before 1973 what qb had the most passing yds through first 4 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 12,753 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
12,753
55
841
1,682
50.0
7.6
231.9
78
87
69.2
4.6
5.2
2Norm Snead
N. Snead
10,212
54
669
1,375
48.7
7.4
189.1
60
83
63.0
4.4
6.0
3Otto Graham
O. Graham
9,686
48
632
1,140
55.4
8.5
201.8
62
69
76.6
5.4
6.1
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
9,409
56
661
1,212
54.5
7.8
168.0
77
68
77.7
6.4
5.6
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
8,954
46
611
1,129
54.1
7.9
194.7
84
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
6Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
8,816
43
600
1,164
51.5
7.6
205.0
65
67
71.2
5.6
5.8
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
8,192
48
615
1,183
52.0
6.9
170.7
58
67
67.0
4.9
5.7
64
571
8Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,064
47
618
1,278
48.4
6.3
171.6
52
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
9Tom Flores
T. Flores
7,404
56
537
1,065
50.4
7.0
132.2
54
58
67.3
5.1
5.4
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
7,089
56
456
946
48.2
7.5
126.6
59
66
65.2
6.2
7.0
11Bobby Layne
B. Layne
6,754
47
475
1,019
46.6
6.6
143.7
54
61
61.3
5.3
6.0
12Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
6,720
38
448
927
48.3
7.2
176.8
40
55
62.2
4.3
5.9
13Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
6,619
39
507
843
60.1
7.9
169.7
48
44
82.1
5.7
5.2
14Milt Plum
M. Plum
6,498
45
450
781
57.6
8.3
144.4
48
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
15Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
16Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
6,220
47
479
896
53.5
6.9
132.3
47
56
67.0
5.2
6.3
17Jim Hart
J. Hart
6,182
37
420
893
47.0
6.9
167.1
40
60
57.1
4.5
6.7
10
100
18Dick Wood
D. Wood
6,160
46
439
964
45.5
6.4
133.9
47
57
58.3
4.9
5.9
19Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
6,123
44
372
690
53.9
8.9
139.2
51
44
82.1
7.4
6.4
20Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
5,986
41
463
870
53.2
6.9
146.0
35
63
58.3
4.0
7.2
112
983
21Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
5,920
44
399
823
48.5
7.2
134.5
53
70
58.5
6.4
8.5
22Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
5,911
51
449
918
48.9
6.4
115.9
40
64
55.1
4.4
7.0
55
429
23Paul Christman
P. Christman
5,734
38
378
863
43.8
6.6
150.9
40
56
54.7
4.6
6.5
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
5,713
48
367
735
49.9
7.8
119.0
36
55
61.2
4.9
7.5
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
5,556
41
433
899
48.2
6.2
135.5
31
58
52.6
3.4
6.5
87
766
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,259

Fields

Justin Fields

RUSH

1,065

Hall

Breece Hall

REC

395

Wilson

Garrett Wilson
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PPG

17.6

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OPP PPG

29.6

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.3

10th

PASS YDS/G

163.8

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