nfl passing yards per game leaders 1981

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

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