| PASSING | TM | ATT | COM | PCT | YDS | YPA | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | RAT | PASSING | TM | ATT | COM | PCT | YDS | YPA | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | RAT |
| John Hadl | SDA | 372 | 211 | 56.7% | 3070 | 8.3 | 29 | 7.8% | 14 | 3.8% | 94.0 | Sonny Jurgensen | WAS | 421 | 259 | 61.5% | 2970 | 7.1 | 21 | 5.0% | 14 | 3.3% | 85.5 |
| Daryle Lamonica | OAK | 427 | 204 | 47.8% | 3527 | 8.3 | 25 | 5.9% | 15 | 3.5% | 81.2 | Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 392 | 214 | 54.6% | 2978 | 7.6 | 17 | 4.3% | 11 | 2.8% | 82.0 |
| Pete Liske | DEN | 320 | 163 | 50.9% | 1848 | 5.8 | 11 | 3.4% | 6 | 1.9% | 72.2 | John Brodie | SFN | 457 | 271 | 59.3% | 3514 | 7.7 | 22 | 4.8% | 22 | 4.8% | 79.5 |
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 343 | 187 | 54.5% | 2253 | 6.6 | 14 | 4.1% | 16 | 4.7% | 69.1 | Greg Landry | DET | 246 | 144 | 58.5% | 1381 | 5.6 | 10 | 4.1% | 6 | 2.4% | 77.6 |
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 410 | 225 | 54.9% | 2451 | 6.0 | 16 | 3.9% | 17 | 4.1% | 68.5 | Craig Morton | DAL | 350 | 163 | 46.6% | 2204 | 6.3 | 11 | 3.1% | 8 | 2.3% | 68.1 |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 411 | 221 | 53.8% | 2921 | 7.1 | 16 | 3.9% | 26 | 6.3% | 63.1 | Roman Gabriel | LAN | 485 | 242 | 49.9% | 3080 | 6.4 | 24 | 4.9% | 25 | 5.2% | 65.1 |
| Len Dawson | KCA | 304 | 172 | 56.6% | 1866 | 6.1 | 9 | 3.0% | 16 | 5.3% | 62.7 | Gary Cuozzo | MIN | 327 | 160 | 48.9% | 1799 | 5.5 | 14 | 4.3% | 12 | 3.7% | 64.8 |
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 354 | 168 | 47.5% | 2132 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.4% | 18 | 5.1% | 56.8 | Jim Hart | STL | 317 | 149 | 47.0% | 1906 | 6.0 | 9 | 2.8% | 12 | 3.8% | 60.0 |
| Al Woodall | NYJ | 301 | 150 | 49.8% | 1659 | 5.5 | 10 | 3.3% | 18 | 6.0% | 52.7 | Norm Snead | PHI | 323 | 170 | 52.6% | 2190 | 6.8 | 13 | 4.0% | 23 | 7.1% | 57.9 |
| Charley Johnson | HOU | 345 | 156 | 45.2% | 1746 | 5.1 | 8 | 2.3% | 14 | 4.1% | 51.7 | Bart Starr | GBN | 428 | 210 | 49.1% | 2467 | 5.8 | 12 | 2.8% | 19 | 4.4% | 57.8 |
| Joe Kapp | BOS | 379 | 139 | 36.7% | 1544 | 4.1 | 9 | 2.4% | 19 | 5.0% | 36.6 | Bob Berry | ATL | 455 | 237 | 52.1% | 2587 | 5.7 | 13 | 2.9% | 23 | 5.1% | 57.6 |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 324 | 135 | 41.7% | 2026 | 6.3 | 12 | 3.7% | 34 | 10.5% | 35.6 | Jack Concannon | CHI | 552 | 249 | 45.1% | 3038 | 5.5 | 20 | 3.6% | 29 | 5.3% | 52.8 |
| Bob Griese | MIA | 189 | 105 | 55.6% | 1493 | 7.9 | 15 | 7.9% | 8 | 4.2% | 90.1 | Billy Kilmer | NON | 330 | 165 | 50.0% | 1484 | 4.5 | 3 | 0.9% | 21 | 6.4% | 39.0 |
| Marty Domres | SDA | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | 57 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 67.5 | Randy Johnson | ATL | 14 | 9 | 64.3% | 109 | 7.8 | 1 | 7.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 111.9 |
| Earl Morrall | BAL | 117 | 62 | 53.0% | 715 | 6.1 | 5 | 4.3% | 9 | 7.7% | 53.9 | Bobby Douglass | CHI | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 89.6 |
| Alan Pastrana | DEN | 18 | 9 | 50.0% | 90 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 5.6% | 41.4 | Edd Hargett | NON | 132 | 71 | 53.8% | 797 | 6.0 | 6 | 4.5% | 2 | 1.5% | 80.9 |
| Jerry Rhome | HOU | 61 | 24 | 39.3% | 215 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.3% | 5 | 8.2% | 26.3 | Rick Arrington | PHI | 93 | 45 | 48.4% | 602 | 6.5 | 4 | 4.3% | 4 | 4.3% | 65.8 |
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 41 | 15 | 36.6% | 191 | 4.7 | 1 | 2.4% | 4 | 9.8% | 20.5 | Bill Munson | DET | 119 | 51 | 42.9% | 442 | 3.7 | 4 | 3.4% | 3 | 2.5% | 54.0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 63 | 24 | 38.1% | 216 | 3.4 | 1 | 1.6% | 6 | 9.5% | 13.8 | Roger Staubach | DAL | 38 | 18 | 47.4% | 212 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.6% | 53.8 |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 25 | 8 | 32.0% | 55 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 8.0% | 7.9 | Bob Lee | MIN | 55 | 26 | 47.3% | 293 | 5.3 | 3 | 5.5% | 7 | 12.7% | 42.3 |
| Mike Livingston | KCA | 26 | 8 | 30.8% | 77 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 34.6% | 0.6 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 34 | 9 | 26.5% | 75 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 23.5% | 0.0 |