1981 Interceptions Thrown Leaders
Passes intercepted
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Sipe | CLE | 16 | 313 | 567 | 55.2% | 3,876 | 6.84 | 17 | 25 | — | 68.2 |
| 2 | Tommy Kramer | MIN | 14 | 322 | 593 | 54.3% | 3,912 | 6.60 | 26 | 24 | — | 72.6 |
| 3 | Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 16 | 297 | 533 | 55.7% | 3,829 | 7.18 | 30 | 23 | — | 79.2 |
| 4 | Vince Evans | CHI | 16 | 195 | 436 | 44.7% | 2,354 | 5.40 | 11 | 20 | — | 51.2 |
| 5 | Joe Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 252 | 498 | 50.6% | 3,652 | 7.33 | 24 | 20 | — | 74.1 |
| 6 | Ron Jaworski | PHI | 16 | 250 | 461 | 54.2% | 3,095 | 6.71 | 23 | 20 | — | 73.8 |
| 7 | Joe Theismann | WAS | 16 | 293 | 496 | 59.1% | 3,568 | 7.19 | 19 | 20 | — | 77.3 |
| 8 | Bert Jones | BAC | 15 | 244 | 426 | 57.3% | 3,094 | 7.26 | 21 | 20 | — | 77.0 |
| 9 | Marc Wilson | OAK | 13 | 173 | 366 | 47.3% | 2,311 | 6.31 | 14 | 19 | — | 58.9 |
| 10 | Ken Stabler | HOO | 13 | 165 | 285 | 57.9% | 1,988 | 6.98 | 14 | 18 | — | 69.5 |
| 11 | Dan Fouts | SD | 16 | 360 | 609 | 59.1% | 4,802 | 7.89 | 33 | 17 | — | 90.6 |
| 12 | Bill Kenney | KC | 13 | 147 | 274 | 53.7% | 1,983 | 7.24 | 9 | 16 | — | 63.6 |
| 13 | Steve Grogan | NE | 8 | 117 | 216 | 54.2% | 1,859 | 8.61 | 7 | 16 | — | 63.0 |
| 14 | Eric Hipple | DET | 16 | 140 | 279 | 50.2% | 2,358 | 8.45 | 14 | 15 | — | 73.4 |
| 15 | Lynn Dickey | GB | 13 | 204 | 354 | 57.6% | 2,593 | 7.33 | 17 | 15 | — | 79.0 |
| 16 | Doug Williams | TB | 16 | 238 | 471 | 50.5% | 3,563 | 7.57 | 19 | 14 | — | 76.8 |
| 17 | Craig Morton | DEN | 15 | 225 | 376 | 59.8% | 3,195 | 8.50 | 21 | 14 | — | 90.5 |
| 18 | Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 201 | 370 | 54.3% | 2,887 | 7.80 | 22 | 14 | — | 83.9 |
| 19 | Jim Hart | SLC | 10 | 134 | 241 | 55.6% | 1,694 | 7.03 | 11 | 14 | — | 68.7 |
| 20 | Dan Pastorini | LAN | 7 | 64 | 152 | 42.1% | 719 | 4.73 | 2 | 14 | — | 22.9 |
| 21 | Matt Cavanaugh | NE | 16 | 115 | 219 | 52.5% | 1,633 | 7.46 | 5 | 13 | — | 59.8 |
| 22 | Richard Todd | NYJ | 16 | 279 | 497 | 56.1% | 3,231 | 6.50 | 25 | 13 | — | 81.8 |
| 23 | Danny White | DAL | 16 | 223 | 391 | 57.0% | 3,098 | 7.92 | 22 | 13 | — | 87.5 |
| 24 | David Woodley | MIA | 15 | 191 | 366 | 52.2% | 2,470 | 6.75 | 12 | 13 | — | 69.8 |
| 25 | Pat Haden | LAN | 13 | 138 | 267 | 51.7% | 1,815 | 6.80 | 9 | 13 | — | 64.4 |
| 26 | Joe Montana | SF | 16 | 311 | 488 | 63.7% | 3,565 | 7.31 | 19 | 12 | — | 88.4 |
| 27 | Scott Brunner | NYG | 16 | 79 | 190 | 41.6% | 978 | 5.15 | 5 | 11 | — | 42.8 |
| 28 | Archie Manning | NO | 12 | 134 | 232 | 57.8% | 1,447 | 6.24 | 5 | 11 | — | 63.6 |
| 29 | Dave Wilson | NO | 11 | 82 | 159 | 51.6% | 1,058 | 6.65 | 1 | 11 | — | 46.1 |
| 30 | Ken Anderson | CIN | 16 | 300 | 479 | 62.6% | 3,754 | 7.84 | 29 | 10 | — | 98.4 |
| 31 | Neil Lomax | SLC | 14 | 119 | 236 | 50.4% | 1,575 | 6.67 | 4 | 10 | — | 59.9 |
| 32 | Jim Zorn | SEA | 13 | 236 | 397 | 59.5% | 2,788 | 7.02 | 13 | 9 | — | 82.4 |
| 33 | Phil Simms | NYG | 10 | 172 | 316 | 54.4% | 2,031 | 6.43 | 11 | 9 | — | 74.0 |
| 34 | Jim Plunkett | OAK | 9 | 94 | 179 | 52.5% | 1,045 | 5.84 | 4 | 9 | — | 56.7 |
| 35 | Don Strock | MIA | 16 | 79 | 130 | 60.8% | 901 | 6.93 | 6 | 8 | — | 71.4 |
| 36 | Steve DeBerg | DEN | 14 | 64 | 108 | 59.3% | 797 | 7.38 | 6 | 6 | — | 77.6 |
| 37 | David Whitehurst | GB | 9 | 66 | 128 | 51.6% | 792 | 6.19 | 7 | 5 | — | 72.8 |
| 38 | Mark Malone | PIT | 8 | 45 | 88 | 51.1% | 553 | 6.28 | 3 | 5 | — | 58.6 |
| 39 | Dave Krieg | SEA | 7 | 64 | 112 | 57.1% | 843 | 7.53 | 7 | 5 | — | 83.3 |
| 40 | Gary Danielson | DET | 6 | 56 | 96 | 58.3% | 784 | 8.17 | 3 | 5 | — | 73.4 |
| 41 | Bobby Scott | NO | 4 | 20 | 46 | 43.5% | 245 | 5.33 | 1 | 5 | — | 28.2 |
| 42 | Steve Fuller | KC | 13 | 77 | 134 | 57.5% | 934 | 6.97 | 3 | 4 | — | 74.0 |
| 43 | Jeff Rutledge | LAN | 4 | 30 | 50 | 60.0% | 442 | 8.84 | 3 | 4 | — | 75.6 |
| 44 | Rich Campbell | GB | 2 | 15 | 30 | 50.0% | 168 | 5.60 | 0 | 4 | — | 27.5 |
| 45 | Tom Owen | NE | 2 | 15 | 36 | 41.7% | 218 | 6.06 | 1 | 4 | — | 31.7 |
| 46 | Bob Avellini | CHI | 9 | 15 | 32 | 46.9% | 185 | 5.78 | 1 | 3 | — | 36.6 |
| 47 | Gifford Nielsen | HOO | 5 | 60 | 93 | 64.5% | 709 | 7.62 | 5 | 3 | — | 92.1 |
| 48 | Jeff Komlo | DET | 3 | 29 | 57 | 50.9% | 290 | 5.09 | 1 | 3 | — | 49.6 |
| 49 | Paul McDonald | CLE | 12 | 35 | 57 | 61.4% | 463 | 8.12 | 4 | 2 | — | 95.9 |
| 50 | Jack Thompson | CIN | 8 | 21 | 49 | 42.9% | 267 | 5.45 | 1 | 2 | — | 50.3 |
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