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The Top Ranked Quarterbacks of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Joe Montana | 3 |
| 2 | Dan Marino | 7 |
| 3 | Danny White | 24 |
| 4 | Joe Theismann | 26 |
| 5 | Boomer Esiason | 29 |
| 6 | Dave Krieg | 31 |
| 7 | Dan Fouts | 38 |
| 8 | Phil Simms | 45 |
| 9 | Bernie Kosar | 49 |
| 10 | John Elway | 50 |
| 11 | Neil Lomax | 63 |
| 12 | Ken Anderson | 75 |
| 13 | Steve Bartkowski | 84 |
| 14 | Jim Plunkett | 86 |
| 15 | Jim Kelly | 99 |
| 16 | Jim McMahon | 103 |
| 17 | Ken O'Brien | 108 |
| 18 | Ron Jaworski | 117 |
| 19 | Lynn Dickey | 123 |
| 20 | Tommy Kramer | 130 |
| 21 | Doug Williams | 162 |
| 22 | Bill Kenney | 179 |
| 23 | Warren Moon | 184 |
| 24 | Steve DeBerg | 190 |
| 25 | Eric Hipple | 191 |
| 26 | Terry Bradshaw | 199 |
| 27 | Bobby Hebert | 216 |
| 28 | Joe Ferguson | 235 |
| 29 | Steve Grogan | 236 |
| 30 | Richard Todd | 239 |
| 31 | Randall Cunningham | 240 |
| 32 | Gary Danielson | 252 |
| 33 | Ken Stabler | 272 |
| 34 | Tony Eason | 274 |
| 35 | Wade Wilson | 288 |
| 36 | Jay Schroeder | 292 |
| 37 | Brian Sipe | 303 |
| 38 | Marc Wilson | 326 |
| 39 | Mark Rypien | 344 |
| 40 | Jim Everett | 346 |
| 41 | Vince Ferragamo | 356 |
| 42 | David Woodley | 404 |
| 43 | Dieter Brock | 424 |
| 44 | Jim Zorn | 487 |
| 45 | Mark Malone | 506 |
| 46 | Gary Hogeboom | 562 |
| 47 | Craig Morton | 598 |
| 48 | Don Majkowski | 652 |
| 49 | Mike Tomczak | 664 |
| 50 | Mike Pagel | 721 |
| 51 | Steve Fuller | 723 |
| 52 | Bert Jones | 728 |
| 53 | Scott Brunner | 740 |
| 54 | Steve Beuerlein | 778 |
| 55 | Dave Wilson | 813 |
| 56 | Cliff Stoudt | 831 |
| 57 | Archie Manning | 864 |
| 58 | Jeff Kemp | 906 |
| 59 | Todd Blackledge | 907 |
| 60 | Jack Trudeau | 915 |
| 61 | Vince Evans | 927 |
| 62 | Jim Hart | 945 |
| 63 | Steve Young | 1023 |
| 64 | Randy Wright | 1076 |
| 65 | Pat Ryan | 1096 |
| 66 | Mark Herrmann | 1117 |
| 67 | Steve Pelluer | 1119 |
| 68 | Matt Cavanaugh | 1122 |
| 69 | Vinny Testaverde | 1139 |
| 70 | Steve Dils | 1172 |
| 71 | Chris Chandler | 1183 |
| 72 | John Reaves | 1210 |
| 73 | Paul McDonald | 1221 |
| 74 | Gifford Nielsen | 1283 |
| 75 | Chuck Fusina | 1300 |
| 76 | Doug Flutie | 1325 |
| 77 | Don Strock | 1330 |
| 78 | Chris Miller | 1377 |
| 79 | Jack Thompson | 1384 |
| 80 | Greg Landry | 1387 |
| 81 | Turk Schonert | 1389 |
| 82 | David Archer | 1479 |
| 83 | Fred Besana | 1515 |
| 84 | Rodney Peete | 1543 |
| 85 | John Walton | 1545 |
| 86 | Mike Moroski | 1556 |
| 87 | Ed Luther | 1651 |
| 88 | Tom Ramsey | 1670 |
| 89 | Matt Robinson | 1671 |
| 90 | Walter Lewis | 1673 |
| 91 | Pat Haden | 1725 |
| 92 | Jeff Rutledge | 1746 |
| 93 | Oliver Luck | 1760 |
| 94 | Reggie Collier | 1783 |
| 95 | Joe Pisarcik | 1815 |
| 96 | David Whitehurst | 1836 |
| 97 | Chuck Long | 1854 |
| 98 | Billy Joe Tolliver | 1856 |
| 99 | Steve Walsh | 1924 |
| 100 | Bobby Scott | 1925 |
| 101 | Bubby Brister | 1930 |
| 102 | Dan Pastorini | 1963 |
| 103 | Rusty Hilger | 1979 |
| 104 | Troy Aikman | 2002 |
| 105 | Mike Kelley | 2009 |
| 106 | Bob Gagliano | 2012 |
| 107 | Gary Kubiak | 2017 |
| 108 | Mike Hohensee | 2018 |
| 109 | Alan Risher | 2059 |
| 110 | Bob Griese | 2064 |
| 111 | John Fourcade | 2117 |
| 112 | Rick Neuheisel | 2123 |
| 113 | Kelly Stouffer | 2134 |
| 114 | Mike Rae | 2147 |
| 115 | Scott Campbell | 2167 |
| 116 | Bob Lane | 2192 |
| 117 | Glenn Carano | 2193 |
| 118 | Art Schlichter | 2297 |
| 119 | Bruce Mathison | 2335 |
| 120 | Kim McQuilken | 2350 |
| 121 | Fred Mortensen | 2373 |
| 122 | Mike Phipps | 2377 |
| 123 | Babe Laufenberg | 2411 |
| 124 | Joe Dufek | 2414 |
| 125 | Tom Tupa | 2420 |
| 126 | Craig Penrose | 2425 |
| 127 | Matt Kofler | 2428 |
| 128 | Jimmy Jordan | 2502 |
| 129 | Jerry Golsteyn | 2557 |
| 130 | Doug Woodward | 2572 |
| 131 | Cody Carlson | 2651 |
| 132 | Robbie Mahfouz | 2652 |
| 133 | David Humm | 2661 |
| 134 | Scott Tinsley | 2701 |
| 135 | Tim Koegel | 2702 |
| 136 | Whit Taylor | 2709 |
| 137 | Bob Avellini | 2727 |
| 138 | Todd Dillon | 2735 |
| 139 | Rusty Lisch | 2750 |
| 140 | Erik Wilhelm | 2768 |
| 141 | Mike Kruczek | 2773 |
| 142 | Guy Benjamin | 2782 |
| 143 | Ken Karcher | 2798 |
| 144 | Frank Seurer | 2813 |
| 145 | Tony Adams | 2837 |
| 146 | Ron Reeves | 2843 |
| 147 | Gale Gilbert | 2865 |
| 148 | Jim Harbaugh | 2879 |
| 149 | Ed Rubbert | 2904 |
| 150 | Joe Gilliam | 2906 |
| 151 | Hugh Millen | 2928 |
| 152 | Jeff Hostetler | 2935 |
| 153 | Frank Reich | 2957 |
| 154 | Kyle Mackey | 2963 |
| 155 | Jeff Knapple | 2967 |
| 156 | Jeff Komlo | 2968 |
| 157 | Brent Pease | 3021 |
| 158 | Ken Johnson | 3023 |
| 159 | Buck Belue | 3030 |
| 160 | Todd Hons | 3049 |
| 161 | Tom Clements | 3050 |
| 162 | Tom Rozantz | 3051 |
| 163 | Steve Bono | 3072 |
| 164 | Sam Adkins | 3075 |
| 165 | Mike Loyd | 3153 |
| 166 | Erik Kramer | 3157 |
| 167 | Kevin Starkey | 3160 |
| 168 | Gene Bradley | 3167 |
| 169 | Kevin Sweeney | 3223 |
| 170 | Bob Holly | 3225 |
| 171 | Jim Krohn | 3233 |
| 172 | Ken Hobart | 3235 |
| 173 | Tom Flick | 3242 |
| 174 | Rick Johnson | 3258 |
| 175 | Dave Boisture | 3296 |
| 176 | Scott Secules | 3307 |
| 177 | Tom Owen | 3310 |
| 178 | Mark Vlasic | 3376 |
| 179 | Todd Krueger | 3383 |
| 180 | Rich Campbell | 3410 |
| 181 | Bill Troup | 3427 |
| 182 | Steve Pisarkiewicz | 3483 |
| 183 | Tim Riordan | 3511 |
| 184 | Melvin Williams | 3543 |
| 185 | Nathaniel Koonce | 3610 |
| 186 | Mike Livingston | 3663 |
| 187 | Stan Humphries | 3665 |
| 188 | John Witkowski | 3721 |
| 189 | Timm Rosenbach | 3729 |
| 190 | Blair Kiel | 3752 |
| 191 | Ben Bennett | 3854 |
| 192 | Mike Kerrigan | 3918 |
| 193 | Wayne Peace | 3921 |
| 194 | David Norrie | 3960 |
| 195 | Mark Reed | 3969 |
| 196 | Mike Machurek | 3972 |
| 197 | Matt Stevens | 4073 |
| 198 | Rich Gannon | 4077 |
| 199 | Sandy Osiecki | 4082 |
| 200 | Mike Busch | 4121 |
| 201 | Scott Stankavage | 4125 |
| 202 | Dan Manucci | 4138 |
| 203 | Mike Ford | 4170 |
| 204 | J Torchio | 4204 |
| 205 | Jeff Christensen | 4259 |
| 206 | Karl Douglas | 4261 |
| 207 | Shawn Halloran | 4303 |
| 208 | Steve Grant (QB) | 4304 |
| 209 | Bob Bleier | 4413 |
| 210 | Sammy Garza | 4443 |
| 211 | Willie Totten | 4514 |
| 212 | Jeff Van Raaphorst | 4558 |
| 213 | Mike Hold | 4608 |
| 214 | Brian McClure | 4624 |
| 215 | Tony Robinson | 4648 |
| 216 | Jim Crocicchia | 4665 |
| 217 | Dave Walter | 4688 |
| 218 | Steve Bradley | 4761 |
| 219 | Marty Horn | 4819 |
| 220 | Sean Payton | 4834 |
| 221 | Alex Espinoza | 4870 |
| 222 | Sean Salisbury | 4891 |
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