1986 NFL Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Dan Marino led the whole NFL in passing yards per game in 1986 with 296.6, 17.1 ahead of Joe Montana (279.5). It stands 43rd among all single seasons in NFL history.

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#	Player	Team	G	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	Y/A	TD	INT	SK	RTG	Y/G
1	Dan Marino	MIA	16	378	623	60.7%	4,746	7.62	44	23	—	92.6	296.6
2	Joe Montana	SF	8	191	307	62.2%	2,236	7.28	8	9	—	80.8	279.5
3	Jay Schroeder	WAS	16	276	541	51.0%	4,109	7.60	22	22	—	72.9	256.8
4	Dan Fouts	SD	12	252	430	58.6%	3,031	7.05	16	22	—	71.4	252.6
5	Boomer Esiason	CIN	16	273	469	58.2%	3,959	8.44	24	17	—	87.7	247.4
6	KO Ken O'Brien	NYJ	15	300	482	62.2%	3,690	7.66	25	20	—	85.9	246.0
7	BK Bernie Kosar	CLE	16	310	531	58.4%	3,854	7.26	17	10	—	83.8	240.9
8	Warren Moon	HOO	15	256	488	52.5%	3,489	7.15	13	26	—	62.3	232.6
9	TK Tommy Kramer	MIN	13	208	372	55.9%	3,000	8.07	24	10	—	92.6	230.8
10	Jim Kelly	BUF	16	285	480	59.4%	3,593	7.49	22	17	—	83.3	224.6
11	TE Tony Eason	NE	15	276	448	61.6%	3,328	7.43	19	10	—	89.2	221.9
12	PS Phil Simms	NYG	16	259	468	55.3%	3,487	7.45	21	22	—	74.6	217.9
13	John Elway	DEN	16	280	504	55.6%	3,485	6.92	19	13	—	79.0	217.8
14	RW Randy Wright	GB	16	263	492	53.5%	3,247	6.60	17	23	—	66.2	202.9
15	Jim Plunkett	LAA	10	133	252	52.8%	1,986	7.88	14	9	—	82.5	198.6
16	DK Dave Krieg	SEA	15	225	375	60.0%	2,921	7.79	21	11	—	91.0	194.7
17	JT Jack Trudeau	IND	12	204	417	48.9%	2,225	5.34	8	18	—	53.5	185.4
18	NL Neil Lomax	SLC	14	240	421	57.0%	2,583	6.14	13	12	—	73.6	184.5
19	DA David Archer	ATL	11	150	294	51.0%	2,007	6.83	10	9	—	71.6	182.5
20	Mark Malone	PIT	14	216	425	50.8%	2,444	5.75	15	18	—	62.5	174.6
21	SP Steve Pelluer	DAL	16	215	378	56.9%	2,727	7.21	8	17	—	67.9	170.4
22	DW Dave Wilson	NO	14	189	342	55.3%	2,353	6.88	10	17	—	65.8	168.1
23	Steve Young	TB	14	195	363	53.7%	2,282	6.29	8	13	—	65.5	163.0
24	Ron Jaworski	PHI	10	128	245	52.2%	1,405	5.74	8	6	—	70.2	140.5
25	BK Bill Kenney	KC	15	161	308	52.3%	1,922	6.24	13	11	—	70.8	128.1
26	Eric Hipple	DET	16	192	305	63.0%	1,919	6.29	9	11	—	75.6	119.9
27	MW Marc Wilson	LAA	16	129	240	53.8%	1,721	7.17	12	15	—	67.4	107.6