1981 NFL Passer Rating Leaders

Ken Anderson led the whole NFL in passer rating in 1981 with 98.4, 7.8 ahead of Dan Fouts (90.6). It was one of 4 times Ken Anderson led in passer rating.

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Led the whole NFL in 1981 Ken Anderson CIN

98.4 Passer Rating 7.8 clear of Dan Fouts

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#	Player	Team	RTG	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Ken Anderson	CIN	98.4	16	479	3,754	29
2	Dan Fouts	SD	90.6	16	609	4,802	33
3	Craig Morton	DEN	90.5	15	376	3,195	21
4	Joe Montana	SF	88.4	16	488	3,565	19
5	Danny White	DAL	87.5	16	391	3,098	22
6	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	83.9	14	370	2,887	22
7	Jim Zorn	SEA	82.4	13	397	2,788	13
8	Richard Todd	NYJ	81.8	16	497	3,231	25
9	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	79.2	16	533	3,829	30
10	Lynn Dickey	GB	79.0	13	354	2,593	17
11	Joe Theismann	WAS	77.3	16	496	3,568	19
12	Bert Jones	BAC	76.9	15	426	3,094	21
13	Doug Williams	TB	76.8	16	471	3,563	19
14	Joe Ferguson	BUF	74.1	16	498	3,652	24
15	Phil Simms	NYG	74.0	10	316	2,031	11
16	Ron Jaworski	PHI	73.8	16	461	3,095	23
17	Eric Hipple	DET	73.4	16	279	2,358	14
18	Tommy Kramer	MIN	72.6	14	593	3,912	26
19	David Woodley	MIA	69.8	15	366	2,470	12
20	Ken Stabler	HOO	69.5	13	285	1,988	14
21	Jim Hart	SLC	68.7	10	241	1,694	11
22	Brian Sipe	CLE	68.2	16	567	3,876	17
23	Pat Haden	LAN	64.4	13	267	1,815	9
24	Archie Manning	NO	63.6	12	232	1,447	5
25	Bill Kenney	KC	63.6	13	274	1,983	9
26	Neil Lomax	SLC	59.9	14	236	1,575	4
27	Marc Wilson	OAK	58.9	13	366	2,311	14
28	Vince Evans	CHI	51.1	16	436	2,354	11