2013 NFL Passing First Downs Leaders

Peyton Manning led the NFL with 289 passing first downs in 2013, 45 ahead of Drew Brees (244). It is the best single-season passing first downs mark in NFL history. It was one of 10 times Peyton Manning led in passing first downs.

Led the whole NFL in 2013 Peyton Manning Denver Broncos

289 Passing First Downs 45 clear of Drew Brees

Showing Passing First Downs and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	1D	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Peyton Manning	DEN	289	16	659	5,477	55
2	Drew Brees	NO	244	16	650	5,162	39
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	230	16	544	4,478	32
4	Tom Brady	NE	225	16	628	4,343	25
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	225	16	651	4,515	26
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	221	16	634	4,650	29
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	205	16	584	4,261	28
8	Andy Dalton	CIN	204	16	586	4,293	33
9	Carson Palmer	ARI	204	16	572	4,274	24
10	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	204	16	588	3,913	24
11	Tony Romo	DAL	194	15	535	3,828	31
12	Joe Flacco	BAL	189	16	614	3,912	19
13	Andrew Luck	IND	185	16	570	3,822	23
14	Eli Manning	NYG	174	16	551	3,818	18
15	Cam Newton	CAR	169	16	473	3,379	24
16	Alex Smith	KC	165	15	508	3,313	23
17	Robert Griffin III	WAS	157	13	456	3,203	16
18	Russell Wilson	SEA	153	16	407	3,357	26
19	Chad Henne	JAX	151	15	503	3,241	13
20	Colin Kaepernick	SF	147	16	416	3,197	21
21	Geno Smith	NYJ	143	16	443	3,046	12
22	Nick Foles	PHI	129	13	317	2,891	27
23	Mike Glennon	TB	126	13	416	2,608	19
24	Jay Cutler	CHI	125	11	355	2,621	19
25	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TEN	116	11	350	2,454	14
26	Matt Schaub	HOU	115	10	358	2,310	10
27	Aaron Rodgers	GB	108	9	290	2,536	17
28	Josh McCown	CHI	90	8	224	1,829	13
29	EJ Manuel	BUF	86	10	306	1,972	11
30	Jason Campbell	CLE	86	9	317	2,015	11
31	Terrelle Pryor	LV	85	11	272	1,798	7
32	Sam Bradford	LA	85	7	262	1,687	14
33	Christian Ponder	MIN	83	9	239	1,648	7
34	Kellen Clemens	LA	80	10	242	1,673	8
35	Matt Cassel	MIN	80	9	254	1,807	11
36	Brandon Weeden	CLE	80	8	267	1,731	9
37	Case Keenum	HOU	76	8	253	1,760	9
38	Matt Flynn	GB	69	7	200	1,392	8
39	Matt McGloin	LV	69	7	211	1,547	8
40	Jake Locker	TEN	56	7	183	1,256	8
41	Mike Vick	PHI	51	7	141	1,215	5
42	Thad Lewis	BUF	48	5	157	1,092	4
43	Kirk Cousins	WAS	41	5	155	854	4
44	Josh Freeman	MIN	40	4	147	761	2
45	Brian Hoyer	CLE	33	3	96	615	5
46	Scott Tolzien	GB	29	3	90	717	1
47	Blaine Gabbert	JAX	23	3	86	481	1
48	Kyle Orton	DAL	19	2	51	398	2
49	Matt Barkley	PHI	17	3	49	300	0
50	Jeff Tuel	BUF	15	2	59	309	1

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