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1987 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 1987 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Neil Lomax led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1987, with 3,387. Joe Montana led in passing touchdowns (31), passer rating (102.1) and completion percentage (66.8%). Wade Wilson led in yards per attempt (7.98) and rushing touchdowns (5).

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The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.

Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Neil Lomax 3,387
  2. 2 Boomer Esiason 3,321
  3. 3 Dan Marino 3,245
  4. 4 John Elway 3,198
  5. 5 Joe Montana 3,054
  6. 6 Bernie Kosar 3,033
  7. 7 Warren Moon 2,806
  8. 8 Jim Kelly 2,798
  9. 9 Randall Cunningham 2,786
  10. 10 Ken O'Brien 2,696

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Joe Montana 31
  2. 2 Dan Marino 26
  3. 3 Neil Lomax 24
  4. 4 Randall Cunningham 23
  5. 4 Dave Krieg 23
  6. 6 Bernie Kosar 22
  7. 7 Warren Moon 21
  8. 8 John Elway 19
  9. 8 Jim Kelly 19
  10. 10 Phil Simms 17

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Joe Montana 102.1
  2. 2 Bernie Kosar 95.4
  3. 3 Phil Simms 90.0
  4. 4 Dan Marino 89.2
  5. 5 Neil Lomax 88.5
  6. 6 Dave Krieg 87.6
  7. 7 Jim McMahon 87.4
  8. 8 Bill Kenney 85.8
  9. 9 Steve DeBerg 85.3
  10. 10 Marc Wilson 84.6

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Wade Wilson 7.98
  2. 2 Phil Simms 7.91
  3. 3 Jim McMahon 7.80
  4. 4 John Elway 7.80
  5. 5 Bernie Kosar 7.80
  6. 6 Marc Wilson 7.78
  7. 7 Bill Kenney 7.72
  8. 8 Joe Montana 7.67
  9. 9 Warren Moon 7.63
  10. 10 Boomer Esiason 7.55

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 Joe Montana 66.8%
  2. 2 Bernie Kosar 62.0%
  3. 3 Dave Krieg 60.5%
  4. 4 Jim Kelly 59.7%
  5. 5 Ken O'Brien 59.5%
  6. 6 Jim McMahon 59.5%
  7. 7 Neil Lomax 59.4%
  8. 8 Danny White 59.4%
  9. 9 Dan Marino 59.2%
  10. 10 Steve DeBerg 57.8%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Neil Lomax 282.3
  2. 2 Boomer Esiason 276.8
  3. 3 Dan Marino 270.4
  4. 4 John Elway 266.5
  5. 5 Bernie Kosar 252.8
  6. 6 Phil Simms 247.8
  7. 7 Danny White 237.9
  8. 8 Joe Montana 234.9
  9. 9 Jim McMahon 234.1
  10. 10 Warren Moon 233.8

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 Neil Lomax 275
  2. 2 Joe Montana 266
  3. 3 Dan Marino 263
  4. 4 Jim Kelly 250
  5. 5 Bernie Kosar 241
  6. 6 Boomer Esiason 240
  7. 7 Ken O'Brien 234
  8. 8 Chuck Long 232
  9. 9 John Elway 224
  10. 10 Randall Cunningham 223

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Neil Lomax 463
  2. 2 Dan Marino 444
  3. 3 Boomer Esiason 440
  4. 4 Jim Kelly 419
  5. 5 Chuck Long 416
  6. 6 John Elway 410
  7. 7 Randall Cunningham 406
  8. 8 Joe Montana 398
  9. 9 Ken O'Brien 393
  10. 10 Bernie Kosar 389

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Dave Krieg 7.8%
  2. 2 Joe Montana 7.8%
  3. 3 Phil Simms 6.0%
  4. 4 Dan Marino 5.9%
  5. 5 Jim McMahon 5.7%
  6. 6 Warren Moon 5.7%
  7. 7 Randall Cunningham 5.7%
  8. 8 Bernie Kosar 5.7%
  9. 9 Bill Kenney 5.5%
  10. 10 Wade Wilson 5.3%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Chuck Long 20
  2. 2 Boomer Esiason 19
  3. 2 Mark Malone 19
  4. 4 Warren Moon 18
  5. 5 Danny White 17
  6. 6 Dave Krieg 15
  7. 6 Dan Fouts 15
  8. 8 Scott Campbell 14
  9. 9 Joe Montana 13
  10. 9 Dan Marino 13

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Ken O'Brien 2.0%
  2. 2 Bernie Kosar 2.3%
  3. 3 Steve DeBerg 2.5%
  4. 4 Neil Lomax 2.6%
  5. 5 Jack Trudeau 2.6%
  6. 6 Jim Kelly 2.6%
  7. 7 John Elway 2.9%
  8. 8 Dan Marino 2.9%
  9. 9 Randall Cunningham 3.0%
  10. 10 Marc Wilson 3.0%

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Randall Cunningham 505
  2. 2 John Elway 304
  3. 3 Wade Wilson 263
  4. 4 Boomer Esiason 241
  5. 5 Steve Young 190
  6. 6 Mark Malone 162
  7. 7 Dave Krieg 155
  8. 8 Vince Evans 144
  9. 9 Steve Pelluer 142
  10. 10 Joe Montana 141

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Wade Wilson 5
  2. 2 John Elway 4
  3. 3 Randall Cunningham 3
  4. 3 Mark Malone 3
  5. 3 Warren Moon 3
  6. 3 Jay Schroeder 3
  7. 7 Scott Campbell 2
  8. 7 Dave Krieg 2
  9. 7 Dan Fouts 2
  10. 7 Steve Grogan 2

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Randall Cunningham 76
  2. 2 John Elway 66
  3. 3 Boomer Esiason 52
  4. 4 Wade Wilson 41
  5. 5 Dave Krieg 36
  6. 6 Joe Montana 35
  7. 7 Mark Malone 34
  8. 7 Warren Moon 34
  9. 9 Ken O'Brien 30
  10. 10 Jim Kelly 29

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