| 1981 NFL Passing
Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Minimum 100 attempts | Ken Anderson, CIN | 300 | 479 | 62.6 | 3754 | 7.84 | 29 | 10 | 98.4 | Dan Fouts, SD | 360 | 609 | 59.1 | 4802 | 7.89 | 33 | 17 | 90.6 | Craig Morton, DEN | 225 | 376 | 59.8 | 3195 | 8.50 | 21 | 14 | 90.5 | Joe Montana, SF | 311 | 488 | 63.7 | 3565 | 7.31 | 19 | 12 | 88.4 | Danny White, DAL | 223 | 391 | 57.0 | 3098 | 7.92 | 22 | 13 | 87.5 | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 201 | 370 | 54.3 | 2887 | 7.80 | 22 | 14 | 83.9 | Dave Krieg, SEA | 64 | 112 | 57.1 | 843 | 7.53 | 7 | 5 | 83.3 | Jim Zorn, SEA | 236 | 397 | 59.4 | 2788 | 7.02 | 13 | 9 | 82.4 | Richard Todd, NYJ | 279 | 497 | 56.1 | 3231 | 6.50 | 25 | 13 | 81.8 | Steve Bartkowski, ATL | 297 | 533 | 55.7 | 3829 | 7.18 | 30 | 23 | 79.2 | Lynn Dickey, GB | 204 | 354 | 57.6 | 2593 | 7.32 | 17 | 15 | 79.0 | Steve DeBerg, DEN | 64 | 108 | 59.3 | 797 | 7.38 | 6 | 6 | 77.6 | Joe Theismann, WAS | 293 | 496 | 59.1 | 3568 | 7.19 | 19 | 20 | 77.3 | Bert Jones, BAL | 244 | 426 | 57.3 | 3094 | 7.26 | 21 | 20 | 76.9 | Doug Williams, TB | 238 | 471 | 50.5 | 3563 | 7.56 | 19 | 14 | 76.8 | Joe Ferguson, BUF | 252 | 498 | 50.6 | 3652 | 7.33 | 24 | 20 | 74.1 | Steve Fuller, KC | 77 | 134 | 57.5 | 934 | 6.97 | 3 | 4 | 74.0 | Phil Simms, NYG | 172 | 316 | 54.4 | 2031 | 6.43 | 11 | 9 | 74.0 | Ron Jaworski, PHI | 250 | 461 | 54.2 | 3095 | 6.71 | 23 | 20 | 73.8 | Eric Hipple, DET | 140 | 279 | 50.2 | 2358 | 8.45 | 14 | 15 | 73.4 | David Whitehurst, GB | 66 | 128 | 51.6 | 792 | 6.19 | 7 | 5 | 72.8 | Tommy Kramer, MIN | 322 | 593 | 54.3 | 3912 | 6.60 | 26 | 24 | 72.6 | Don Strock, MIA | 79 | 130 | 60.8 | 901 | 6.93 | 6 | 8 | 71.3 | David Woodley, MIA | 191 | 366 | 52.2 | 2470 | 6.75 | 12 | 13 | 69.8 | Ken Stabler, HOU | 165 | 285 | 57.9 | 1988 | 6.98 | 14 | 18 | 69.5 | Jim Hart, STL | 134 | 241 | 55.6 | 1694 | 7.03 | 11 | 14 | 68.7 | Brian Sipe, CLE | 313 | 567 | 55.2 | 3876 | 6.84 | 17 | 25 | 68.2 | Steve Dils, MIN | 54 | 102 | 52.9 | 607 | 5.95 | 1 | 2 | 66.1 | Pat Haden, LAM | 138 | 267 | 51.7 | 1815 | 6.80 | 9 | 13 | 64.4 | Archie Manning, NO | 134 | 232 | 57.8 | 1447 | 6.24 | 5 | 11 | 63.6 | Bill Kenney, KC | 147 | 274 | 53.6 | 1983 | 7.24 | 9 | 16 | 63.6 | Steve Grogan, NE | 117 | 216 | 54.2 | 1859 | 8.61 | 7 | 16 | 63.0 | Neil Lomax, STL | 119 | 236 | 50.4 | 1575 | 6.67 | 4 | 10 | 59.9 | Matt Cavanaugh, NE | 115 | 219 | 52.5 | 1633 | 7.46 | 5 | 13 | 59.8 | Marc Wilson, OAK | 173 | 366 | 47.3 | 2311 | 6.31 | 14 | 19 | 58.9 | Jim Plunkett, OAK | 94 | 179 | 52.5 | 1045 | 5.84 | 4 | 9 | 56.7 | Vince Evans, CHI | 195 | 436 | 44.7 | 2354 | 5.40 | 11 | 20 | 51.1 | Dave Wilson, NO | 82 | 159 | 51.6 | 1058 | 6.65 | 1 | 11 | 46.1 | Scott Brunner, NYG | 79 | 190 | 41.6 | 978 | 5.15 | 5 | 11 | 42.8 | Dan Pastorini, LAM | 64 | 152 | 42.1 | 719 | 4.73 | 2 | 14 | 22.9 | All others | Drew Pearson, DAL | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 81 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | Joe Cribbs, BUF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 143.8 | Mike Phipps, CHI | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 171 | 10.06 | 2 | 0 | 137.1 | Mike Guman, LAM | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 | 135.4 | Andy Johnson, NE | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 194 | 21.56 | 4 | 1 | 118.8 | Tom Skledany, DET | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 43 | 14.33 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Cliff Parsley, HOU | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 43 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Freddie Solomon, SF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Brian Baschnagel, CHI | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Eddie Hill, MIA | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Chuck Muncie, SD | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 118.8 | Chuck Fusina, TB | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 118.8 | Tom Myers, NO | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 8 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | Paul McDonald, CLE | 35 | 57 | 61.4 | 463 | 8.12 | 4 | 2 | 95.9 | Joe Washington, WAS | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | June Jones, ATL | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 | Gifford Nielsen, HOU | 60 | 93 | 64.5 | 709 | 7.62 | 5 | 3 | 92.1 | Gerry Ellis, GB | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | Joe Pisarcik, PHI | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 154 | 10.27 | 2 | 2 | 89.3 | Walt Easley, SF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | Guido Merkens, NO | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | Turk Schonert, CIN | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 166 | 8.74 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | Jeff Rutledge, LAM | 30 | 50 | 60.0 | 442 | 8.84 | 3 | 4 | 75.6 | Guy Benjamin, SF | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 171 | 6.58 | 1 | 1 | 74.4 | Gary Danielson, DET | 56 | 96 | 58.3 | 784 | 8.17 | 3 | 5 | 73.4 | Sam Adkins, SEA | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 96 | 7.38 | 1 | 1 | 71.3 | John Reaves, HOU | 31 | 61 | 50.8 | 379 | 6.21 | 2 | 2 | 67.6 | Mark Malone, PIT | 45 | 88 | 51.1 | 553 | 6.28 | 3 | 5 | 58.6 | Greg Landry, BAL | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 195 | 6.72 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | Cliff Stoudt, PIT | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | Glenn Carano, DAL | 16 | 45 | 35.6 | 235 | 5.22 | 1 | 1 | 51.6 | Jack Thompson, CIN | 21 | 49 | 42.9 | 267 | 5.45 | 1 | 2 | 50.3 | Jeff Komlo, DET | 29 | 57 | 50.9 | 290 | 5.09 | 1 | 3 | 49.6 | Pat Ryan, NYJ | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 48 | 4.80 | 1 | 1 | 49.2 | Steve Kreider, CIN | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 13 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 | Mike Moroski, ATL | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 132 | 5.08 | 0 | 1 | 45.7 | Tony Nathan, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jeff West, SEA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Nick Mike-Mayer, BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Tony Collins, NE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Kellen Winslow, SD | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Freddie Scott, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Steve Largent, SEA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bob Parsons, 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 | Frank Corral, LAM | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Matt Robinson, BUF | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Walter Payton, CHI | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Kevin House, TB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Roosevelt Leaks, BUF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | John James, ATL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Dwight Clark, SF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Wes Chandler, NO/SD | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bob Avellini, CHI | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 185 | 5.78 | 1 | 3 | 36.6 | Tom Flick, WAS | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 143 | 5.30 | 0 | 2 | 33.4 | Ed Luther, SD | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 68 | 4.53 | 0 | 1 | 32.1 | Tom Owen, NE | 15 | 36 | 41.7 | 218 | 6.06 | 1 | 4 | 31.7 | Bobby Scott, NO | 20 | 46 | 43.5 | 245 | 5.33 | 1 | 5 | 28.2 | Rich Campbell, GB | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 168 | 5.60 | 0 | 4 | 27.5 | Wade Wilson, MIN | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 48 | 3.69 | 0 | 2 | 16.3 | David Humm, BAL | 7 | 24 | 29.2 | 90 | 3.75 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | Jeff Kemp, LAM | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 25 | 4.17 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 | Jim Hadnot, KC | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Ron Springs, DAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Tony Reed, DEN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Ted Brown, MIN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Henry Marshall, KC | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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