| Name | Team | Att | Comp | Yards | TD | Int | Avg/Att | Comp % | TD % | Int % | Rating | ||||
| Stabler | Houston | 279 | 158 | 2127 | 18 | 9 | 7.62 | 56.6% | 6.45% | 3.23% | 1.3315 | 1.1559 | 1.2903 | 1.5685 | 89.1 |
| Anderson | Cincinnati | 313 | 182 | 2157 | 18 | 9 | 6.89 | 58.1% | 5.75% | 2.88% | 1.4073 | 0.9728 | 1.1502 | 1.6562 | 86.4 |
| Jones | Baltimore | 323 | 183 | 2306 | 15 | 7 | 7.14 | 56.7% | 4.64% | 2.17% | 1.3328 | 1.0348 | 0.9288 | 1.8332 | 85.5 |
| Sipe | Cleveland | 365 | 193 | 2334 | 20 | 13 | 6.39 | 52.9% | 5.48% | 3.56% | 1.1438 | 0.8486 | 1.0959 | 1.4846 | 76.2 |
| Kenney | Kansas City | 259 | 140 | 1863 | 10 | 10 | 7.19 | 54.1% | 3.86% | 3.86% | 1.2027 | 1.0483 | 0.7722 | 1.4097 | 73.9 |
| Woodley | Miami | 254 | 129 | 1503 | 13 | 8 | 5.92 | 50.8% | 5.12% | 3.15% | 1.0394 | 0.7293 | 1.0236 | 1.5876 | 73.0 |
| Fouts | San Diego | 397 | 196 | 2607 | 14 | 15 | 6.57 | 49.4% | 3.53% | 3.78% | 0.9685 | 0.8917 | 0.7053 | 1.4304 | 66.6 |
| Morton | Denver | 277 | 145 | 1837 | 10 | 13 | 6.63 | 52.3% | 3.61% | 4.69% | 1.1173 | 0.9079 | 0.7220 | 1.2017 | 65.8 |
| Ferguson | Buffalo | 347 | 172 | 2220 | 14 | 15 | 6.40 | 49.6% | 4.03% | 4.32% | 0.9784 | 0.8494 | 0.8069 | 1.2943 | 65.5 |
| Zorn | Seattle | 359 | 161 | 1947 | 15 | 10 | 5.42 | 44.8% | 4.18% | 2.79% | 0.7423 | 0.6058 | 0.8357 | 1.6786 | 64.4 |
| Bradshaw | Pittsburgh | 293 | 128 | 1878 | 11 | 11 | 6.41 | 43.7% | 3.75% | 3.75% | 0.6843 | 0.8524 | 0.7509 | 1.4364 | 62.1 |
| Cavanaugh | New England | 337 | 164 | 2241 | 16 | 22 | 6.65 | 48.7% | 4.75% | 6.53% | 0.9332 | 0.9125 | 0.9496 | 0.7430 | 59.0 |
| Todd | NY(A) | 274 | 121 | 1364 | 7 | 9 | 4.98 | 44.2% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 0.7080 | 0.4945 | 0.5109 | 1.5538 | 54.5 |
| Wilson | Oakland | 301 | 124 | 1342 | 5 | 14 | 4.46 | 41.2% | 1.66% | 4.65% | 0.5598 | 0.3646 | 0.3322 | 1.2122 | 41.1 |
| Thompson | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 39.00 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.5000 | 9.0000 | 20.0000 | 2.3750 | 581.3 |
| Nielsen | Houston | 21 | 12 | 182 | 3 | 1 | 8.67 | 57.1% | 14.29% | 4.76% | 1.3571 | 1.4167 | 2.8571 | 1.1845 | 113.6 |
| Strock | Miami | 46 | 24 | 225 | 2 | 0 | 4.89 | 52.2% | 4.35% | 0.00% | 1.1087 | 0.4728 | 0.8696 | 2.3750 | 80.4 |
| DeBerg | Denver | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.5% | 9.09% | 0.00% | 1.2273 | -0.7500 | 1.8182 | 2.3750 | 77.8 |
| Krieg | Seattle | 16 | 8 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 50.0% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.0000 | 0.9844 | 0.0000 | 2.3750 | 72.7 |
| Fuller | Kansas City | 13 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 46.2% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.8077 | 0.4615 | 0.0000 | 2.3750 | 60.7 |
| McDonald | Cleveland | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 | 50.0% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.0000 | 0.0625 | 0.0000 | 2.3750 | 57.3 |
| Plunkett | Oakland | 9 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 9.67 | 44.4% | 0.00% | 11.11% | 0.7222 | 1.6667 | 0.0000 | -0.4028 | 33.1 |
| Ryan | NY(A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.5000 | -0.7500 | 0.0000 | 2.3750 | 2.1 |
| Malone | Pittsburgh | 6 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4.83 | 33.3% | 0.00% | 16.67% | 0.1667 | 0.4583 | 0.0000 | -1.7917 | -19.4 |