1983 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynn Dickey | GB | 16 | 289 | 484 | 59.7% | 4,458 | 9.21 | 32 | 29 | — | 87.3 |
| 2 | Bill Kenney | KC | 16 | 346 | 603 | 57.4% | 4,348 | 7.21 | 24 | 18 | — | 80.8 |
| 3 | Danny White | DAL | 16 | 334 | 533 | 62.7% | 3,980 | 7.47 | 29 | 23 | — | 85.6 |
| 4 | Joe Montana | SF | 16 | 332 | 515 | 64.5% | 3,910 | 7.59 | 26 | 12 | — | 94.6 |
| 5 | Joe Theismann | WAS | 16 | 276 | 459 | 60.1% | 3,714 | 8.09 | 29 | 11 | — | 97.0 |
| 6 | Brian Sipe | CLE | 15 | 291 | 496 | 58.7% | 3,566 | 7.19 | 26 | 23 | — | 79.1 |
| 7 | Richard Todd | NYJ | 16 | 308 | 518 | 59.5% | 3,478 | 6.71 | 18 | 26 | — | 70.3 |
| 8 | Ron Jaworski | PHI | 16 | 235 | 446 | 52.7% | 3,315 | 7.43 | 20 | 18 | — | 75.1 |
| 9 | Vince Ferragamo | LAN | 16 | 274 | 464 | 59.1% | 3,276 | 7.06 | 22 | 23 | — | 75.9 |
| 10 | Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 14 | 274 | 432 | 63.4% | 3,167 | 7.33 | 22 | 5 | — | 97.6 |
| 11 | Joe Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 281 | 508 | 55.3% | 2,995 | 5.90 | 26 | 25 | — | 69.3 |
| 12 | Dan Fouts | SD | 10 | 215 | 340 | 63.2% | 2,975 | 8.75 | 20 | 15 | — | 92.5 |
| 13 | Jim Plunkett | LAA | 14 | 230 | 379 | 60.7% | 2,935 | 7.74 | 20 | 18 | — | 82.7 |
| 14 | Jack Thompson | TB | 14 | 249 | 423 | 58.9% | 2,906 | 6.87 | 18 | 21 | — | 73.3 |
| 15 | Steve Dils | MIN | 16 | 239 | 444 | 53.8% | 2,840 | 6.40 | 11 | 16 | — | 66.8 |
| 16 | Neil Lomax | SLC | 13 | 209 | 354 | 59.0% | 2,636 | 7.45 | 24 | 11 | — | 92.0 |
| 17 | Eric Hipple | DET | 16 | 204 | 387 | 52.7% | 2,577 | 6.66 | 12 | 18 | — | 64.7 |
| 18 | Cliff Stoudt | PIT | 16 | 197 | 381 | 51.7% | 2,553 | 6.70 | 12 | 21 | — | 60.6 |
| 19 | Scott Brunner | NYG | 16 | 190 | 386 | 49.2% | 2,516 | 6.52 | 9 | 22 | — | 54.3 |
| 20 | Steve Grogan | NE | 12 | 168 | 303 | 55.5% | 2,411 | 7.96 | 15 | 12 | — | 81.4 |
| 21 | Mike Pagel | BAC | 15 | 163 | 328 | 49.7% | 2,353 | 7.17 | 12 | 17 | — | 64.0 |
| 22 | Ken Anderson | CIN | 13 | 198 | 297 | 66.7% | 2,333 | 7.86 | 12 | 13 | — | 85.6 |
| 23 | Dan Marino | MIA | 11 | 173 | 296 | 58.5% | 2,210 | 7.47 | 20 | 6 | — | 96.0 |
| 24 | Jim McMahon | CHI | 14 | 175 | 295 | 59.3% | 2,184 | 7.40 | 12 | 13 | — | 77.6 |
| 25 | Dave Krieg | SEA | 9 | 147 | 243 | 60.5% | 2,139 | 8.80 | 18 | 11 | — | 95.0 |
| 26 | Ken Stabler | NO | 14 | 176 | 311 | 56.6% | 1,988 | 6.39 | 9 | 18 | — | 61.4 |
| 27 | Ed Luther | SD | 16 | 151 | 287 | 52.6% | 1,875 | 6.53 | 7 | 17 | — | 56.6 |
| 28 | John Elway | DEN | 11 | 123 | 259 | 47.5% | 1,663 | 6.42 | 7 | 14 | — | 54.9 |
| 29 | Steve DeBerg | DEN | 10 | 119 | 215 | 55.4% | 1,617 | 7.52 | 9 | 7 | — | 79.9 |
| 30 | Oliver Luck | HOO | 7 | 124 | 217 | 57.1% | 1,375 | 6.34 | 8 | 13 | — | 63.4 |
| 31 | Jeff Rutledge | NYG | 4 | 87 | 174 | 50.0% | 1,208 | 6.94 | 3 | 8 | — | 59.3 |
| 32 | Jim Zorn | SEA | 16 | 103 | 205 | 50.2% | 1,166 | 5.69 | 7 | 7 | — | 64.8 |
| 33 | Turk Schonert | CIN | 9 | 92 | 156 | 59.0% | 1,159 | 7.43 | 2 | 5 | — | 73.1 |
| 34 | Gifford Nielsen | HOO | 7 | 90 | 175 | 51.4% | 1,125 | 6.43 | 5 | 8 | — | 62.2 |
| 35 | Vince Evans | CHI | 9 | 76 | 145 | 52.4% | 1,108 | 7.64 | 5 | 7 | — | 69.0 |
| 36 | Marc Wilson | LAA | 10 | 67 | 117 | 57.3% | 864 | 7.39 | 8 | 6 | — | 82.0 |
| 37 | Dave Wilson | NO | 8 | 66 | 112 | 58.9% | 770 | 6.88 | 5 | 7 | — | 68.7 |
| 38 | Archie Manning | HOO | 5 | 44 | 88 | 50.0% | 755 | 8.58 | 2 | 8 | — | 49.2 |
| 39 | Gary Danielson | DET | 10 | 59 | 113 | 52.2% | 720 | 6.37 | 7 | 4 | — | 78.0 |
| 40 | Jim Hart | SLC | 5 | 50 | 91 | 55.0% | 592 | 6.51 | 4 | 8 | — | 53.0 |
| 41 | Mike Moroski | ATL | 16 | 45 | 70 | 64.3% | 575 | 8.21 | 2 | 4 | — | 75.6 |
| 42 | Tony Eason | NE | 16 | 46 | 95 | 48.4% | 557 | 5.86 | 1 | 5 | — | 48.4 |
| 43 | Tommy Kramer | MIN | 3 | 55 | 82 | 67.1% | 550 | 6.71 | 3 | 4 | — | 77.8 |
| 44 | Jerry Golsteyn | TB | 5 | 47 | 97 | 48.5% | 535 | 5.52 | 0 | 2 | — | 56.9 |
| 45 | David Woodley | MIA | 5 | 43 | 89 | 48.3% | 528 | 5.93 | 3 | 4 | — | 59.6 |
| 46 | Matt Kofler | BUF | 16 | 35 | 61 | 57.4% | 440 | 7.21 | 4 | 3 | — | 81.3 |
| 47 | Don Strock | MIA | 15 | 34 | 52 | 65.4% | 403 | 7.75 | 4 | 1 | — | 106.5 |
| 48 | Paul McDonald | CLE | 16 | 32 | 68 | 47.1% | 341 | 5.02 | 1 | 4 | — | 42.6 |
| 49 | Pat Ryan | NYJ | 16 | 21 | 40 | 52.5% | 259 | 6.48 | 2 | 2 | — | 68.7 |
| 50 | Todd Blackledge | KC | 4 | 20 | 34 | 58.8% | 259 | 7.62 | 3 | 0 | — | 112.3 |
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