1981 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Dan Fouts led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1981 with 4,802, 890 ahead of Tommy Kramer (3,912). It stands 34th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 4 times Dan Fouts led in passing yards.

#	Player	Team	G	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	Y/A	TD	INT	SK	RTG
1	Dan Fouts	SD	16	360	609	59.1%	4,802	7.89	33	17	—	90.6
2	TK Tommy Kramer	MIN	14	322	593	54.3%	3,912	6.60	26	24	—	72.6
3	Brian Sipe	CLE	16	313	567	55.2%	3,876	6.84	17	25	—	68.2
4	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	16	297	533	55.7%	3,829	7.18	30	23	—	79.2
5	KA Ken Anderson	CIN	16	300	479	62.6%	3,754	7.84	29	10	—	98.4
6	JF Joe Ferguson	BUF	16	252	498	50.6%	3,652	7.33	24	20	—	74.1
7	Joe Theismann	WAS	16	293	496	59.1%	3,568	7.19	19	20	—	77.3
8	Joe Montana	SF	16	311	488	63.7%	3,565	7.31	19	12	—	88.4
9	Doug Williams	TB	16	238	471	50.5%	3,563	7.57	19	14	—	76.8
10	RT Richard Todd	NYJ	16	279	497	56.1%	3,231	6.50	25	13	—	81.8
11	Craig Morton	DEN	15	225	376	59.8%	3,195	8.50	21	14	—	90.5
12	DW Danny White	DAL	16	223	391	57.0%	3,098	7.92	22	13	—	87.5
13	Ron Jaworski	PHI	16	250	461	54.2%	3,095	6.71	23	20	—	73.8
14	BJ Bert Jones	BAC	15	244	426	57.3%	3,094	7.26	21	20	—	77.0
15	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	14	201	370	54.3%	2,887	7.80	22	14	—	83.9
16	Jim Zorn	SEA	13	236	397	59.5%	2,788	7.02	13	9	—	82.4
17	Lynn Dickey	GB	13	204	354	57.6%	2,593	7.33	17	15	—	79.0
18	DW David Woodley	MIA	15	191	366	52.2%	2,470	6.75	12	13	—	69.8
19	Eric Hipple	DET	16	140	279	50.2%	2,358	8.45	14	15	—	73.4
20	VE Vince Evans	CHI	16	195	436	44.7%	2,354	5.40	11	20	—	51.2
21	MW Marc Wilson	OAK	13	173	366	47.3%	2,311	6.31	14	19	—	58.9
22	PS Phil Simms	NYG	10	172	316	54.4%	2,031	6.43	11	9	—	74.0
23	Ken Stabler	HOO	13	165	285	57.9%	1,988	6.98	14	18	—	69.5
24	BK Bill Kenney	KC	13	147	274	53.7%	1,983	7.24	9	16	—	63.6
25	SG Steve Grogan	NE	8	117	216	54.2%	1,859	8.61	7	16	—	63.0
26	Pat Haden	LAN	13	138	267	51.7%	1,815	6.80	9	13	—	64.4
27	JH Jim Hart	SLC	10	134	241	55.6%	1,694	7.03	11	14	—	68.7
28	MC Matt Cavanaugh	NE	16	115	219	52.5%	1,633	7.46	5	13	—	59.8
29	NL Neil Lomax	SLC	14	119	236	50.4%	1,575	6.67	4	10	—	59.9
30	Archie Manning	NO	12	134	232	57.8%	1,447	6.24	5	11	—	63.6
31	DW Dave Wilson	NO	11	82	159	51.6%	1,058	6.65	1	11	—	46.1
32	Jim Plunkett	OAK	9	94	179	52.5%	1,045	5.84	4	9	—	56.7
33	Scott Brunner	NYG	16	79	190	41.6%	978	5.15	5	11	—	42.8
34	SF Steve Fuller	KC	13	77	134	57.5%	934	6.97	3	4	—	74.0
35	DS Don Strock	MIA	16	79	130	60.8%	901	6.93	6	8	—	71.4
36	DK Dave Krieg	SEA	7	64	112	57.1%	843	7.53	7	5	—	83.3
37	SD Steve DeBerg	DEN	14	64	108	59.3%	797	7.38	6	6	—	77.6
38	DW David Whitehurst	GB	9	66	128	51.6%	792	6.19	7	5	—	72.8
39	GD Gary Danielson	DET	6	56	96	58.3%	784	8.17	3	5	—	73.4
40	Dan Pastorini	LAN	7	64	152	42.1%	719	4.73	2	14	—	22.9
41	GN Gifford Nielsen	HOO	5	60	93	64.5%	709	7.62	5	3	—	92.1
42	SD Steve Dils	MIN	2	54	102	52.9%	607	5.95	1	2	—	66.1
43	Mark Malone	PIT	8	45	88	51.1%	553	6.28	3	5	—	58.6
44	PM Paul McDonald	CLE	12	35	57	61.4%	463	8.12	4	2	—	95.9
45	JR Jeff Rutledge	LAN	4	30	50	60.0%	442	8.84	3	4	—	75.6
46	JR John Reaves	HOO	5	31	61	50.8%	379	6.21	2	2	—	67.6
47	JK Jeff Komlo	DET	3	29	57	50.9%	290	5.09	1	3	—	49.6
48	JT Jack Thompson	CIN	8	21	49	42.9%	267	5.45	1	2	—	50.3
49	BS Bobby Scott	NO	4	20	46	43.5%	245	5.33	1	5	—	28.2
50	GC Glenn Carano	DAL	5	16	45	35.6%	235	5.22	1	1	—	51.6

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