who led the nfl in passing in 1986

Dan Marino had the most passing yards in 1986, with 4,746 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
4,746
1986
MIA MIA
16
378
623
60.7
7.6
296.6
44
23
92.5
7.1
3.7
17
119
2Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
4,109
1986
WAS WAS
16
276
541
51.0
7.6
256.8
22
22
72.9
4.1
4.1
28
240
3Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
3,959
1986
CIN CIN
16
273
469
58.2
8.4
247.4
24
17
87.7
5.1
3.6
26
194
4Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
3,854
1986
CLE CLE
16
310
531
58.4
7.3
240.9
17
10
83.8
3.2
1.9
39
274
5Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
3,690
1986
NYJ NYJ
15
300
482
62.2
7.7
246.0
25
20
85.8
5.2
4.1
40
353
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3,593
1986
BUF BUF
16
285
480
59.4
7.5
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
3,489
1986
HOU HOU
15
256
488
52.5
7.1
232.6
13
26
62.3
2.7
5.3
41
332
8Phil Simms
P. Simms
3,487
1986
NYG NYG
16
259
468
55.3
7.5
217.9
21
22
74.6
4.5
4.7
45
359
9John Elway
J. Elway
3,485
1986
DEN DEN
16
280
504
55.6
6.9
217.8
19
13
79.0
3.8
2.6
32
233
10Tony Eason
T. Eason
3,328
1986
NE NE
15
276
448
61.6
7.4
221.9
19
10
89.2
4.2
2.2
43
336
11Randy Wright
R. Wright
3,247
1986
GB GB
16
263
492
53.5
6.6
202.9
17
23
66.2
3.5
4.7
33
243
12Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
3,031
1986
SD SD
12
252
430
58.6
7.0
252.6
16
22
71.4
3.7
5.1
21
173
13Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3,000
1986
MIN MIN
13
208
372
55.9
8.1
230.8
24
10
92.6
6.5
2.7
31
178
14Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
2,921
1986
SEA SEA
15
225
375
60.0
7.8
194.7
21
11
91.0
5.6
2.9
35
281
15Steve Pelluer
S. Pelluer
2,727
1986
DAL DAL
16
215
378
56.9
7.2
170.4
8
17
67.9
2.1
4.5
47
362
16Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
2,583
1986
STL STL
14
240
421
57.0
6.1
184.5
13
12
73.6
3.1
2.9
52
381
17Mark Malone
M. Malone
2,444
1986
PIT PIT
14
216
425
50.8
5.8
174.6
15
18
62.5
3.5
4.2
13
97
18Dave Wilson
D. Wilson
2,353
1986
NO NO
14
189
342
55.3
6.9
168.1
10
17
65.8
2.9
5.0
22
191
19Steve Young
S. Young
2,282
1986
TB TB
14
195
363
53.7
6.3
163.0
8
13
65.5
2.2
3.6
47
326
20Joe Montana
J. Montana
2,236
1986
SF SF
8
191
307
62.2
7.3
279.5
8
9
80.7
2.6
2.9
12
95
21Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
2,225
1986
IND IND
12
204
417
48.9
5.3
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
22David Archer
D. Archer
2,007
1986
ATL ATL
11
150
294
51.0
6.8
182.5
10
9
71.6
3.4
3.1
34
249
23Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
1,986
1986
RAI RAI
10
133
252
52.8
7.9
198.6
14
9
82.5
5.6
3.6
27
215
24Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
1,922
1986
KC KC
15
161
308
52.3
6.2
128.1
13
11
70.8
4.2
3.6
25
180
25Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
1,919
1986
DET DET
16
192
305
63.0
6.3
119.9
9
11
75.6
3.0
3.6
21
153
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