record for most passing yards in 1987

Neil Lomax had the most passing yards in 1987, with 3,387 yards.

Interpreted as:
record for most passing yards by a player in 1987
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
3,387
1987
STL STL
12
275
463
59.4
7.3
282.3
24
12
88.5
5.2
2.6
48
350
2Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
3,321
1987
CIN CIN
12
240
440
54.5
7.5
276.8
16
19
73.1
3.6
4.3
26
209
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
3,245
1987
MIA MIA
12
263
444
59.2
7.3
270.4
26
13
89.2
5.9
2.9
9
77
4John Elway
J. Elway
3,198
1987
DEN DEN
12
224
410
54.6
7.8
266.5
19
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,054
1987
SF SF
13
266
398
66.8
7.7
234.9
31
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
6Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,033
1987
CLE CLE
12
241
389
62.0
7.8
252.8
22
9
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
2,806
1987
HOU HOU
12
184
368
50.0
7.6
233.8
21
18
74.2
5.7
4.9
25
198
8Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
2,798
1987
BUF BUF
12
250
419
59.7
6.7
233.2
19
11
83.8
4.5
2.6
27
239
9Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
2,786
1987
PHI PHI
12
223
406
54.9
6.9
232.2
23
12
83.0
5.7
3.0
54
380
10Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
2,696
1987
NYJ NYJ
12
234
393
59.5
6.9
224.7
13
8
82.8
3.3
2.0
50
364
11Danny White
D. White
2,617
1987
DAL DAL
11
215
362
59.4
7.2
237.9
12
17
73.2
3.3
4.7
44
353
12Chuck Long
C. Long
2,598
1987
DET DET
12
232
416
55.8
6.2
216.5
11
20
63.4
2.6
4.8
17
127
13Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
2,517
1987
SD SD
11
206
364
56.6
6.9
228.8
10
15
70.0
2.7
4.1
24
176
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
2,230
1987
NYG NYG
9
163
282
57.8
7.9
247.8
17
9
90.0
6.0
3.2
35
225
15Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
2,131
1987
SEA SEA
12
178
294
60.5
7.2
177.6
23
15
87.6
7.8
5.1
27
247
16Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
2,119
1987
NO NO
12
164
294
55.8
7.2
176.6
15
9
82.9
5.1
3.1
20
119
17Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
2,107
1987
KC KC
11
154
273
56.4
7.7
191.5
15
9
85.8
5.5
3.3
22
161
18Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
2,106
1987
MIN MIN
12
140
264
53.0
8.0
175.5
14
13
76.7
5.3
4.9
26
194
19Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
2,070
1987
RAI RAI
15
152
266
57.1
7.8
138.0
12
8
84.6
4.5
3.0
33
238
20Jim Everett
J. Everett
2,064
1987
RAM RAM
11
162
302
53.6
6.8
187.6
10
13
68.4
3.3
4.3
17
139
21Mark Malone
M. Malone
1,896
1987
PIT PIT
12
156
336
46.4
5.6
158.0
6
19
46.7
1.8
5.7
18
151
22Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
1,891
1987
TB TB
12
159
275
57.8
6.9
157.6
14
7
85.3
5.1
2.5
20
185
23Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
1,878
1987
WAS WAS
11
129
267
48.3
7.0
170.7
12
10
71.0
4.5
3.7
17
149
24Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
1,728
1987
ATL ATL
12
136
260
52.3
6.6
144.0
11
14
65.0
4.2
5.4
25
178
25Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,639
1987
CHI CHI
7
125
210
59.5
7.8
234.1
12
8
87.4
5.7
3.8
22
136
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