most passing yards per game 1987 nfl

Neil Lomax had the most passing yards per game in 1987, with 282.3 per game.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
282.3
1987
12
275
463
59.4
3,387
7.3
24
12
88.5
5.2
2.6
48
350
2Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
276.8
1987
12
240
440
54.5
3,321
7.5
16
19
73.1
3.6
4.3
26
209
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
270.4
1987
12
263
444
59.2
3,245
7.3
26
13
89.2
5.9
2.9
9
77
4John Elway
J. Elway
266.5
1987
12
224
410
54.6
3,198
7.8
19
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
5Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
252.8
1987
12
241
389
62.0
3,033
7.8
22
9
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
6Phil Simms
P. Simms
247.8
1987
9
163
282
57.8
2,230
7.9
17
9
90.0
6.0
3.2
35
225
7Danny White
D. White
237.9
1987
11
215
362
59.4
2,617
7.2
12
17
73.2
3.3
4.7
44
353
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
234.9
1987
13
266
398
66.8
3,054
7.7
31
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
9Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
234.1
1987
7
125
210
59.5
1,639
7.8
12
8
87.4
5.7
3.8
22
136
10Warren Moon
W. Moon
233.8
1987
12
184
368
50.0
2,806
7.6
21
18
74.2
5.7
4.9
25
198
11Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
233.2
1987
12
250
419
59.7
2,798
6.7
19
11
83.8
4.5
2.6
27
239
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
232.2
1987
12
223
406
54.9
2,786
6.9
23
12
83.0
5.7
3.0
54
380
13Doug Williams
D. Williams
231.2
1987
5
81
143
56.6
1,156
8.1
11
5
94.0
7.7
3.5
7
53
14Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
228.8
1987
11
206
364
56.6
2,517
6.9
10
15
70.0
2.7
4.1
24
176
15Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
224.7
1987
12
234
393
59.5
2,696
6.9
13
8
82.8
3.3
2.0
50
364
16Chuck Long
C. Long
216.5
1987
12
232
416
55.8
2,598
6.2
11
20
63.4
2.6
4.8
17
127
17Scott Tinsley
S. Tinsley
212.3
1987
3
48
86
55.8
637
7.4
3
4
71.7
3.5
4.7
6
55
18Vince Evans
V. Evans
210.0
1987
3
39
83
47.0
630
7.6
5
4
72.9
6.0
4.8
7
38
19Ken Karcher
K. Karcher
209.3
1987
3
56
102
54.9
628
6.2
5
4
73.5
4.9
3.9
5
45
20Tony Adams
T. Adams
202.3
1987
3
49
89
55.1
607
6.8
3
5
64.2
3.4
5.6
18
120
21Kyle Mackey
K. Mackey
201.3
1987
3
57
109
52.3
604
5.5
3
5
58.8
2.8
4.6
4
24
22John Fourcade
J. Fourcade
199.0
1987
3
48
89
53.9
597
6.7
4
3
75.9
4.5
3.4
6
67
23Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
199.0
1987
1
20
36
55.6
199
5.5
0
2
48.3
0.0
5.6
1
6
24Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
191.5
1987
11
154
273
56.4
2,107
7.7
15
9
85.8
5.5
3.3
22
161
25Gary Hogeboom
G. Hogeboom
190.8
1987
6
99
168
58.9
1,145
6.8
9
5
85.0
5.4
3.0
8
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