Quarterbacks gained 132.5 passing yards per game in 1986.
| NAME | POSITION | YDS/G | SEASON | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | K. Anderson | Quarterback | 21.4 | 1986 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 171 | 7.4 | 1 | 2 | 51.2 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | | D. Archer | Quarterback | 182.5 | 1986 | 11 | 150 | 294 | 51.0 | 2,007 | 6.8 | 10 | 9 | 71.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 34 | 249 |
| 3 | | K. Austin | Quarterback | 0.0 | 1986 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | | S. Bartkowski | Quarterback | 109.0 | 1986 | 6 | 61 | 126 | 48.4 | 654 | 5.2 | 2 | 3 | 59.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 11 | 84 |
| 5 | | T. Blackledge | Quarterback | 120.0 | 1986 | 10 | 96 | 211 | 45.5 | 1,200 | 5.7 | 10 | 6 | 67.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 25 | 192 |
| 6 | | S. Bono | Quarterback | 3.0 | 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | B. Brister | Quarterback | 145.5 | 1986 | 2 | 21 | 60 | 35.0 | 291 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | 37.6 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 57 |
| 8 | | S. Campbell | Quarterback | 1.8 | 1986 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | | M. Cavanaugh | Quarterback | 39.7 | 1986 | 10 | 28 | 58 | 48.3 | 397 | 6.8 | 2 | 4 | 53.6 | 3.4 | 6.9 | 9 | 56 |
| 10 | | R. Collier | Quarterback | 24.0 | 1986 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 96 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | 55.8 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | | R. Cunningham | Quarterback | 92.7 | 1986 | 15 | 111 | 209 | 53.1 | 1,391 | 6.7 | 8 | 7 | 72.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 72 | 489 |
| 12 | | S. DeBerg | Quarterback | 38.1 | 1986 | 16 | 50 | 96 | 52.1 | 610 | 6.4 | 5 | 12 | 49.7 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 9 | 68 |
| 13 | | S. Dils | Quarterback | 46.2 | 1986 | 15 | 59 | 129 | 45.7 | 693 | 5.4 | 4 | 4 | 60.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 7 | 44 |
| 14 | | T. Eason | Quarterback | 221.9 | 1986 | 15 | 276 | 448 | 61.6 | 3,328 | 7.4 | 19 | 10 | 89.2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 43 | 336 |
| 15 |  | J. Elway | Quarterback | 217.8 | 1986 | 16 | 280 | 504 | 55.6 | 3,485 | 6.9 | 19 | 13 | 79.0 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 32 | 233 |
| 16 | | B. Esiason | Quarterback | 247.4 | 1986 | 16 | 273 | 469 | 58.2 | 3,959 | 8.4 | 24 | 17 | 87.7 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 26 | 194 |
| 17 | | J. Everett | Quarterback | 169.7 | 1986 | 6 | 73 | 147 | 49.7 | 1,018 | 6.9 | 8 | 8 | 67.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 8 | 50 |
| 18 | | J. Ferguson | Quarterback | 156.8 | 1986 | 6 | 73 | 155 | 47.1 | 941 | 6.1 | 7 | 7 | 62.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 10 | 101 |
| 19 | | V. Ferragamo | Quarterback | 94.3 | 1986 | 3 | 23 | 40 | 57.5 | 283 | 7.1 | 1 | 3 | 56.6 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 15 |
| 20 | | T. Flick | Quarterback | 32.8 | 1986 | 11 | 33 | 73 | 45.2 | 361 | 4.9 | 2 | 8 | 29.9 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 6 | 49 |
| 21 | | D. Flutie | Quarterback | 90.3 | 1986 | 4 | 23 | 46 | 50.0 | 361 | 7.8 | 3 | 2 | 80.1 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 30 |
| 22 |  | D. Fouts | Quarterback | 252.6 | 1986 | 12 | 252 | 430 | 58.6 | 3,031 | 7.0 | 16 | 22 | 71.4 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 21 | 173 |
| 23 | | S. Fuller | Quarterback | 28.2 | 1986 | 16 | 34 | 64 | 53.1 | 451 | 7.0 | 2 | 4 | 60.1 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 8 | 53 |
| 24 | | C. Fusina | Quarterback | 25.4 | 1986 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 178 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 61.7 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | | D. Gaynor | Quarterback | 30.0 | 1986 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 132.5 | 760 | 7,993 | 14,413 | 55.5 | 100,678 | 7.0 | 576 | 576 | 74.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1,191 | 9,002 | ||||
| Average | 132.5 | 9.7 | 102.5 | 184.8 | 55.5 | 1290.7 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 74.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 15.3 | 115.4 | ||||
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