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Detroit Lions Pass Attempts Leaders

Career totals with the Lions 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. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics. Portsmouth Spartans 1930-1933.

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Matthew Stafford holds the Lions career record with 6,234 pass attempts. The single-season record is 727, by Matthew Stafford in 2012.

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

All-time Lions leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club ATT G
1 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2009–2020 6,234 165
2 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2021–2026 2,994 87
3 Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 1950–1958 2,193 97
4 Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1994–1998 1,850 57
5 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2002–2005 1,803 58
6 Greg Landry Greg Landry 1968–1978 1,747 102
7 Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 1976–1984 1,684 85
8 Eric Hipple Eric Hipple 1980–1989 1,546 102
9 Charlie Batch Charlie Batch 1998–2001 1,325 48
10 Milt Plum Milt Plum 1962–1967 1,315 65
11 Bill Munson Bill Munson 1968–1975 1,314 60
12 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2006–2008 1,279 36
13 Rodney Peete Rodney Peete 1989–1993 1,125 47
14 Earl Morrall Earl Morrall 1958–1964 839 80
15 Chuck Long 1986–1989 602 23
16 Tobin Rote Tobin Rote 1957–1959 596 34
17 Jim Ninowski Jim Ninowski 1960–1961 530 24
18 Erik Kramer Erik Kramer 1991–1993 509 25
19 Karl Sweetan Karl Sweetan 1966–1967 486 20
20 Shaun Hill Shaun Hill 2010–2013 432 15
21 Jeff Komlo 1979–1981 429 23
22 Fred Enke Fred Enke 1948–1951 425 48
23 Bob Gagliano 1989–1990 391 20
24 Clyde LeForce Clyde LeForce 1947–1949 388 32
25 Joe Reed 1975–1979 325 29

Single-season Lions records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season ATT G
1 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2012 727 16
2 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2011 673 16
3 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2013 634 16
4 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2023 605 17
5 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2014 602 16
6 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2006 596 16
7 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2016 594 16
8 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2015 592 16
9 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2022 587 17
10 Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1995 583 16
11 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2025 578 17
12 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2017 565 16
13 Jon Kitna Jon Kitna 2007 563 16
14 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2018 555 16
15 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2003 554 16
16 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2024 539 17
17 Matthew Stafford Matthew Stafford 2020 528 16
18 Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1997 509 16
19 Jared Goff Jared Goff 2021 494 14
20 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2004 489 16
21 Scott Mitchell Scott Mitchell 1996 437 14
22 Joey Harrington Joey Harrington 2002 429 14
23 Gary Danielson Gary Danielson 1980 417 16
24 Shaun Hill Shaun Hill 2010 416 11
24 Chuck Long 1987 416 12