what nfl qb had the most completions in the 1980s

From 1980 through 1989, Joe Montana had the most completions by a quarterback, with 2,580 completions.

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	NAME	CMP	GP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	2,580	135	4,036	63.9	30,958	7.7	229.3	215	107	94.0	5.3	2.7	252	1,741
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	2,174	103	3,650	59.6	27,853	7.6	270.4	220	125	89.3	6.0	3.4	83	670
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	2,156	101	3,599	59.9	28,301	7.9	280.2	172	141	84.4	4.8	3.9	169	1,257
4	Phil Simms P. Simms	1,846	112	3,393	54.4	24,492	7.2	218.7	143	123	76.4	4.2	3.6	357	2,632
5	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	1,817	108	3,153	57.6	22,771	7.2	210.8	136	90	82.7	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
6	Danny White D. White	1,705	106	2,847	59.9	21,229	7.5	200.3	152	126	82.4	5.3	4.4	233	1,997
7	John Elway J. Elway	1,665	100	3,070	54.2	21,195	6.9	212.0	120	114	73.6	3.9	3.7	207	1,589
8	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	1,661	102	3,009	55.2	20,903	6.9	204.9	131	128	73.8	4.4	4.3	204	1,270
9	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	1,644	103	2,843	57.8	20,858	7.3	202.5	169	116	83.7	5.9	4.1	269	2,158
10	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	1,634	124	2,855	57.2	19,824	6.9	159.9	118	128	73.8	4.1	4.5	189	1,573
11	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	1,571	118	2,875	54.6	20,132	7.0	170.6	126	107	75.9	4.4	3.7	224	1,774
12	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	1,471	82	2,467	59.6	17,589	7.1	214.5	96	68	83.0	3.9	2.8	261	1,942
13	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1,442	84	2,439	59.1	17,442	7.2	207.6	110	85	81.7	4.5	3.5	208	1,661
14	Warren Moon W. Moon	1,339	84	2,441	54.9	18,300	7.5	217.9	101	99	75.9	4.1	4.1	206	1,654
15	Bill Kenney B. Kenney	1,330	106	2,430	54.7	17,277	7.1	163.0	105	86	77.0	4.3	3.5	195	1,487
16	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	1,305	77	2,196	59.4	15,995	7.3	207.7	109	69	85.4	5.0	3.1	212	1,678
17	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	1,304	81	2,249	58.0	17,771	7.9	219.4	116	119	78.5	5.2	5.3	204	1,585
18	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	1,298	90	2,398	54.1	15,246	6.4	169.4	104	113	68.5	4.3	4.7	121	1,175
19	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	1,296	85	2,285	56.7	18,350	8.0	215.9	126	76	87.3	5.5	3.3	155	1,277
20	Richard Todd R. Todd	1,181	74	2,099	56.3	14,368	6.8	194.2	88	100	71.6	4.2	4.8	171	1,347
21	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	1,134	65	1,940	58.5	13,888	7.2	213.7	75	47	83.4	3.9	2.4	139	888
22	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1,084	73	1,690	64.1	12,808	7.6	175.5	72	59	86.8	4.3	3.5	127	866
23	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	1,050	78	1,831	57.3	13,335	7.3	171.0	77	66	79.2	4.2	3.6	174	1,057
24	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	1,042	53	1,802	57.8	12,638	7.0	238.5	77	70	77.6	4.3	3.9	97	877
25	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	1,032	57	1,742	59.2	12,901	7.4	226.3	81	63	82.7	4.6	3.6	130	1,014

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