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1986 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 1986 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Dan Marino led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1986, with 4,746. Dan Marino also led in passing touchdowns (44), passing yards per game (296.6) and touchdown percentage (7.1%). Warren Moon had the most interceptions thrown, 26.

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The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.

Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Dan Marino 4,746
  2. 2 Jay Schroeder 4,109
  3. 3 Boomer Esiason 3,959
  4. 4 Bernie Kosar 3,854
  5. 5 Ken O'Brien 3,690
  6. 6 Jim Kelly 3,593
  7. 7 Warren Moon 3,489
  8. 8 Phil Simms 3,487
  9. 9 John Elway 3,485
  10. 10 Tony Eason 3,328

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Dan Marino 44
  2. 2 Ken O'Brien 25
  3. 3 Boomer Esiason 24
  4. 3 Tommy Kramer 24
  5. 5 Jim Kelly 22
  6. 5 Jay Schroeder 22
  7. 7 Phil Simms 21
  8. 7 Dave Krieg 21
  9. 9 John Elway 19
  10. 9 Tony Eason 19

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Tommy Kramer 92.6
  2. 2 Dan Marino 92.5
  3. 3 Dave Krieg 91.0
  4. 4 Tony Eason 89.2
  5. 5 Boomer Esiason 87.7
  6. 6 Ken O'Brien 85.8
  7. 7 Bernie Kosar 83.8
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 83.3
  9. 9 Jim Plunkett 82.5
  10. 10 Joe Montana 80.7

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Boomer Esiason 8.44
  2. 2 Tommy Kramer 8.06
  3. 3 Jim Plunkett 7.88
  4. 4 Dave Krieg 7.79
  5. 5 Ken O'Brien 7.66
  6. 6 Dan Marino 7.62
  7. 7 Jay Schroeder 7.60
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 7.49
  9. 9 Phil Simms 7.45
  10. 10 Tony Eason 7.43

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 Eric Hipple 63.0%
  2. 2 Ken O'Brien 62.2%
  3. 3 Joe Montana 62.2%
  4. 4 Tony Eason 61.6%
  5. 5 Dan Marino 60.7%
  6. 6 Dave Krieg 60.0%
  7. 7 Jim Kelly 59.4%
  8. 8 Dan Fouts 58.6%
  9. 9 Bernie Kosar 58.4%
  10. 10 Boomer Esiason 58.2%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Dan Marino 296.6
  2. 2 Joe Montana 279.5
  3. 3 Jay Schroeder 256.8
  4. 4 Dan Fouts 252.6
  5. 5 Boomer Esiason 247.4
  6. 6 Ken O'Brien 246.0
  7. 7 Bernie Kosar 240.9
  8. 8 Warren Moon 232.6
  9. 9 Tommy Kramer 230.8
  10. 10 Jim Kelly 224.6

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 Dan Marino 378
  2. 2 Bernie Kosar 310
  3. 3 Ken O'Brien 300
  4. 4 Jim Kelly 285
  5. 5 John Elway 280
  6. 6 Jay Schroeder 276
  7. 6 Tony Eason 276
  8. 8 Boomer Esiason 273
  9. 9 Randy Wright 263
  10. 10 Phil Simms 259

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Dan Marino 623
  2. 2 Jay Schroeder 541
  3. 3 Bernie Kosar 531
  4. 4 John Elway 504
  5. 5 Randy Wright 492
  6. 6 Warren Moon 488
  7. 7 Ken O'Brien 482
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 480
  9. 9 Boomer Esiason 469
  10. 10 Phil Simms 468

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Dan Marino 7.1%
  2. 2 Tommy Kramer 6.5%
  3. 3 Dave Krieg 5.6%
  4. 4 Jim Plunkett 5.6%
  5. 5 Ken O'Brien 5.2%
  6. 6 Boomer Esiason 5.1%
  7. 7 Marc Wilson 5.0%
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 4.6%
  9. 9 Phil Simms 4.5%
  10. 10 Tony Eason 4.2%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Warren Moon 26
  2. 2 Dan Marino 23
  3. 2 Randy Wright 23
  4. 4 Jay Schroeder 22
  5. 4 Phil Simms 22
  6. 4 Dan Fouts 22
  7. 7 Ken O'Brien 20
  8. 8 Mark Malone 18
  9. 8 Jack Trudeau 18
  10. 10 Boomer Esiason 17

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Bernie Kosar 1.9%
  2. 2 Tony Eason 2.2%
  3. 3 Ron Jaworski 2.4%
  4. 4 John Elway 2.6%
  5. 5 Tommy Kramer 2.7%
  6. 6 Neil Lomax 2.9%
  7. 7 Joe Montana 2.9%
  8. 8 Dave Krieg 2.9%
  9. 9 David Archer 3.1%
  10. 10 Jim Kelly 3.5%

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Randall Cunningham 540
  2. 2 Steve Young 425
  3. 3 David Archer 298
  4. 4 John Elway 257
  5. 5 Steve Pelluer 255
  6. 6 Jim Kelly 199
  7. 7 Tony Eason 170
  8. 8 Warren Moon 157
  9. 9 Jim McMahon 152
  10. 10 Neil Lomax 148

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Randall Cunningham 5
  2. 1 Mark Malone 5
  3. 1 Steve Young 5
  4. 4 Mike Tomczak 3
  5. 5 Warren Moon 2
  6. 6 Steve DeBerg 1
  7. 6 John Elway 1
  8. 6 Boomer Esiason 1
  9. 6 Steve Pelluer 1
  10. 6 Jay Schroeder 1

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Steve Young 74
  2. 2 Randall Cunningham 66
  3. 3 John Elway 52
  4. 3 David Archer 52
  5. 5 Boomer Esiason 44
  6. 6 Phil Simms 43
  7. 7 Warren Moon 42
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 41
  9. 8 Steve Pelluer 41
  10. 10 Jay Schroeder 36

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