who led the nfl in passing in 1981

Dan Fouts had the most passing yards in 1981, with 4,802 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
4,802
1981
SD SD
16
360
609
59.1
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
2Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,912
1981
MIN MIN
14
322
593
54.3
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
3Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
3,876
1981
CLE CLE
16
313
567
55.2
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3,829
1981
ATL ATL
16
297
533
55.7
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
37
287
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
3,754
1981
CIN CIN
16
300
479
62.6
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
25
140
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
3,652
1981
BUF BUF
16
252
498
50.6
7.3
228.3
24
20
74.1
4.8
4.0
15
137
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
3,568
1981
WAS WAS
16
293
496
59.1
7.2
223.0
19
20
77.3
3.8
4.0
28
259
8Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,565
1981
SF SF
16
311
488
63.7
7.3
222.8
19
12
88.4
3.9
2.5
26
193
9Doug Williams
D. Williams
3,563
1981
TB TB
16
238
471
50.5
7.6
222.7
19
14
76.8
4.0
3.0
18
135
10Richard Todd
R. Todd
3,231
1981
NYJ NYJ
16
279
497
56.1
6.5
201.9
25
13
81.8
5.0
2.6
30
224
11Craig Morton
C. Morton
3,195
1981
DEN DEN
15
225
376
59.8
8.5
213.0
21
14
90.5
5.6
3.7
54
394
12Danny White
D. White
3,098
1981
DAL DAL
16
223
391
57.0
7.9
193.6
22
13
87.5
5.6
3.3
30
234
13Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
3,095
1981
PHI PHI
16
250
461
54.2
6.7
193.4
23
20
73.8
5.0
4.3
21
197
14Bert Jones
B. Jones
3,094
1981
BAL BAL
15
244
426
57.3
7.3
206.3
21
20
76.9
4.9
4.7
31
263
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,887
1981
PIT PIT
14
201
370
54.3
7.8
206.2
22
14
83.9
5.9
3.8
17
155
16Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
2,788
1981
SEA SEA
13
236
397
59.4
7.0
214.5
13
9
82.4
3.3
2.3
24
201
17Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
2,593
1981
GB GB
13
204
354
57.6
7.3
199.5
17
15
79.0
4.8
4.2
40
298
18David Woodley
D. Woodley
2,470
1981
MIA MIA
15
191
366
52.2
6.7
164.7
12
13
69.8
3.3
3.6
24
191
19Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
2,358
1981
DET DET
16
140
279
50.2
8.5
147.4
14
15
73.4
5.0
5.4
27
208
20Vince Evans
V. Evans
2,354
1981
CHI CHI
16
195
436
44.7
5.4
147.1
11
20
51.1
2.5
4.6
23
173
21Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
2,311
1981
OAK OAK
13
173
366
47.3
6.3
177.8
14
19
58.9
3.8
5.2
30
241
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
2,031
1981
NYG NYG
10
172
316
54.4
6.4
203.1
11
9
74.0
3.5
2.8
38
301
23Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
1,988
1981
HOU HOU
13
165
285
57.9
7.0
152.9
14
18
69.5
4.9
6.3
29
254
24Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
1,983
1981
KC KC
13
147
274
53.6
7.2
152.5
9
16
63.6
3.3
5.8
20
160
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1,859
1981
NE NE
8
117
216
54.2
8.6
232.4
7
16
63.0
3.2
7.4
19
137
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