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Rk Tm Age G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1 Fran Tarkenton MIN 38 16 16 8-7-1 345 572 60.3 3468 25 4.4 32 5.6 58 6.1 4.4 10.1 216.8 68.9 27 254 5.37 3.80 4.5 2 1
2 Jim Hart STL 34 15 15 6-9-0 240 477 50.3 3121 16 3.4 18 3.8 74 6.5 5.5 13.0 208.1 66.7 20 166 5.95 4.96 4.0 0 1
3 Archie Manning* NOR 29 16 16 7-9-0 291 471 61.8 3416 17 3.6 16 3.4 71 7.3 6.4 11.7 213.5 81.7 37 301 6.13 5.38 7.3 2 4
4 Pat Haden RAM 25 16 16 12-4-0 229 444 51.6 2995 13 2.9 19 4.3 68 6.7 5.4 13.1 187.2 65.1 32 216 5.84 4.59 6.7 3 6
5 Jim Zorn SEA 25 16 16 9-7-0 248 443 56.0 3283 15 3.4 20 4.5 64 7.4 6.1 13.2 205.2 72.1 44 284 6.16 4.93 9.0 3 4
6 Roger Staubach* DAL 36 15 15 11-4-0 231 413 55.9 3190 25 6.1 16 3.9 91 7.7 7.2 13.8 212.7 84.9 32 219 6.68 6.18 7.2 1 3
7 Ken Stabler OAK 33 16 16 9-7-0 237 406 58.4 2944 16 3.9 30 7.4 49 7.3 4.7 12.4 184.0 63.3 37 347 5.86 3.54 8.4 3 3
8 Brian Sipe CLE 29 16 16 8-8-0 222 399 55.6 2906 21 5.3 15 3.8 69 7.3 6.6 13.1 181.6 80.7 29 229 6.25 5.66 6.8 2 2
9 Ron Jaworski PHI 27 16 16 9-7-0 206 398 51.8 2487 16 4.0 16 4.0 56 6.2 5.2 12.1 155.4 67.9 41 288 5.01 4.10 9.3 1 2
10 Joe Theismann WAS 29 16 14 7-7-0 187 390 47.9 2593 13 3.3 18 4.6 63 6.6 5.2 13.9 162.1 61.6 42 391 5.10 3.82 9.7 2 2
11 Dan Fouts SDG 27 15 14 9-5-0 224 381 58.8 2999 24 6.3 20 5.2 55 7.9 6.8 13.4 199.9 83.0 22 130 7.12 6.08 5.5 1 2
12 Steve Bartkowski ATL 26 14 13 8-5-0 187 369 50.7 2489 10 2.7 18 4.9 71 6.7 5.1 13.3 177.8 61.1 39 349 5.25 3.75 9.6 5 6
13 Terry Bradshaw*+ PIT 30 16 16 14-2-0 207 368 56.3 2915 28 7.6 20 5.4 70 7.9 7.0 14.1 182.2 84.7 21 222 6.92 6.05 5.4 2 2
14 Dan Pastorini HOU 29 16 16 10-6-0 199 368 54.1 2473 16 4.3 17 4.6 80 6.7 5.5 12.4 154.6 70.4 15 123 6.14 4.97 3.9 6 7
15 Steve Grogan NWE 25 16 16 11-5-0 181 362 50.0 2824 15 4.1 23 6.4 75 7.8 5.8 15.6 176.5 63.6 21 184 6.89 4.97 5.5 3 6
16 Gary Danielson DET 27 16 11 6-5-0 199 351 56.7 2294 18 5.1 17 4.8 47 6.5 5.4 11.5 143.4 73.5 25 237 5.47 4.39 6.6 1 1
17 Joe Ferguson BUF 28 16 16 5-11-0 175 330 53.0 2136 16 4.8 15 4.5 92 6.5 5.4 12.2 133.5 70.5 29 243 5.27 4.28 8.1 1 1
18 David Whitehurst GNB 23 16 16 8-7-1 168 328 51.2 2093 10 3.0 17 5.2 58 6.4 4.7 12.5 130.8 59.9 35 258 5.06 3.50 9.6 1 1
19 Ken Anderson CIN 29 12 12 4-8-0 173 319 54.2 2219 10 3.1 22 6.9 57 7.0 4.5 12.8 184.9 58.0 30 237 5.68 3.42 8.6 1 1
20 Steve DeBerg SFO 24 12 11 1-10-0 137 302 45.4 1570 8 2.6 22 7.3 58 5.2 2.5 11.5 130.8 40.0 17 156 4.43 1.83 5.3 0 1
21 Joe Pisarcik NYG 26 15 12 4-8-0 143 301 47.5 2096 12 4.0 23 7.6 67 7.0 4.3 14.7 139.7 52.1 28 205 5.75 3.33 8.5
22 Bill Troup BAL 27 12 11 3-8-0 154 296 52.0 1882 10 3.4 21 7.1 67 6.4 3.8 12.2 156.8 53.6 32 340 4.70 2.43 9.8 1 0
23 Mike Livingston KAN 33 14 14 4-10-0 159 290 54.8 1573 5 1.7 13 4.5 44 5.4 3.8 9.9 112.4 57.4 18 171 4.55 2.98 5.8
24 Craig Morton DEN 35 14 13 8-5-0 146 267 54.7 1802 11 4.1 8 3.0 42 6.7 6.2 12.3 128.7 77.0 36 238 5.16 4.70 11.9 1 3
25 Matt Robinson NYJ 23 16 11 6-5-0 124 266 46.6 2002 13 4.9 16 6.0 77 7.5 5.8 16.1 125.1 63.5 28 228 6.03 4.47 9.5 1 1
26 Bob Avellini CHI 25 13 12 4-8-0 141 264 53.4 1718 5 1.9 16 6.1 61 6.5 4.2 12.2 132.2 54.8 26 208 5.21 3.07 9.0 1 2
27 Bob Griese* MIA 33 11 9 6-3-0 148 235 63.0 1791 11 4.7 11 4.7 63 7.6 6.5 12.1 162.8 82.4 18 165 6.43 5.34 7.1 0 1
28 Doug Williams TAM 23 10 10 4-6-0 73 194 37.6 1170 7 3.6 8 4.1 56 6.0 4.9 16.0 117.0 53.4 6 69 5.51 4.41 3.0 1 1
29 John Reaves CIN 28 9 4 0-4-0 74 144 51.4 790 3 2.1 8 5.6 51 5.5 3.4 10.7 87.8 51.6 8 61 4.80 2.82 5.3
Rk Tm Age G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
30 Don Strock MIA 28 16 7 5-2-0 72 135 53.3 825 12 8.9 6 4.4 57 6.1 5.9 11.5 51.6 83.1 9 73 5.22 5.01 6.3
31 Scott Bull SFO 25 16 5 1-4-0 48 121 39.7 651 1 0.8 11 9.1 48 5.4 1.5 13.6 40.7 22.4 22 160 3.43 0.11 15.4
32 Mike Rae TAM 27 6 5 1-4-0 57 118 48.3 705 4 3.4 7 5.9 33 6.0 4.0 12.4 117.5 53.8 37 288 2.69 1.17 23.9
33 Richard Todd NYJ 25 5 5 2-3-0 60 107 56.1 849 6 5.6 10 9.3 49 7.9 4.9 14.2 169.8 61.6 15 122 5.96 3.25 12.3 1 1
34 James Harris SDG 31 9 2 0-2-0 42 88 47.7 518 2 2.3 9 10.2 34 5.9 1.7 12.3 57.6 34.4 8 43 4.95 1.15 8.3
35 Norris Weese DEN 27 13 1 1-0-0 55 87 63.2 723 4 4.6 5 5.7 31 8.3 6.6 13.1 55.6 80.8 12 94 6.35 4.89 12.1 0 0
36 Mike Phipps CHI 31 6 4 3-1-0 44 83 53.0 465 2 2.4 10 12.0 35 5.6 0.7 10.6 77.5 38.1 6 55 4.61 0.00 6.7
37 Tony Adams KAN 28 16 2 0-2-0 44 79 55.7 415 2 2.5 3 3.8 26 5.3 4.1 9.4 25.9 63.0 3 27 4.73 3.57 3.7
38 June Jones ATL 25 7 3 1-2-0 34 79 43.0 394 1 1.3 4 5.1 38 5.0 3.0 11.6 56.3 41.9 17 132 2.73 1.06 17.7 1 1
39 Greg Landry DET 32 5 5 1-4-0 48 77 62.3 452 1 1.3 1 1.3 20 5.9 5.5 9.4 90.4 77.4 21 205 2.52 2.27 21.4
40 Billy Kilmer WAS 39 5 2 1-1-0 23 46 50.0 316 4 8.7 3 6.5 50 6.9 5.7 13.7 63.2 74.2 4 22 5.88 4.78 8.0
41 Bill Munson BUF 37 4 0 24 43 55.8 328 4 9.3 2 4.7 43 7.6 7.4 13.7 82.0 92.0 0 0 7.63 7.40 0.0
42 Bert Jones BAL 27 3 3 2-1-0 27 42 64.3 370 4 9.5 1 2.4 78 8.8 9.6 13.7 123.3 114.2 6 62 6.42 7.15 12.5 1 1
43 Mike Kirkland BAL 24 16 2 0-2-0 19 41 46.3 211 1 2.4 8 19.5 34 5.1 -3.1 11.1 13.2 30.7 11 78 2.56 -3.98 21.2
44 Jerry Golsteyn NYG 24 7 2 1-1-0 12 40 30.0 110 0 0.0 1 2.5 20 2.8 1.6 9.2 15.7 29.2 8 62 1.00 0.06 16.7 1 1
45 Randy Dean NYG 23 6 2 1-1-0 19 39 48.7 188 1 2.6 3 7.7 48 4.8 1.9 9.9 31.3 39.3 2 16 4.20 1.39 4.9
46 Mark Miller CLE 22 8 0 13 39 33.3 212 1 2.6 4 10.3 44 5.4 1.3 16.3 26.5 21.5 5 47 3.75 0.11 11.4
47 Craig Penrose DEN 25 4 2 1-1-0 16 37 43.2 185 2 5.4 4 10.8 29 5.0 1.2 11.6 46.3 37.4 0 0 5.00 1.22 0.0
48 Gary Huff TAM 27 6 0 15 36 41.7 169 1 2.8 3 8.3 31 4.7 1.5 11.3 28.2 30.9 5 54 2.80 0.00 12.2
49 Danny White DAL 26 16 1 1-0-0 20 34 58.8 215 0 0.0 1 2.9 35 6.3 5.0 10.8 13.4 65.2 1 10 5.86 4.57 2.9 0 1
50 Steve Pisarkiewicz STL 25 3 1 0-1-0 10 29 34.5 164 0 0.0 3 10.3 40 5.7 1.0 16.4 54.7 14.8 2 20 4.65 0.29 6.5
51 David Humm OAK 26 16 0 14 26 53.8 151 0 0.0 1 3.8 23 5.8 4.1 10.8 9.4 55.1 2 21 4.64 3.04 7.1
52 Tom Owen NWE 26 2 0 15 26 57.7 182 0 0.0 2 7.7 23 7.0 3.5 12.1 91.0 47.3 3 22 5.52 2.41 10.3
53 Steve Myer SEA 24 4 0 11 22 50.0 94 0 0.0 2 9.1 17 4.3 0.2 8.5 23.5 23.7 0 0 4.27 0.18 0.0
54 Vince Ferragamo RAM 24 9 0 7 20 35.0 114 0 0.0 2 10.0 28 5.7 1.2 16.3 12.7 15.4 2 19 4.32 0.23 9.1
55 Tommy Kramer MIN 23 4 0 5 16 31.3 50 0 0.0 1 6.3 19 3.1 0.3 10.0 12.5 15.1 1 11 2.29 -0.35 5.9 0 1
56 Dave Mays BUF 29 1 0 4 15 26.7 39 1 6.7 0 0.0 19 2.6 3.9 9.8 39.0 61.8 1 11 1.75 3.00 6.3
57 Pat Ryan NYJ 23 2 0 9 14 64.3 106 0 0.0 2 14.3 18 7.6 1.1 11.8 53.0 47.6 0 0 7.57 1.14 0.0
58 Dennis Sproul GNB 22 6 0 5 13 38.5 87 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 6.7 6.7 17.4 14.5 62.0 1 7 5.71 5.71 7.1
59 Bobby Douglass GNB 31 12 0 5 12 41.7 90 1 8.3 1 8.3 30 7.5 5.4 18.0 7.5 61.1 1 9 6.23 4.31 7.7
Rk Tm Age G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
60 Mike Kruczek PIT 25 9 0 5 11 45.5 46 0 0.0 2 18.2 21 4.2 -4.0 9.2 5.1 17.8 4 40 0.40 -5.60 26.7
61 Freddie Solomon SFO 25 16 15 5 10 50.0 85 0 0.0 1 10.0 30 8.5 4.0 17.0 5.3 39.6 3 34 3.92 0.46 23.1
62 Guy Benjamin MIA 23 3 0 6 8 75.0 91 1 12.5 1 12.5 43 11.4 8.3 15.2 30.3 112.0 0 0 11.38 8.25 0.0
63 Cliff Olander SDG 23 9 0 5 8 62.5 49 0 0.0 1 12.5 22 6.1 0.5 9.8 5.4 40.1 2 18 3.10 -1.40 20.0
64 Mike Boryla TAM 27 1 1 0-1-0 2 5 40.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.0 3.0 7.5 15.0 47.9 4 57 -4.67 -4.67 44.4
65 Louis Carter TAM 25 16 0 2 5 40.0 87 0 0.0 0 0.0 66 17.4 17.4 43.5 5.4 87.5 0 0 17.40 17.40 0.0
66 Bobby Scott NOR 29 1 0 3 5 60.0 36 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 7.2 7.2 12.0 36.0 82.1 0 0 7.20 7.20 0.0
67 Rob Hertel CIN 23 3 0 1 4 25.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 2.3 2.3 9.0 3.0 39.6 0 0 2.25 2.25 0.0
68 Bob Lee MIN 33 3 0 2 4 50.0 10 0 0.0 1 25.0 6 2.5 -8.8 5.0 3.3 16.7 2 20 -1.67 -9.17 33.3
69 Gifford Nielsen HOU 24 2 0 2 4 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.2 2 12 -2.00 -2.00 33.3
70 Joe Washington BAL 25 16 12 2 4 50.0 80 2 50.0 0 0.0 54 20.0 30.0 40.0 5.0 135.4 0 0 20.00 30.00 0.0
71 Vince Evans CHI 23 3 0 1 3 33.3 38 0 0.0 1 33.3 38 12.7 -2.3 38.0 12.7 42.4 2 25 2.60 -6.40 40.0
72 Dave Green TAM 29 16 0 2 3 66.7 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 8.3 8.3 12.5 1.6 92.4 0 0 8.33 8.33 0.0
73 Archie Griffin CIN 24 16 0 2 3 66.7 21 1 33.3 0 0.0 18 7.0 13.7 10.5 1.3 126.4 0 0 7.00 13.67 0.0
74 Greg Pruitt CLE 27 12 12 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -30.00 0.0
75 David Beverly GNB 28 16 0 2 2 100.0 88 0 0.0 0 0.0 57 44.0 44.0 44.0 5.5 118.7 0 0 44.00 44.00 0.0
76 Mike Bragg WAS 32 16 0 2 2 100.0 69 0 0.0 0 0.0 56 34.5 34.5 34.5 4.3 118.7 0 0 34.50 34.50 0.0
77 Andy Johnson NWE 26 15 13 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
78 James Lofton* GNB 22 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
79 Bruce Threadgill SFO 22 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
80 Bubba Bean ATL 24 15 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
81 Ken Burrough HOU 30 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
82 Dave Casper*+ OAK 27 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
83 Scott Dierking NYJ 23 15 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
84 Tony Dorsett* DAL 24 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
85 Rick Engles PHI 24 6 0 1 1 100.0 -2 0 0.0 0 0.0 -2 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -0.3 79.2 0 0 -2.00 -2.00 0.0
86 Johnny Evans CLE 22 16 0 1 1 100.0 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 19.0 19.0 19.0 1.2 118.7 0 0 19.00 19.00 0.0
87 Roland Harper CHI 25 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
88 Franco Harris* PIT 28 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
89 Ike Harris NOR 26 15 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Rk Tm Age G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
90 Tony Hill* DAL 22 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
91 Dave Jennings* NYG 26 16 0 1 1 100.0 -1 0 0.0 0 0.0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.1 79.2 0 0 -1.00 -1.00 0.0
92 Larry Mallory NYG 26 16 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 2.2 118.7 0 0 35.00 35.00 0.0
93 Lawrence McCutcheon RAM 28 8 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
94 Chuck Muncie NOR 25 13 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
95 Bob Parsons CHI 28 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
96 John Sciarra PHI 24 16 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
97 David Sims SEA 23 12 9 1 1 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 15.0 15.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 15.00 15.00 0.0
98 Tom Skladany DET 23 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
99 Dave Stief STL 22 15 3 1 1 100.0 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 43 43.0 43.0 43.0 2.9 118.7 0 0 43.00 43.00 0.0
100 Mike Strachan NOR 25 15 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
101 Glen Walker RAM 26 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
102 John Walton PHI 31 4 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
103 Herman Weaver SEA 30 16 0 1 1 100.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.6 104.2 0 0 9.00 9.00 0.0
104 Walter White KAN 27 16 16 1 1 100.0 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 44.0 44.0 44.0 2.8 118.7 0 0 44.00 44.00 0.0
105 Delvin Williams*+ MIA 27 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
106 Mike Wood 2TM 24 15 0 1 1 100.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 29.0 29.0 1.9 118.7 0 0 29.00 29.00 0.0