1987 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Lomax | SLC | 12 | 275 | 463 | 59.4% | 3,387 | 7.32 | 24 | 12 | — | 88.5 |
| 2 | Boomer Esiason | CIN | 12 | 240 | 440 | 54.6% | 3,321 | 7.55 | 16 | 19 | — | 73.1 |
| 3 | Dan Marino | MIA | 12 | 263 | 444 | 59.2% | 3,245 | 7.31 | 26 | 13 | — | 89.2 |
| 4 | John Elway | DEN | 12 | 224 | 410 | 54.6% | 3,198 | 7.80 | 19 | 12 | — | 83.4 |
| 5 | Joe Montana | SF | 13 | 266 | 398 | 66.8% | 3,054 | 7.67 | 31 | 13 | — | 102.1 |
| 6 | Bernie Kosar | CLE | 12 | 241 | 389 | 62.0% | 3,033 | 7.80 | 22 | 9 | — | 95.4 |
| 7 | Warren Moon | HOO | 12 | 184 | 368 | 50.0% | 2,806 | 7.63 | 21 | 18 | — | 74.2 |
| 8 | Jim Kelly | BUF | 12 | 250 | 419 | 59.7% | 2,798 | 6.68 | 19 | 11 | — | 83.8 |
| 9 | Randall Cunningham | PHI | 12 | 223 | 406 | 54.9% | 2,786 | 6.86 | 23 | 12 | — | 83.0 |
| 10 | Ken O'Brien | NYJ | 12 | 234 | 393 | 59.5% | 2,696 | 6.86 | 13 | 8 | — | 82.8 |
| 11 | Danny White | DAL | 11 | 215 | 362 | 59.4% | 2,617 | 7.23 | 12 | 17 | — | 73.2 |
| 12 | Chuck Long | DET | 12 | 232 | 416 | 55.8% | 2,598 | 6.25 | 11 | 20 | — | 63.4 |
| 13 | Dan Fouts | SD | 11 | 206 | 364 | 56.6% | 2,517 | 6.92 | 10 | 15 | — | 70.0 |
| 14 | Phil Simms | NYG | 9 | 163 | 282 | 57.8% | 2,230 | 7.91 | 17 | 9 | — | 90.0 |
| 15 | Dave Krieg | SEA | 12 | 178 | 294 | 60.5% | 2,131 | 7.25 | 23 | 15 | — | 87.6 |
| 16 | Bobby Hebert | NO | 12 | 164 | 294 | 55.8% | 2,119 | 7.21 | 15 | 9 | — | 82.9 |
| 17 | Bill Kenney | KC | 11 | 154 | 273 | 56.4% | 2,107 | 7.72 | 15 | 9 | — | 85.8 |
| 18 | Wade Wilson | MIN | 12 | 140 | 264 | 53.0% | 2,106 | 7.98 | 14 | 13 | — | 76.7 |
| 19 | Marc Wilson | LAA | 15 | 152 | 266 | 57.1% | 2,070 | 7.78 | 12 | 8 | — | 84.6 |
| 20 | Jim Everett | LAN | 11 | 162 | 302 | 53.6% | 2,064 | 6.83 | 10 | 13 | — | 68.4 |
| 21 | Mark Malone | PIT | 12 | 156 | 336 | 46.4% | 1,896 | 5.64 | 6 | 19 | — | 46.7 |
| 22 | Steve DeBerg | TB | 12 | 159 | 275 | 57.8% | 1,891 | 6.88 | 14 | 7 | — | 85.3 |
| 23 | Jay Schroeder | WAS | 11 | 129 | 267 | 48.3% | 1,878 | 7.03 | 12 | 10 | — | 71.0 |
| 24 | Scott Campbell | ATL | 12 | 136 | 260 | 52.3% | 1,728 | 6.65 | 11 | 14 | — | 65.0 |
| 25 | Jim McMahon | CHI | 7 | 125 | 210 | 59.5% | 1,639 | 7.81 | 12 | 8 | — | 87.4 |
| 26 | Jack Trudeau | IND | 10 | 128 | 229 | 55.9% | 1,587 | 6.93 | 6 | 6 | — | 75.4 |
| 27 | Randy Wright | GB | 9 | 132 | 247 | 53.4% | 1,507 | 6.10 | 6 | 11 | — | 61.6 |
| 28 | Mike Tomczak | CHI | 12 | 97 | 178 | 54.5% | 1,220 | 6.85 | 5 | 10 | — | 62.0 |
| 29 | Steve Grogan | NE | 7 | 93 | 161 | 57.8% | 1,183 | 7.35 | 10 | 9 | — | 78.3 |
| 30 | Doug Williams | WAS | 5 | 81 | 143 | 56.6% | 1,156 | 8.08 | 11 | 5 | — | 94.0 |
| 31 | Gary Hogeboom | IND | 6 | 99 | 168 | 58.9% | 1,145 | 6.82 | 9 | 5 | — | 85.0 |
| 32 | Vinny Testaverde | TB | 6 | 71 | 165 | 43.0% | 1,081 | 6.55 | 5 | 6 | — | 60.2 |
| 33 | Jeff Rutledge | NYG | 13 | 79 | 155 | 51.0% | 1,048 | 6.76 | 5 | 11 | — | 53.9 |
| 34 | Tom Ramsey | NE | 9 | 71 | 134 | 53.0% | 898 | 6.70 | 6 | 6 | — | 70.4 |
| 35 | Don Majkowski | GB | 7 | 55 | 127 | 43.3% | 875 | 6.89 | 5 | 3 | — | 70.2 |
| 36 | Brent Pease | HOO | 7 | 56 | 113 | 49.6% | 728 | 6.44 | 3 | 5 | — | 60.6 |
| 37 | Rusty Hilger | LAA | 5 | 55 | 106 | 51.9% | 706 | 6.66 | 2 | 6 | — | 55.8 |
| 38 | Steve Dils | LAN | 15 | 56 | 114 | 49.1% | 646 | 5.67 | 5 | 4 | — | 66.6 |
| 39 | Steve Pelluer | DAL | 12 | 55 | 101 | 54.5% | 642 | 6.36 | 3 | 2 | — | 75.6 |
| 40 | Scott Tinsley | PHI | 3 | 48 | 86 | 55.8% | 637 | 7.41 | 3 | 4 | — | 71.7 |
| 41 | Vince Evans | LAA | 3 | 39 | 83 | 47.0% | 630 | 7.59 | 5 | 4 | — | 72.9 |
| 42 | Ken Karcher | DEN | 3 | 56 | 102 | 54.9% | 628 | 6.16 | 5 | 4 | — | 73.5 |
| 43 | Tony Adams | MIN | 3 | 49 | 89 | 55.1% | 607 | 6.82 | 3 | 5 | — | 64.2 |
| 44 | Kyle Mackey | MIA | 3 | 57 | 109 | 52.3% | 604 | 5.54 | 3 | 5 | — | 58.8 |
| 45 | John Fourcade | NO | 3 | 48 | 89 | 53.9% | 597 | 6.71 | 4 | 3 | — | 75.9 |
| 46 | Steve Young | SF | 8 | 37 | 69 | 53.6% | 570 | 8.26 | 10 | 0 | — | 120.8 |
| 47 | Alan Risher | GB | 3 | 44 | 74 | 59.5% | 564 | 7.62 | 3 | 3 | — | 80.0 |
| 48 | Erik Kramer | ATL | 3 | 45 | 92 | 48.9% | 559 | 6.08 | 4 | 5 | — | 60.0 |
| 49 | Todd Hons | DET | 3 | 43 | 92 | 46.7% | 552 | 6.00 | 5 | 5 | — | 61.5 |
| 50 | Chris Miller | ATL | 3 | 39 | 92 | 42.4% | 552 | 6.00 | 1 | 9 | — | 26.5 |
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