List of National Football League career passing completions leaders
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career regular season passing completions and attempts, of quarterback playoff completions and attempts by players with over 250 playoff completions, and combined career totals.
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is the all-time leader in passing completions with 7,706 and passing attempts with 11,988. He also leads in playoff completions and attempts with 1,165 and 1,855, respectively.


Regular season completions leaders

''Through week 16 Sunday games of season.''


Playoff leaders

''Through playoffs.'' At least 250 completions.


Historical passing completions leaders

Nine players are recognised as having held the record as the NFL's career pass completions leader. The longest record holder was
Fran Tarkenton Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at ...
who held the record for 20 years.


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See also

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References


PFRef.com enumeration of career passing completions leaders
{{NFL records Passing Passing completions leaders * National Football League lists