Steve Dils had the most passing yards per game in 1981, with 303.5 per game.

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Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Dils S. Dils	303.5	1981	MIN	2	54	102	52.9	607	6.0	1	2	66.1	1.0	2.0	8	66
2	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	300.1	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	4,802	7.9	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
3	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	279.4	1981	MIN	14	322	593	54.3	3,912	6.6	26	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
4	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	242.3	1981	CLE	16	313	567	55.2	3,876	6.8	17	25	68.2	3.0	4.4	34	310
5	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	239.3	1981	ATL	16	297	533	55.7	3,829	7.2	30	23	79.2	5.6	4.3	37	287
6	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	234.6	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	3,754	7.8	29	10	98.4	6.1	2.1	25	140
7	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	232.4	1981	NE	8	117	216	54.2	1,859	8.6	7	16	63.0	3.2	7.4	19	137
8	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	228.3	1981	BUF	16	252	498	50.6	3,652	7.3	24	20	74.1	4.8	4.0	15	137
9	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	223.0	1981	WAS	16	293	496	59.1	3,568	7.2	19	20	77.3	3.8	4.0	28	259
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	222.8	1981	SF	16	311	488	63.7	3,565	7.3	19	12	88.4	3.9	2.5	26	193
11	Doug Williams D. Williams	222.7	1981	TB	16	238	471	50.5	3,563	7.6	19	14	76.8	4.0	3.0	18	135
12	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	214.5	1981	SEA	13	236	397	59.4	2,788	7.0	13	9	82.4	3.3	2.3	24	201
13	Craig Morton C. Morton	213.0	1981	DEN	15	225	376	59.8	3,195	8.5	21	14	90.5	5.6	3.7	54	394
14	Bert Jones B. Jones	206.3	1981	BAL	15	244	426	57.3	3,094	7.3	21	20	76.9	4.9	4.7	31	263
15	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	206.2	1981	PIT	14	201	370	54.3	2,887	7.8	22	14	83.9	5.9	3.8	17	155
16	Phil Simms P. Simms	203.1	1981	NYG	10	172	316	54.4	2,031	6.4	11	9	74.0	3.5	2.8	38	301
17	Richard Todd R. Todd	201.9	1981	NYJ	16	279	497	56.1	3,231	6.5	25	13	81.8	5.0	2.6	30	224
18	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	199.5	1981	GB	13	204	354	57.6	2,593	7.3	17	15	79.0	4.8	4.2	40	298
19	Danny White D. White	193.6	1981	DAL	16	223	391	57.0	3,098	7.9	22	13	87.5	5.6	3.3	30	234
20	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	193.4	1981	PHI	16	250	461	54.2	3,095	6.7	23	20	73.8	5.0	4.3	21	197
21	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	177.8	1981	OAK	13	173	366	47.3	2,311	6.3	14	19	58.9	3.8	5.2	30	241
22	Jim Hart J. Hart	169.4	1981	STL	10	134	241	55.6	1,694	7.0	11	14	68.7	4.6	5.8	16	119
23	David Woodley D. Woodley	164.7	1981	MIA	15	191	366	52.2	2,470	6.7	12	13	69.8	3.3	3.6	24	191
24	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	152.9	1981	HOU	13	165	285	57.9	1,988	7.0	14	18	69.5	4.9	6.3	29	254
25	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	152.5	1981	KC	13	147	274	53.6	1,983	7.2	9	16	63.6	3.3	5.8	20	160

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