| 1979 NFL Passing
Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Minimum 100 attempts | Roger Staubach, DAL | 267 | 461 | 57.9 | 3586 | 7.78 | 27 | 11 | 92.3 | Joe Theismann, WAS | 233 | 395 | 59.0 | 2797 | 7.08 | 20 | 13 | 83.9 | Dan Fouts, SD | 332 | 530 | 62.6 | 4082 | 7.70 | 24 | 24 | 82.6 | Ken Stabler, OAK | 304 | 498 | 61.0 | 3615 | 7.26 | 26 | 22 | 82.2 | Ken Anderson, CIN | 189 | 339 | 55.8 | 2340 | 6.90 | 16 | 10 | 80.7 | Don Strock, MIA | 56 | 100 | 56.0 | 830 | 8.30 | 6 | 6 | 78.3 | Jim Zorn, SEA | 285 | 505 | 56.4 | 3661 | 7.25 | 20 | 18 | 77.7 | Steve Grogan, NE | 206 | 423 | 48.7 | 3286 | 7.77 | 28 | 20 | 77.4 | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 259 | 472 | 54.9 | 3724 | 7.89 | 26 | 25 | 77.0 | Ron Jaworski, PHI | 190 | 374 | 50.8 | 2669 | 7.14 | 18 | 12 | 76.8 | Archie Manning, NO | 252 | 420 | 60.0 | 3169 | 7.55 | 15 | 20 | 75.6 | Greg Landry, BAL | 270 | 457 | 59.1 | 2932 | 6.42 | 15 | 15 | 75.3 | Joe Ferguson, BUF | 238 | 458 | 52.0 | 3572 | 7.80 | 14 | 15 | 74.4 | Brian Sipe, CLE | 286 | 535 | 53.5 | 3793 | 7.09 | 28 | 26 | 73.4 | Steve DeBerg, SF | 347 | 578 | 60.0 | 3652 | 6.32 | 17 | 21 | 73.1 | Bob Griese, MIA | 176 | 310 | 56.8 | 2160 | 6.97 | 14 | 16 | 72.0 | Lynn Dickey, GB | 60 | 119 | 50.4 | 787 | 6.61 | 5 | 4 | 71.7 | Craig Morton, DEN | 204 | 370 | 55.1 | 2626 | 7.10 | 16 | 19 | 70.6 | Mike Phipps, CHI | 134 | 255 | 52.5 | 1535 | 6.02 | 9 | 8 | 69.6 | Tommy Kramer, MIN | 315 | 566 | 55.7 | 3397 | 6.00 | 23 | 24 | 69.3 | Pat Haden, LAM | 163 | 290 | 56.2 | 1854 | 6.39 | 11 | 14 | 68.1 | Steve Bartkowski, ATL | 204 | 380 | 53.7 | 2505 | 6.59 | 17 | 20 | 67.3 | Richard Todd, NYJ | 171 | 334 | 51.2 | 2660 | 7.96 | 16 | 22 | 66.5 | Phil Simms, NYG | 134 | 265 | 50.6 | 1743 | 6.58 | 13 | 14 | 66.0 | David Whitehurst, GB | 179 | 322 | 55.6 | 2247 | 6.98 | 10 | 18 | 64.5 | Dan Pastorini, HOU | 163 | 324 | 50.3 | 2090 | 6.45 | 14 | 18 | 62.1 | Steve Pisarkiewicz, STL | 52 | 109 | 47.7 | 621 | 5.70 | 3 | 4 | 59.5 | Steve Fuller, KC | 146 | 270 | 54.1 | 1484 | 5.50 | 6 | 14 | 55.8 | Jim Hart, STL | 194 | 378 | 51.3 | 2218 | 5.87 | 9 | 20 | 55.2 | Jeff Komlo, DET | 183 | 368 | 49.7 | 2238 | 6.08 | 11 | 23 | 52.8 | Doug Williams, TB | 166 | 397 | 41.8 | 2448 | 6.17 | 18 | 24 | 52.5 | Vince Ferragamo, LAM | 53 | 110 | 48.2 | 778 | 7.07 | 5 | 10 | 49.0 | Joe Pisarcik, NYG | 43 | 108 | 39.8 | 537 | 4.97 | 2 | 6 | 39.0 | All others | Walter Payton, CHI | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 54 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | Jon Keyworth, DEN | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 32.00 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | Chuck Muncie, NO | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 40 | 20.00 | 1 | 0 | 135.4 | Don Westbrook, NE | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 52 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Dave Jennings, NYG | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Larry Swider, DET | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 36 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Ken Clark, LAM | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | John James, ATL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Mike Thomas, SD | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Herman Weaver, SEA | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 73 | 18.25 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | Freddie Solomon, SF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | Sherman Smith, SEA | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | Ron Springs, DAL | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 30 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 | 111.1 | Matt Cavanaugh, NE | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | Bob Lee, LAM | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 243 | 11.05 | 2 | 1 | 101.1 | Steve Little, STL | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 | Guy Benjamin, MIA | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 93.8 | David Beverly, GB | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | Bobby Scott, NO | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | Bob Parsons, CHI | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 89.6 | John Walton, PHI | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 213 | 5.92 | 3 | 1 | 86.9 | Eddie Hare, NE | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | David Sims, SEA | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 81.3 | Joe Montana, SF | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 96 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 | 81.1 | Mike Moroski, ATL | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 97 | 6.47 | 0 | 0 | 73.5 | Johnny Evans, CLE | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | Tony Galbreath, NO | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | 1 | 70.1 | Norris Weese, DEN | 53 | 97 | 54.6 | 731 | 7.54 | 1 | 3 | 69.6 | Gifford Nielsen, HOU | 32 | 61 | 52.5 | 404 | 6.62 | 3 | 3 | 69.3 | Scott Hunter, DET | 18 | 41 | 43.9 | 321 | 7.83 | 1 | 1 | 69.3 | Joe Reed, DET | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 164 | 5.13 | 2 | 1 | 67.7 | Bert Jones, BAL | 43 | 92 | 46.7 | 643 | 6.99 | 3 | 3 | 67.4 | Mike Kruczek, PIT | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 153 | 7.65 | 0 | 1 | 67.3 | Vince Evans, CHI | 32 | 63 | 50.8 | 508 | 8.06 | 4 | 5 | 66.1 | Jim Plunkett, OAK | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 89 | 5.93 | 1 | 1 | 60.1 | Bob Avellini, CHI | 27 | 51 | 52.9 | 310 | 6.08 | 2 | 3 | 60.1 | Tom Owen, NE | 27 | 47 | 57.4 | 248 | 5.28 | 2 | 3 | 59.5 | June Jones, ATL | 38 | 83 | 45.8 | 505 | 6.08 | 2 | 3 | 58.6 | Danny White, DAL | 19 | 39 | 48.7 | 267 | 6.85 | 1 | 2 | 58.4 | Mike Rae, TB | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 252 | 7.00 | 1 | 2 | 56.7 | Bill Munson, BUF | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | Buddy Hardeman, WAS | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 1 | 56.3 | Mike Livingston, KC | 44 | 90 | 48.9 | 469 | 5.21 | 1 | 4 | 49.7 | Matt Robinson, NYJ | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 191 | 6.16 | 0 | 2 | 46.6 | Jack Thompson, CIN | 39 | 87 | 44.8 | 481 | 5.53 | 1 | 5 | 42.4 | Steve Myer, SEA | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | Mike Fuller, SD | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bruce Hardy, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Luke Prestridge, DEN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bob Grupp, KC | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Dave Preston, DEN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ottis Anderson, STL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Will Harrell, STL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Brian Baschnagel, CHI | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Harold Jackson, NE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ken Burrough, HOU | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Rick Upchurch, DEN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Del Williams, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jerry Eckwood, TB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | James Lofton, GB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Tom Skledany, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Sam Adkins, SEA | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Craig Penrose, DEN | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 1 | 32.5 | James Harris, SD | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 38 | 4.22 | 0 | 1 | 26.4 | Jeff Rutledge, LAM | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 125 | 3.91 | 1 | 4 | 23.0 | Randy Dean, NYG | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 91 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 19.9 | Pat Ryan, NYJ | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1 | 17.7 | Mark Miller, CLE | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 31 | 3.88 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 | Jerry Golsteyn, DET/BAL | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 16 | 1.78 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | Kim McQuilken, WAS | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Joe Washington, BAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Russell Erxleben, NO | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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