1986 NFL Pass Attempts by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1986, with 645, 41 ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 516.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1986 Miami Dolphins 16 games

645 Pass Attempts 41 clear of San Diego Chargers

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	645
2	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	604
3	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	586
4	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	582
5	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	565
6	New England Patriots	AFC	16	557
7	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	551
8	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	549
9	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	547
10	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	542
11	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	538
12	New York Jets	AFC	16	537
13	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	530
14	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	521
15	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	519
	NFL average			516.8
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	516
17	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	514
18	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	500
19	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	499
20	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	497
21	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	491
22	New York Giants	NFC	16	472
23	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	459
24	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	453
25	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	452
26	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	425
27	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	415
28	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	403

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.