2016 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

Drew Brees led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2016 with 264, 26 ahead of Matt Ryan (238). It stands 6th 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 2016 Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

264 Passing First Downs 26 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	Drew Brees	NO	264	16	673	5,208	37
2	Matt Ryan	ATL	238	16	534	4,944	38
3	Kirk Cousins	WAS	225	16	606	4,917	25
4	Aaron Rodgers	GB	222	16	610	4,428	40
5	Carson Palmer	ARI	218	15	597	4,233	26
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	217	16	594	4,327	24
7	Philip Rivers	LAC	214	16	578	4,386	33
8	Jameis Winston	TB	214	16	567	4,090	28
9	Blake Bortles	JAX	206	16	625	3,905	23
10	Andrew Luck	IND	206	15	545	4,240	31
11	Andy Dalton	CIN	204	16	563	4,206	18
12	Joe Flacco	BAL	204	16	672	4,317	20
13	Sam Bradford	MIN	197	15	552	3,877	20
14	Russell Wilson	SEA	193	16	546	4,219	21
15	Carson Wentz	PHI	191	16	607	3,782	16
16	Eli Manning	NYG	190	16	598	4,027	26
17	Derek Carr	LV	189	15	560	3,937	28
18	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	184	14	509	3,819	29
19	Dak Prescott	DAL	182	16	459	3,667	23
20	Alex Smith	KC	181	15	489	3,502	15
21	Cam Newton	CAR	172	15	510	3,509	19
22	Tom Brady	NE	163	12	432	3,554	28
23	Marcus Mariota	TEN	158	15	451	3,426	26
24	Trevor Siemian	DEN	155	14	486	3,401	18
25	Brock Osweiler	HOU	153	15	510	2,957	15
26	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	147	15	436	3,023	17
27	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	132	13	389	2,995	19
28	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ	128	14	403	2,710	12
29	Case Keenum	LA	102	10	322	2,201	9
30	Colin Kaepernick	SF	101	11	331	2,241	16
31	Matt Barkley	CHI	89	7	216	1,611	8
32	Brian Hoyer	CHI	75	6	200	1,445	6
33	Cody Kessler	CLE	67	9	195	1,380	6
34	Josh McCown	CLE	56	5	165	1,100	6
35	Blaine Gabbert	SF	51	6	160	925	5
36	Jared Goff	LA	47	7	205	1,089	5
37	Jay Cutler	CHI	45	5	137	1,059	4
38	Robert Griffin III	CLE	43	5	147	886	2
39	Bryce Petty	NYJ	35	6	133	809	3
40	Matt Moore	MIA	35	4	87	721	8
41	Landry Jones	PIT	26	7	86	558	4
42	Paxton Lynch	DEN	25	3	83	497	2
43	Jimmy Garoppolo	NE	22	6	63	502	4
44	Derek Anderson	CAR	22	4	53	453	2
45	Tom Savage	HOU	20	3	73	461	0
46	Jacoby Brissett	NE	18	3	55	400	0
47	Matt Cassel	TEN	16	4	51	284	2
48	Nick Foles	KC	15	2	55	410	3
49	Scott Tolzien	IND	13	2	37	216	1
50	Shaun Hill	MIN	12	3	35	242	0

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