who led the nfl in passing in 1987

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

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Neil 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
2 Boomer 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
3 Dan 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
4 John 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
5 Joe 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
6 Bernie 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
7 Warren 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
8 Jim 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
9 Randall 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
10 Ken 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
11 Danny 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
12 Chuck 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
13 Dan 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
14 Phil 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
15 Dave 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
16 Bobby 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
17 Bill 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
18 Wade 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
19 Marc 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
20 Jim 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
21 Mark 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
22 Steve 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
23 Jay 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
24 Scott 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
25 Jim 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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