1986 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Marino | MIA | 16 | 378 | 623 | 60.7% | 4,746 | 7.62 | 44 | 23 | — | 92.6 |
| 2 | Jay Schroeder | WAS | 16 | 276 | 541 | 51.0% | 4,109 | 7.60 | 22 | 22 | — | 72.9 |
| 3 | Boomer Esiason | CIN | 16 | 273 | 469 | 58.2% | 3,959 | 8.44 | 24 | 17 | — | 87.7 |
| 4 | Bernie Kosar | CLE | 16 | 310 | 531 | 58.4% | 3,854 | 7.26 | 17 | 10 | — | 83.8 |
| 5 | Ken O'Brien | NYJ | 15 | 300 | 482 | 62.2% | 3,690 | 7.66 | 25 | 20 | — | 85.9 |
| 6 | Jim Kelly | BUF | 16 | 285 | 480 | 59.4% | 3,593 | 7.49 | 22 | 17 | — | 83.3 |
| 7 | Warren Moon | HOO | 15 | 256 | 488 | 52.5% | 3,489 | 7.15 | 13 | 26 | — | 62.3 |
| 8 | Phil Simms | NYG | 16 | 259 | 468 | 55.3% | 3,487 | 7.45 | 21 | 22 | — | 74.6 |
| 9 | John Elway | DEN | 16 | 280 | 504 | 55.6% | 3,485 | 6.92 | 19 | 13 | — | 79.0 |
| 10 | Tony Eason | NE | 15 | 276 | 448 | 61.6% | 3,328 | 7.43 | 19 | 10 | — | 89.2 |
| 11 | Randy Wright | GB | 16 | 263 | 492 | 53.5% | 3,247 | 6.60 | 17 | 23 | — | 66.2 |
| 12 | Dan Fouts | SD | 12 | 252 | 430 | 58.6% | 3,031 | 7.05 | 16 | 22 | — | 71.4 |
| 13 | Tommy Kramer | MIN | 13 | 208 | 372 | 55.9% | 3,000 | 8.07 | 24 | 10 | — | 92.6 |
| 14 | Dave Krieg | SEA | 15 | 225 | 375 | 60.0% | 2,921 | 7.79 | 21 | 11 | — | 91.0 |
| 15 | Steve Pelluer | DAL | 16 | 215 | 378 | 56.9% | 2,727 | 7.21 | 8 | 17 | — | 67.9 |
| 16 | Neil Lomax | SLC | 14 | 240 | 421 | 57.0% | 2,583 | 6.14 | 13 | 12 | — | 73.6 |
| 17 | Mark Malone | PIT | 14 | 216 | 425 | 50.8% | 2,444 | 5.75 | 15 | 18 | — | 62.5 |
| 18 | Dave Wilson | NO | 14 | 189 | 342 | 55.3% | 2,353 | 6.88 | 10 | 17 | — | 65.8 |
| 19 | Steve Young | TB | 14 | 195 | 363 | 53.7% | 2,282 | 6.29 | 8 | 13 | — | 65.5 |
| 20 | Joe Montana | SF | 8 | 191 | 307 | 62.2% | 2,236 | 7.28 | 8 | 9 | — | 80.8 |
| 21 | Jack Trudeau | IND | 12 | 204 | 417 | 48.9% | 2,225 | 5.34 | 8 | 18 | — | 53.5 |
| 22 | David Archer | ATL | 11 | 150 | 294 | 51.0% | 2,007 | 6.83 | 10 | 9 | — | 71.6 |
| 23 | Jim Plunkett | LAA | 10 | 133 | 252 | 52.8% | 1,986 | 7.88 | 14 | 9 | — | 82.5 |
| 24 | Bill Kenney | KC | 15 | 161 | 308 | 52.3% | 1,922 | 6.24 | 13 | 11 | — | 70.8 |
| 25 | Eric Hipple | DET | 16 | 192 | 305 | 63.0% | 1,919 | 6.29 | 9 | 11 | — | 75.6 |
| 26 | Marc Wilson | LAA | 16 | 129 | 240 | 53.8% | 1,721 | 7.17 | 12 | 15 | — | 67.4 |
| 27 | Jeff Kemp | SF | 10 | 119 | 200 | 59.5% | 1,554 | 7.77 | 11 | 8 | — | 85.7 |
| 28 | Ron Jaworski | PHI | 10 | 128 | 245 | 52.2% | 1,405 | 5.74 | 8 | 6 | — | 70.2 |
| 29 | Randall Cunningham | PHI | 15 | 111 | 209 | 53.1% | 1,391 | 6.66 | 8 | 7 | — | 72.9 |
| 30 | Todd Blackledge | KC | 10 | 96 | 211 | 45.5% | 1,200 | 5.69 | 10 | 6 | — | 67.6 |
| 31 | Wade Wilson | MIN | 9 | 80 | 143 | 55.9% | 1,165 | 8.15 | 7 | 5 | — | 84.4 |
| 32 | Danny White | DAL | 7 | 95 | 153 | 62.1% | 1,157 | 7.56 | 12 | 5 | — | 97.9 |
| 33 | Gary Hogeboom | IND | 5 | 85 | 144 | 59.0% | 1,154 | 8.01 | 6 | 6 | — | 81.2 |
| 34 | Mike Tomczak | CHI | 13 | 74 | 151 | 49.0% | 1,105 | 7.32 | 2 | 10 | — | 50.2 |
| 35 | Turk Schonert | ATL | 8 | 95 | 154 | 61.7% | 1,032 | 6.70 | 4 | 8 | — | 68.4 |
| 36 | Jim Everett | LAN | 6 | 73 | 147 | 49.7% | 1,018 | 6.93 | 8 | 8 | — | 67.8 |
| 37 | Jim McMahon | CHI | 6 | 77 | 150 | 51.3% | 995 | 6.63 | 5 | 8 | — | 61.4 |
| 38 | Steve Grogan | NE | 4 | 62 | 102 | 60.8% | 976 | 9.57 | 9 | 2 | — | 113.9 |
| 39 | Joe Ferguson | DET | 6 | 73 | 155 | 47.1% | 941 | 6.07 | 7 | 7 | — | 62.9 |
| 40 | Steve Dils | LAN | 15 | 59 | 129 | 45.7% | 693 | 5.37 | 4 | 4 | — | 60.0 |
| 41 | Steve Bartkowski | LAN | 6 | 61 | 126 | 48.4% | 654 | 5.19 | 2 | 3 | — | 59.4 |
| 42 | Mark Herrmann | SD | 6 | 51 | 97 | 52.6% | 627 | 6.46 | 2 | 3 | — | 66.8 |
| 43 | Steve DeBerg | TB | 16 | 50 | 96 | 52.1% | 610 | 6.35 | 5 | 12 | — | 49.7 |
| 44 | Cliff Stoudt | SLC | 5 | 52 | 91 | 57.1% | 542 | 5.96 | 3 | 7 | — | 53.5 |
| 45 | Bobby Hebert | NO | 5 | 41 | 79 | 51.9% | 498 | 6.30 | 2 | 8 | — | 40.5 |
| 46 | Mike Moroski | SF | 15 | 42 | 73 | 57.5% | 493 | 6.75 | 2 | 3 | — | 70.2 |
| 47 | Gale Gilbert | SEA | 16 | 42 | 76 | 55.3% | 485 | 6.38 | 3 | 3 | — | 71.4 |
| 48 | Steve Fuller | CHI | 16 | 34 | 64 | 53.1% | 451 | 7.05 | 2 | 4 | — | 60.1 |
| 49 | Matt Cavanaugh | PHI | 10 | 28 | 58 | 48.3% | 397 | 6.85 | 2 | 4 | — | 53.6 |
| 50 | Tom Flick | SD | 11 | 33 | 73 | 45.2% | 361 | 4.95 | 2 | 8 | — | 29.9 |
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