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San Francisco 49ers Pass Attempts Leaders

Career totals with the 49ers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. The club's AAFC seasons (1946-1949) are not in these totals, as the NFL's record book does not count them; they are under the AAFC.

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Joe Montana holds the 49ers career record with 4,600 pass attempts. The single-season record is 578, by Steve DeBerg in 1979.

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

All-time 49ers leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club ATT G
1 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1979–1992 4,600 167
2 John Brodie John Brodie 1957–1973 4,491 201
3 Steve Young Steve Young 1987–1999 3,647 150
4 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 1999–2003 2,358 74
5 Y.A. Tittle Y.A. Tittle 1951–1960 2,194 112
6 Alex Smith Alex Smith 2005–2012 2,178 80
7 Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick 2011–2016 1,692 67
8 Jimmy Garoppolo Jimmy Garoppolo 2017–2022 1,632 57
9 Brock Purdy Brock Purdy 2022–2026 1,524 55
10 Steve DeBerg Steve DeBerg 1978–1980 1,201 39
11 Steve Spurrier Steve Spurrier 1967–1975 840 92
12 Frankie Albert Frankie Albert 1950–1952 601 36
13 Nick Mullens Nick Mullens 2018–2020 600 19
14 Tim Rattay 2000–2005 586 28
15 Shaun Hill Shaun Hill 2007–2009 523 18
16 C.J. Beathard C.J. Beathard 2017–2020 497 17
17 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett 1976–1977 491 26
18 Blaine Gabbert Blaine Gabbert 2014–2016 449 15
19 Elvis Grbac Elvis Grbac 1994–1996 430 43
20 Steve Bono Steve Bono 1989–1993 359 34
21 Ken Dorsey 2004–2005 316 11
22 Mac Jones Mac Jones 2025–2026 289 12
23 George Mira George Mira 1964–1968 240 47
24 Norm Snead Norm Snead 1974–1975 237 12
25 Tom Owen 1974–1975 235 14

Single-season 49ers records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season ATT G
1 Steve DeBerg Steve DeBerg 1979 578 16
2 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 2000 561 16
3 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 2002 528 16
4 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1990 520 15
5 Steve Young Steve Young 1998 517 15
6 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1983 515 16
7 Jeff Garcia Jeff Garcia 2001 504 16
8 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1985 494 15
9 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1981 488 16
10 Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick 2014 478 16
11 Jimmy Garoppolo Jimmy Garoppolo 2019 476 16
12 Steve Young Steve Young 1993 462 16
13 Steve Young Steve Young 1994 461 16
14 Brock Purdy Brock Purdy 2024 455 15
15 Steve Young Steve Young 1995 447 11
16 Alex Smith Alex Smith 2011 445 16
17 Brock Purdy Brock Purdy 2023 444 16
18 Alex Smith Alex Smith 2006 443 16
19 Jimmy Garoppolo Jimmy Garoppolo 2021 441 15
20 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1984 432 16
21 John Brodie John Brodie 1966 427 14
22 Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick 2013 416 16
23 John Brodie John Brodie 1968 404 14
24 Steve Young Steve Young 1992 402 16
25 Joe Montana Joe Montana 1987 398 13