| Player | Team | Gms | Att | Cmp | Pct | Yds | YPA | TD | TD%T% | Int | Int%I% | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger StaubachR. Staubach | DAL | 15 | 413 | 231 | 55.9 | 3,190 | 7.7 | 25 | 6.0 | 16 | 3.9 | 91t | 32 | 219 | 84.9 |
| Terry BradshawT. Bradshaw | PIT | 16 | 368 | 207 | 56.2 | 2,915 | 7.9 | 28 | 7.6 | 20 | 5.4 | 70 | 21 | 222 | 84.7 |
| Dan FoutsD. Fouts | SD | 15 | 381 | 224 | 58.8 | 2,999 | 7.9 | 24 | 6.3 | 20 | 5.2 | 55t | 22 | 130 | 83.0 |
| Bob GrieseB. Griese | MIA | 11 | 235 | 148 | 63.0 | 1,791 | 7.6 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 63t | 18 | 165 | 82.4 |
| Archie ManningA. Manning | NO | 16 | 471 | 291 | 61.8 | 3,416 | 7.2 | 17 | 3.6 | 16 | 3.4 | 71t | 37 | 301 | 81.7 |
| Brian SipeB. Sipe | CLE | 16 | 399 | 222 | 55.6 | 2,906 | 7.3 | 21 | 5.3 | 15 | 3.8 | 69t | 29 | 229 | 80.7 |
| Craig MortonC. Morton | DEN | 14 | 267 | 146 | 54.7 | 1,802 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 42t | 36 | 238 | 77.0 |
| Gary DanielsonG. Danielson | DET | 16 | 351 | 199 | 56.7 | 2,294 | 6.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 47 | 25 | 237 | 73.5 |
| Jim ZornJ. Zorn | SEA | 16 | 443 | 248 | 56.0 | 3,283 | 7.4 | 15 | 3.4 | 20 | 4.5 | 64t | 44 | 284 | 72.1 |
| Joe FergusonJ. Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 330 | 175 | 53.0 | 2,136 | 6.5 | 16 | 4.8 | 15 | 4.5 | 92t | 29 | 243 | 70.5 |
| Dan PastoriniD. Pastorini | HOU | 16 | 368 | 199 | 54.1 | 2,473 | 6.7 | 16 | 4.3 | 17 | 4.6 | 80t | 15 | 123 | 70.4 |
| Fran TarkentonF. Tarkenton | MIN | 16 | 572 | 345 | 60.3 | 3,468 | 6.1 | 25 | 4.4 | 32 | 5.6 | 58t | 27 | 254 | 68.9 |
| Ron JaworskiR. Jaworski | PHI | 16 | 398 | 206 | 51.8 | 2,487 | 6.2 | 16 | 4.0 | 16 | 4.0 | 56t | 41 | 288 | 67.9 |
| Jim HartJ. Hart | STL | 15 | 477 | 240 | 50.3 | 3,121 | 6.5 | 16 | 3.4 | 18 | 3.8 | 74 | 20 | 166 | 66.7 |
| Pat HadenP. Haden | LA | 16 | 444 | 229 | 51.6 | 2,995 | 6.8 | 13 | 2.9 | 19 | 4.3 | 68t | 32 | 216 | 65.1 |
| Steve GroganS. Grogan | NE | 16 | 362 | 181 | 50.0 | 2,824 | 7.8 | 15 | 4.1 | 23 | 6.3 | 75t | 21 | 184 | 63.6 |
| Matt RobinsonM. Robinson | NYJ | 16 | 266 | 124 | 46.6 | 2,002 | 7.5 | 13 | 4.9 | 16 | 6.0 | 77t | 28 | 228 | 63.5 |
| Ken StablerK. Stabler | OAK | 16 | 406 | 237 | 58.4 | 2,944 | 7.2 | 16 | 3.9 | 30 | 7.4 | 49 | 37 | 347 | 63.3 |
| Joe TheismannJ. Theismann | WAS | 16 | 390 | 187 | 48.0 | 2,593 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.3 | 18 | 4.6 | 63 | 42 | 391 | 61.6 |
| Steve BartkowskiS. Bartkowski | ATL | 14 | 369 | 187 | 50.7 | 2,489 | 6.8 | 10 | 2.7 | 18 | 4.9 | 71 | 39 | 349 | 61.1 |
| David WhitehurstD. Whitehurst | GB | 16 | 328 | 168 | 51.2 | 2,093 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.0 | 17 | 5.2 | 58t | 35 | 258 | 59.9 |
| Ken AndersonK. Anderson | CIN | 12 | 319 | 173 | 54.2 | 2,219 | 7.0 | 10 | 3.1 | 22 | 6.9 | 57 | 30 | 237 | 58.0 |
| Mike LivingstonM. Livingston | KC | 14 | 290 | 159 | 54.8 | 1,573 | 5.4 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 4.5 | 44 | 18 | 171 | 57.4 |
| Bob AvelliniB. Avellini | CHI | 13 | 264 | 141 | 53.4 | 1,718 | 6.5 | 5 | 1.9 | 16 | 6.1 | 61 | 26 | 208 | 54.8 |
| Bill TroupB. Troup | BAL | 12 | 296 | 154 | 52.0 | 1,882 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.4 | 21 | 7.1 | 67t | 32 | 340 | 53.6 |
| Joe PisarcikJ. Pisarcik | NYG | 15 | 301 | 143 | 47.5 | 2,096 | 7.0 | 12 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.6 | 67t | 28 | 205 | 52.1 |
| Steve DeBergS. DeBerg | SF | 12 | 302 | 137 | 45.4 | 1,570 | 5.2 | 8 | 2.6 | 22 | 7.3 | 58t | 17 | 156 | 40.0 |