Season 72 : Passing
| Player | Games | Completions | Attempts | % | Yards | Average | TD | INT | QB Rating | ||
| 1. | Joe Montana  hoff |  | 16 | 145 | 295 | 49.15% | 4073 | 13.81 | 51 | 8 | 123.41 |
| 2. | Dave Krieg  ptitteri |  | 16 | 113 | 225 | 50.22% | 4062 | 18.05 | 47 | 13 | 111.53 |
| 3. | Tony Eason  Speed |  | 16 | 87 | 215 | 40.47% | 3679 | 17.11 | 38 | 28 | 87.89 |
| 4. | Qb Browns ACSlater |  | 16 | 135 | 216 | 62.5% | 3008 | 13.93 | 32 | 5 | 136.19 |
| 5. | Phil Simms Lord OfThe |  | 16 | 106 | 238 | 44.54% | 2624 | 11.03 | 28 | 10 | 106.85 |
| 6. | Timm Rosenbach TecmoBo |  | 16 | 74 | 171 | 43.27% | 2243 | 13.12 | 25 | 17 | 90.23 |
| 7. | Dan Marino drake |  | 16 | 104 | 180 | 57.78% | 1989 | 11.05 | 19 | 7 | 115.25 |
| 8. | Steve DeBerg johny_mx |  | 16 | 94 | 146 | 64.38% | 1917 | 13.13 | 25 | 5 | 133.13 |
| 9. | Qb Eagles Big Wiz |  | 16 | 83 | 152 | 54.61% | 1785 | 11.74 | 17 | 8 | 111.87 |
| 10. | Steve Young randywags2 |  | 16 | 69 | 110 | 62.73% | 1740 | 15.82 | 12 | 3 | 131.44 |
