| Player | Team | Gms | Att | Cmp | Pct | Yds | YPA | TD | TD%T% | Int | Int%I% | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan MarinoD. Marino | MIA | 16 | 564 | 362 | 64.2 | 5,084 | 9.0 | 48 | 8.5 | 17 | 3.0 | 80t | 13 | 120 | 108.9 |
| Joe MontanaJ. Montana | SF | 16 | 432 | 279 | 64.6 | 3,630 | 8.4 | 28 | 6.5 | 10 | 2.3 | 80t | 22 | 138 | 102.9 |
| Tony EasonT. Eason | NE | 16 | 431 | 259 | 60.1 | 3,228 | 7.5 | 23 | 5.3 | 8 | 1.9 | 76t | 59 | 409 | 93.4 |
| Neil LomaxN. Lomax | STL | 16 | 560 | 345 | 61.6 | 4,614 | 8.2 | 28 | 5.0 | 16 | 2.9 | 83t | 49 | 377 | 92.5 |
| Steve BartkowskiS. Bartkowski | ATL | 11 | 269 | 181 | 67.3 | 2,158 | 8.0 | 11 | 4.1 | 10 | 3.7 | 61 | 40 | 300 | 89.7 |
| Joe TheismannJ. Theismann | WAS | 16 | 477 | 283 | 59.3 | 3,391 | 7.1 | 24 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.7 | 80t | 48 | 341 | 86.6 |
| Lynn DickeyL. Dickey | GB | 15 | 401 | 237 | 59.1 | 3,195 | 8.0 | 25 | 6.2 | 19 | 4.7 | 79t | 32 | 244 | 85.6 |
| Dan FoutsD. Fouts | SD | 13 | 507 | 317 | 62.5 | 3,740 | 7.4 | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 3.4 | 61t | 29 | 228 | 83.4 |
| Dave KriegD. Krieg | SEA | 16 | 480 | 276 | 57.5 | 3,671 | 7.7 | 32 | 6.7 | 24 | 5.0 | 80t | 40 | 314 | 83.3 |
| Gary DanielsonG. Danielson | DET | 15 | 410 | 252 | 61.5 | 3,076 | 7.5 | 17 | 4.2 | 15 | 3.7 | 77t | 41 | 335 | 83.1 |
| Ken AndersonK. Anderson | CIN | 11 | 275 | 175 | 63.6 | 2,107 | 7.7 | 10 | 3.6 | 12 | 4.4 | 80t | 24 | 191 | 81.0 |
| Bill KenneyB. Kenney | KC | 9 | 282 | 151 | 53.5 | 2,098 | 7.4 | 15 | 5.3 | 10 | 3.5 | 65t | 18 | 163 | 80.7 |
| Steve DeBergS. DeBerg | TB | 16 | 509 | 308 | 60.5 | 3,554 | 7.0 | 19 | 3.7 | 18 | 3.5 | 55 | 35 | 308 | 79.3 |
| Jeff KempJ. Kemp | LA | 14 | 284 | 143 | 50.4 | 2,021 | 7.1 | 13 | 4.6 | 7 | 2.5 | 63t | 24 | 190 | 78.7 |
| Phil SimmsP. Simms | NYG | 16 | 533 | 286 | 53.7 | 4,044 | 7.6 | 22 | 4.1 | 18 | 3.4 | 65t | 55 | 434 | 78.1 |
| Warren MoonW. Moon | HOU | 16 | 450 | 259 | 57.6 | 3,338 | 7.4 | 12 | 2.7 | 14 | 3.1 | 76 | 47 | 371 | 76.9 |
| John ElwayJ. Elway | DEN | 15 | 380 | 214 | 56.3 | 2,598 | 6.8 | 18 | 4.7 | 15 | 4.0 | 73 | 24 | 158 | 76.8 |
| Ron JaworskiR. Jaworski | PHI | 13 | 427 | 234 | 54.8 | 2,754 | 6.5 | 16 | 3.8 | 14 | 3.3 | 90t | 34 | 270 | 73.5 |
| Mark MaloneM. Malone | PIT | 13 | 272 | 147 | 54.0 | 2,137 | 7.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 17 | 6.2 | 61t | 25 | 211 | 73.4 |
| Pat RyanP. Ryan | NYJ | 16 | 285 | 156 | 54.7 | 1,939 | 6.8 | 14 | 4.9 | 14 | 4.9 | 44t | 30 | 214 | 72.0 |
| Marc WilsonM. Wilson | LAR | 16 | 282 | 153 | 54.3 | 2,151 | 7.6 | 15 | 5.3 | 17 | 6.0 | 92 | 37 | 228 | 71.7 |
| Danny WhiteD. White | DAL | 14 | 233 | 126 | 54.1 | 1,580 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 66t | 22 | 178 | 71.5 |
| Tommy KramerT. Kramer | MIN | 9 | 236 | 124 | 52.5 | 1,678 | 7.1 | 9 | 3.8 | 10 | 4.2 | 70t | 24 | 145 | 70.6 |
| Paul McDonaldP. McDonald | CLE | 16 | 493 | 271 | 55.0 | 3,472 | 7.0 | 14 | 2.8 | 23 | 4.7 | 64 | 53 | 345 | 67.3 |
| Gary HogeboomG. Hogeboom | DAL | 16 | 367 | 195 | 53.1 | 2,366 | 6.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 68t | 26 | 211 | 63.7 |
| Joe FergusonJ. Ferguson | BUF | 12 | 344 | 191 | 55.5 | 1,991 | 5.8 | 12 | 3.5 | 17 | 4.9 | 68t | 35 | 357 | 63.5 |
| Richard ToddR. Todd | NO | 15 | 312 | 161 | 51.6 | 2,178 | 7.0 | 11 | 3.5 | 19 | 6.1 | 74 | 33 | 267 | 60.6 |
| Todd BlackledgeT. Blackledge | KC | 11 | 294 | 147 | 50.0 | 1,707 | 5.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 46t | 14 | 136 | 59.2 |