| Player | Team | Gms | Att | Cmp | Pct | Yds | YPA | TD | TD%T% | Int | Int%I% | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger StaubachR. Staubach | DAL | 16 | 461 | 267 | 57.9 | 3,586 | 7.8 | 27 | 5.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 75t | 36 | 240 | 92.3 |
| Joe TheismannJ. Theismann | WAS | 16 | 395 | 233 | 59.0 | 2,797 | 7.1 | 20 | 5.1 | 13 | 3.3 | 62 | 34 | 263 | 83.9 |
| Dan FoutsD. Fouts | SD | 16 | 530 | 332 | 62.6 | 4,082 | 7.7 | 24 | 4.5 | 24 | 4.5 | 65t | 28 | 195 | 82.6 |
| Ken StablerK. Stabler | OAK | 16 | 498 | 304 | 61.0 | 3,615 | 7.3 | 26 | 5.2 | 22 | 4.4 | 66t | 34 | 284 | 82.2 |
| Ken AndersonK. Anderson | CIN | 15 | 339 | 189 | 55.8 | 2,340 | 6.9 | 16 | 4.7 | 10 | 3.0 | 73t | 46 | 324 | 80.7 |
| Jim ZornJ. Zorn | SEA | 16 | 505 | 285 | 56.4 | 3,661 | 7.2 | 20 | 4.0 | 18 | 3.6 | 65t | 23 | 201 | 77.7 |
| Steve GroganS. Grogan | NE | 16 | 423 | 206 | 48.7 | 3,286 | 7.8 | 28 | 6.6 | 20 | 4.7 | 63t | 45 | 341 | 77.4 |
| Terry BradshawT. Bradshaw | PIT | 16 | 472 | 259 | 54.9 | 3,724 | 7.9 | 26 | 5.5 | 25 | 5.3 | 65t | 24 | 196 | 77.0 |
| Ron JaworskiR. Jaworski | PHI | 16 | 374 | 190 | 50.8 | 2,669 | 7.1 | 18 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.2 | 53t | 34 | 272 | 76.8 |
| Archie ManningA. Manning | NO | 16 | 420 | 252 | 60.0 | 3,169 | 7.5 | 15 | 3.6 | 20 | 4.8 | 85 | 17 | 140 | 75.6 |
| Greg LandryG. Landry | BAL | 16 | 457 | 270 | 59.1 | 2,932 | 6.4 | 15 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 67t | 42 | 326 | 75.3 |
| Joe FergusonJ. Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 458 | 238 | 52.0 | 3,572 | 7.8 | 14 | 3.1 | 15 | 3.3 | 84t | 43 | 387 | 74.4 |
| Brian SipeB. Sipe | CLE | 16 | 535 | 286 | 53.5 | 3,793 | 7.1 | 28 | 5.2 | 26 | 4.9 | 74 | 43 | 347 | 73.4 |
| Steve DeBergS. DeBerg | SF | 16 | 578 | 347 | 60.0 | 3,652 | 6.3 | 17 | 2.9 | 21 | 3.6 | 50 | 17 | 119 | 73.1 |
| Bob GrieseB. Griese | MIA | 14 | 310 | 176 | 56.8 | 2,160 | 7.0 | 14 | 4.5 | 16 | 5.2 | 51 | 26 | 223 | 72.0 |
| Craig MortonC. Morton | DEN | 14 | 370 | 204 | 55.1 | 2,626 | 7.1 | 16 | 4.3 | 19 | 5.1 | 64t | 30 | 241 | 70.6 |
| Mike PhippsM. Phipps | CHI | 12 | 255 | 134 | 52.5 | 1,535 | 6.0 | 9 | 3.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 68t | 15 | 145 | 69.6 |
| Tommy KramerT. Kramer | MIN | 16 | 566 | 315 | 55.6 | 3,397 | 6.0 | 23 | 4.1 | 24 | 4.2 | 55t | 36 | 249 | 69.3 |
| Pat HadenP. Haden | LA | 10 | 290 | 163 | 56.2 | 1,854 | 6.4 | 11 | 3.8 | 14 | 4.8 | 50 | 21 | 178 | 68.1 |
| Steve BartkowskiS. Bartkowski | ATL | 14 | 380 | 204 | 53.7 | 2,505 | 6.6 | 17 | 4.5 | 20 | 5.3 | 57 | 39 | 286 | 67.3 |
| Richard ToddR. Todd | NYJ | 15 | 334 | 171 | 51.2 | 2,660 | 8.0 | 16 | 4.8 | 22 | 6.6 | 72t | 25 | 222 | 66.5 |
| Phil SimmsP. Simms | NYG | 12 | 265 | 134 | 50.6 | 1,743 | 6.6 | 13 | 4.9 | 14 | 5.3 | 61 | 39 | 319 | 66.0 |
| David WhitehurstD. Whitehurst | GB | 13 | 322 | 179 | 55.6 | 2,247 | 7.0 | 10 | 3.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 78t | 32 | 256 | 64.5 |
| Dan PastoriniD. Pastorini | HOU | 15 | 324 | 163 | 50.3 | 2,090 | 6.5 | 14 | 4.3 | 18 | 5.6 | 55t | 29 | 212 | 62.1 |
| Steve FullerS. Fuller | KC | 16 | 270 | 146 | 54.1 | 1,484 | 5.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 14 | 5.2 | 40 | 37 | 244 | 55.8 |
| Jim HartJ. Hart | STL | 14 | 378 | 194 | 51.3 | 2,218 | 5.9 | 9 | 2.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 51t | 25 | 183 | 55.2 |
| Jeff KomloJ. Komlo | DET | 16 | 368 | 183 | 49.7 | 2,238 | 6.1 | 11 | 3.0 | 23 | 6.2 | 40 | 40 | 361 | 52.8 |
| Doug WilliamsD. Williams | TB | 16 | 397 | 166 | 41.8 | 2,448 | 6.2 | 18 | 4.5 | 24 | 6.0 | 66t | 7 | 57 | 52.5 |