| Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum 100 attempts | ||||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh, NE | 63 | 105 | 60.0 | 885 | 8.43 | 9 | 5 | 95.9 |
| Brian Sipe, CLE | 337 | 554 | 60.8 | 4132 | 7.46 | 30 | 14 | 91.4 |
| Ron Jaworski, PHI | 257 | 451 | 57.0 | 3529 | 7.82 | 27 | 12 | 91.0 |
| Vince Ferragamo, LAM | 240 | 404 | 59.4 | 3199 | 7.92 | 30 | 19 | 89.7 |
| Bob Griese, MIA | 61 | 100 | 61.0 | 790 | 7.90 | 6 | 4 | 89.2 |
| Steve Bartkowski, ATL | 257 | 463 | 55.5 | 3544 | 7.65 | 31 | 16 | 88.2 |
| Joe Montana, SF | 176 | 273 | 64.5 | 1795 | 6.58 | 15 | 9 | 87.8 |
| Dan Fouts, SD | 348 | 589 | 59.1 | 4715 | 8.01 | 30 | 24 | 84.7 |
| Gary Danielson, DET | 244 | 417 | 58.5 | 3223 | 7.73 | 13 | 11 | 82.4 |
| Archie Manning, NO | 309 | 509 | 60.7 | 3716 | 7.30 | 23 | 20 | 81.8 |
| Danny White, DAL | 260 | 436 | 59.6 | 3287 | 7.54 | 28 | 25 | 80.7 |
| Craig Morton, DEN | 183 | 301 | 60.8 | 2150 | 7.14 | 12 | 13 | 77.8 |
| Steve Fuller, KC | 193 | 320 | 60.3 | 2250 | 7.03 | 10 | 12 | 76.4 |
| Bert Jones, BAL | 248 | 446 | 55.6 | 3134 | 7.03 | 23 | 21 | 75.3 |
| Joe Theismann, WAS | 262 | 454 | 57.7 | 2962 | 6.52 | 17 | 16 | 75.2 |
| Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 218 | 424 | 51.4 | 3339 | 7.88 | 24 | 22 | 75.0 |
| Joe Ferguson, BUF | 251 | 439 | 57.2 | 2805 | 6.39 | 20 | 18 | 74.5 |
| Steve Grogan, NE | 175 | 306 | 57.2 | 2475 | 8.09 | 18 | 22 | 73.1 |
| Jim Plunkett, OAK | 165 | 320 | 51.6 | 2299 | 7.18 | 18 | 16 | 72.9 |
| Jim Zorn, SEA | 276 | 488 | 56.6 | 3346 | 6.86 | 17 | 20 | 72.3 |
| Tommy Kramer, MIN | 299 | 522 | 57.3 | 3582 | 6.86 | 19 | 23 | 72.2 |
| Lynn Dickey, GB | 278 | 478 | 58.2 | 3529 | 7.38 | 15 | 25 | 70.0 |
| Doug Williams, TB | 254 | 521 | 48.8 | 3396 | 6.52 | 20 | 16 | 69.9 |
| Ken Stabler, HOU | 293 | 457 | 64.1 | 3202 | 7.01 | 13 | 28 | 68.7 |
| Jim Hart, STL | 228 | 425 | 53.6 | 2946 | 6.93 | 16 | 20 | 68.6 |
| Ken Anderson, CIN | 166 | 275 | 60.4 | 1778 | 6.47 | 6 | 13 | 66.9 |
| Steve DeBerg, SF | 186 | 321 | 57.9 | 1998 | 6.22 | 12 | 17 | 66.7 |
| Vince Evans, CHI | 148 | 278 | 53.2 | 2039 | 7.33 | 11 | 16 | 66.2 |
| David Woodley, MIA | 176 | 327 | 53.8 | 1850 | 5.66 | 14 | 17 | 63.1 |
| Richard Todd, NYJ | 264 | 479 | 55.1 | 3329 | 6.95 | 17 | 30 | 62.7 |
| Dan Pastorini, OAK | 66 | 130 | 50.8 | 932 | 7.17 | 5 | 8 | 61.4 |
| Jack Thompson, CIN | 115 | 234 | 49.1 | 1324 | 5.66 | 11 | 12 | 60.9 |
| Phil Simms, NYG | 193 | 402 | 48.0 | 2321 | 5.77 | 15 | 19 | 58.9 |
| Scott Brunner, NYG | 52 | 112 | 46.4 | 610 | 5.45 | 4 | 6 | 53.1 |
| Mike Phipps, CHI | 61 | 122 | 50.0 | 630 | 5.16 | 2 | 9 | 40.0 |
| Matt Robinson, DEN | 78 | 162 | 48.1 | 942 | 5.81 | 2 | 12 | 39.7 |
| All others | ||||||||
| Louie Giammona, PHI | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 55 | 18.33 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Mike Guman, LAM | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.00 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Earl Campbell, HOU | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 57 | 28.50 | 1 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Wes Chandler, NO | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Tom Skledany, DET | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Harold Jackson, NE | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Ray Guy, OAK | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Greg Cater, BUF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Joe Cribbs, BUF | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Dan Manucci, BUF | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 0 | 111.1 |
| Steve Dils, MIN | 32 | 51 | 62.7 | 352 | 6.90 | 3 | 0 | 102.7 |
| Jack Holmes, NO | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 23 | 7.67 | 1 | 0 | 101.4 |
| Gifford Nielsen, HOU | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 12 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Joe Pisarcik, PHI | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 187 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 |
| Bill Kenney, KC | 37 | 69 | 53.6 | 542 | 7.86 | 5 | 2 | 91.6 |
| Mike Moroski, ATL | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 |
| Cliff Stoudt, PIT | 32 | 60 | 53.3 | 493 | 8.22 | 2 | 2 | 78.0 |
| Marc Wilson, OAK | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | 0 | 77.9 |
| Tom Clements, KC | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 77 | 6.42 | 0 | 0 | 77.4 |
| Bobby Scott, NO | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 200 | 6.06 | 2 | 1 | 75.3 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon, DEN/SEA | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Mike Kruczek, WAS | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 209 | 6.74 | 0 | 2 | 62.4 |
| Greg Landry, BAL | 24 | 47 | 51.1 | 275 | 5.85 | 2 | 3 | 56.6 |
| Chuck Ramsey, NYJ | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Don Woods, SD/SF | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Jeff Rutledge, LAM | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 54.2 |
| Ed Luther, SD | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | 1 | 54.2 |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz, GB | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 |
| Jeff Knapple, DEN | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 |
| Glenn Carano, DAL | 12 | 69 | 17.4 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dave Krieg, SEA | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tony Galbreath, NO | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tony Nathan, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Buddy Hardeman, WAS | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jerry Eckwood, TB | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Charley Hannah, TB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tony Dorsett, DAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| David Beverly, GB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Russell Erxleben, NO | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Nat Moore, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Joe Senser, MIN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Freddie Solomon, SF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Walter Payton, CHI | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Wilbert Montgomery, PHI | 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 |
| Del Williams, MIA | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Herman Weaver, SEA | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Steve Kreider, CIN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Nolan Cromwell, LAM | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Sam Adkins, SEA | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 136 | 5.91 | 1 | 3 | 37.9 |
| Don Strock, MIA | 30 | 62 | 48.4 | 313 | 5.05 | 1 | 5 | 35.2 |
| Jeff Komlo, DET | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 26 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 |
| Guy Benjamin, NO | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 28 | 1.65 | 0 | 1 | 24.4 |
| Chuck Fusina, TB | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 18 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 22.9 |
| Pat Haden, LAM | 19 | 41 | 46.3 | 185 | 4.51 | 0 | 4 | 19.9 |
| David Whitehurst, GB | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 55 | 3.67 | 0 | 1 | 17.4 |
| David Humm, BUF | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 39 | 2.79 | 0 | 1 | 9.8 |
| Rusty Lisch, STL | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 68 | 4.00 | 0 | 3 | 8.6 |
| Bill Troup, GB | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 48 | 4.00 | 0 | 3 | 6.9 |
| John James, ATL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Thomas, SD | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0. |