAX	215	16	606	4,428	35
8	Kirk Cousins	WAS	204	16	543	4,166	29
9	Eli Manning	NYG	204	16	618	4,432	35
10	Jameis Winston	TB	201	16	535	4,042	22
11	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ	196	16	562	3,905	31
12	Cam Newton	CAR	195	16	495	3,837	35
13	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	193	16	586	4,208	24
14	Russell Wilson	SEA	187	16	483	4,024	34
15	Derek Carr	LV	183	16	573	3,987	32
16	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	174	12	469	3,938	21
17	Aaron Rodgers	GB	173	16	572	3,821	31
18	Jay Cutler	CHI	171	15	483	3,659	21
19	Sam Bradford	PHI	164	14	532	3,725	19
20	Alex Smith	KC	154	16	470	3,486	20
21	Teddy Bridgewater	MIN	153	16	447	3,231	14
22	Andy Dalton	CIN	147	13	386	3,250	25
23	Marcus Mariota	TEN	142	12	370	2,818	19
24	Brian Hoyer	HOU	130	11	369	2,606	19
25	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	129	14	380	3,035	20
26	Joe Flacco	BAL	123	10	413	2,791	14
27	Peyton Manning	DEN	110	10	331	2,249	9
28	Josh McCown	CLE	96	8	292	2,109	12
29	Brock Osweiler	DEN	91	8	275	1,967	10
30	Andrew Luck	IND	90	7	293	1,881	15
31	Matt Hasselbeck	IND	85	8	256	1,690	9
32	Blaine Gabbert	SF	83	8	282	2,031	10
33	Nick Foles	LA	82	11	337	2,052	7
34	Ryan Mallett	BAL	76	7	244	1,336	5
35	Colin Kaepernick	SF	71	9	244	1,615	6
36	Johnny Manziel	CLE	71	9	223	1,500	7
37	Matt Cassel	DAL	54	8	204	1,276	5
38	Brandon Weeden	HOU	53	6	140	1,043	5
39	Tony Romo	DAL	46	4	121	884	5
40	Zach Mettenberger	TEN	45	7	166	935	4
41	AJ McCarron	CIN	44	7	119	854	6
42	Case Keenum	LA	41	5	125	828	4
43	Kellen Moore	DAL	40	3	104	779	4
44	Jimmy Clausen	BAL	32	4	125	739	2
45	Mark Sanchez	PHI	29	3	91	616	4
46	Matt Schaub	BAL	28	2	80	540	3
47	EJ Manuel	BUF	26	4	84	561	3
48	Austin Davis	CLE	25	3	94	547	1
49	Landry Jones	PIT	19	7	55	513	3
50	T.J. Yates	HOU	19	4	57	370	3

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