Individual season leaders (1981)
| Passing |
| Dan Fouts | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 16 | 552 | 335 | 60.7 | 4722 | 8.55 | 69 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 70 | 92.2 | | Wayne Clark | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 | 634 | 365 | 57.6 | 4500 | 7.1 | 64 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 68 | 82.9 | | Terry Bradshaw | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 16 | 482 | 308 | 63.9 | 4363 | 9.05 | 95 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 70 | 109.1 | | Bobby Douglas | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 | 511 | 319 | 62.4 | 4240 | 8.3 | 80 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 101.4 | | Don Horn | Baltimore Colts | 16 | 16 | 559 | 344 | 61.5 | 3983 | 7.13 | 74 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 95.7 | | Joe Montana | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 16 | 492 | 336 | 68.3 | 3909 | 7.95 | 59 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 50 | 107.9 | | Rick Norton | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 16 | 603 | 423 | 70.1 | 3852 | 6.39 | 69 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 34 | 90.5 | | Ken Stabler | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 15 | 467 | 340 | 72.8 | 3825 | 8.19 | 67 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 109.4 | | Steve Bartkowski | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 | 490 | 300 | 61.2 | 3817 | 7.79 | 80 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 89.6 | | Dan Pastorini | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 16 | 573 | 330 | 57.6 | 3796 | 6.62 | 68 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 56 | 80.3 | | Steve Grogan | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 13 | 409 | 272 | 66.5 | 3714 | 9.08 | 93 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 58 | 103.9 | | Bill Cappleman | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 16 | 598 | 404 | 67.6 | 3590 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 92.7 | | Frank Patrick | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 | 541 | 317 | 58.6 | 3563 | 6.59 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 41 | 84.7 | | Marty Domres | Carolina Panthers | 15 | 15 | 469 | 316 | 67.4 | 3466 | 7.39 | 52 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 105.2 | | Bob Lee | Houston Texans | 15 | 15 | 462 | 280 | 60.6 | 3436 | 7.44 | 79 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 94.6 | | Roman Abrams | Denver Broncos | 16 | 16 | 537 | 294 | 54.7 | 3327 | 6.2 | 76 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 49 | 68.6 | | Virgil Carter | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 12 | 420 | 246 | 58.6 | 3261 | 7.76 | 50 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 84.6 | | Edd Hargett | Chicago Bears | 14 | 14 | 496 | 294 | 59.3 | 3212 | 6.48 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 39 | 79.6 | | Cedric Harp | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 13 | 383 | 248 | 64.8 | 3193 | 8.34 | 56 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 51 | 104.3 | | Dennis Shaw | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 14 | 461 | 308 | 66.8 | 3185 | 6.91 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 95 | | Wade Wilson | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 | 574 | 349 | 60.8 | 3153 | 5.49 | 58 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 77.7 | | Gerald Ogden | New York Giants | 16 | 16 | 554 | 321 | 57.9 | 3030 | 5.47 | 81 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 77.4 | | Bert Jones | New York Jets | 15 | 15 | 406 | 261 | 64.3 | 2947 | 7.26 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 41 | 91.4 | | Bob Griese | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 16 | 418 | 253 | 60.5 | 2913 | 6.97 | 65 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 75.6 | | Steve DeBerg | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 13 | 457 | 252 | 55.1 | 2704 | 5.92 | 80 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 69.8 | | Jon Graham | Washington Redskins | 14 | 11 | 382 | 252 | 66 | 2371 | 6.21 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 85.1 | | Phil Simms | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 10 | 302 | 198 | 65.6 | 2172 | 7.19 | 67 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 82.5 | | Louie Anthony | Houston Oilers | 16 | 16 | 330 | 232 | 70.3 | 2170 | 6.58 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 97.9 | | Archie Manning | New England Patriots | 16 | 10 | 303 | 191 | 63 | 2145 | 7.08 | 52 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 86.9 | | Bryant Salter | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 8 | 263 | 154 | 58.6 | 1712 | 6.51 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 70.4 | | Danny White | Detroit Lions | 8 | 7 | 248 | 170 | 68.5 | 1635 | 6.59 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 98.8 | | Steve Fuller | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 6 | 216 | 129 | 59.7 | 1532 | 7.09 | 62 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 76.4 | | Kevin Scanlon | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 8 | 270 | 154 | 57 | 1475 | 5.46 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 73.6 | | Mike Livingston | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 6 | 229 | 152 | 66.4 | 1470 | 6.42 | 80 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 84.9 | | Craig Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 4 | 140 | 94 | 67.1 | 1029 | 7.35 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 87.5 | | William Herttna | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 4 | 144 | 88 | 61.1 | 1021 | 7.09 | 63 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 83.1 | | Mike Wright | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 2 | 99 | 57 | 57.6 | 857 | 8.66 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 81.1 | | Tommy Kramer | Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 3 | 114 | 78 | 68.4 | 806 | 7.07 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 95.9 | | Bob Berry | Washington Redskins | 4 | 4 | 136 | 70 | 51.5 | 779 | 5.73 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 54.1 | | Dan Darragh | New York Jets | 5 | 1 | 98 | 54 | 55.1 | 673 | 6.87 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 80.9 | | Erik Snook | Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 2 | 86 | 52 | 60.5 | 664 | 7.72 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 94.3 | | Neil Lomax | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 3 | 122 | 73 | 59.8 | 614 | 5.03 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 70.2 | | Tom Flick | New England Patriots | 3 | 3 | 109 | 66 | 60.6 | 517 | 4.74 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 49.4 | | Harris Huffman | Green Bay Packers | 4 | 2 | 71 | 42 | 59.2 | 487 | 6.86 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 82.3 | | Gary Hogeboom | New England Patriots | 3 | 3 | 87 | 49 | 56.3 | 455 | 5.23 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 60.3 | | Vince Ferragamo | Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 61 | 40 | 65.6 | 427 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 85.9 | | Roger Staubach | Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 62 | 43 | 69.4 | 396 | 6.39 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83.8 | | David Humm | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2 | 2 | 57 | 34 | 59.6 | 350 | 6.14 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 68.6 | | Kurt Farris | Chicago Bears | 16 | 2 | 52 | 37 | 71.2 | 323 | 6.21 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 80.8 | | Doug Williams | Houston Texans | 4 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 50 | 286 | 6.81 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 78.1 | | Juan Holbrook | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 0 | 48 | 34 | 70.8 | 263 | 5.48 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73.5 | | Cornelius Garcia | Buffalo Bills | 2 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 217 | 6.38 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.8 | | Bill Nelsen | Carolina Panthers | 4 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 54.2 | 191 | 3.98 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60.3 | | David Woodley | Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 172 | 5.73 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123.2 | | Mike Ford | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 170 | 7.08 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87.2 | | | |