before 1979 what qb had the most passing yds through first 2 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 2 seasons, with 5,599 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
5,599
27
396
811
48.8
6.9
207.4
37
42
65.2
4.6
5.2
2Norm Snead
N. Snead
5,263
28
356
729
48.8
7.2
188.0
33
44
62.8
4.5
6.0
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
4,592
28
320
609
52.5
7.5
164.0
40
42
70.4
6.6
6.9
4Bob Griese
B. Griese
4,478
25
352
686
51.3
6.5
179.1
36
34
68.9
5.2
5.0
5Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
4,354
28
327
683
47.9
6.4
155.5
27
41
56.7
4.0
6.0
75
704
6Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
4,320
27
327
612
53.4
7.1
160.0
21
46
56.1
3.4
7.5
74
663
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
4,258
24
312
690
45.2
6.2
177.4
28
46
51.2
4.1
6.7
36
239
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
4,148
24
284
518
54.8
8.0
172.8
31
36
72.1
6.0
6.9
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
4,048
24
282
499
56.5
8.1
168.7
33
27
82.5
6.6
5.4
10Archie Manning
A. Manning
3,945
26
316
625
50.6
6.3
151.7
24
30
63.3
3.8
4.8
83
679
11Tom Flores
T. Flores
3,914
28
326
618
52.8
6.3
139.8
27
31
66.1
4.4
5.0
12Butch Songin
B. Songin
3,905
28
285
604
47.2
6.5
139.5
36
24
71.7
6.0
4.0
13Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
3,879
27
284
576
49.3
6.7
143.7
29
38
60.5
5.0
6.6
40
362
14Jim Finks
J. Finks
3,791
23
289
628
46.0
6.0
164.8
28
33
58.6
4.5
5.3
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
3,669
27
286
591
48.4
6.2
135.9
19
46
46.6
3.2
7.8
58
529
16Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
3,442
28
246
542
45.4
6.4
122.9
16
37
47.8
3.0
6.8
60
467
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
3,415
28
271
583
46.5
5.9
122.0
22
42
47.8
3.8
7.2
18Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
3,413
28
271
569
47.6
6.0
121.9
14
33
50.8
2.5
5.8
57
462
19Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
3,356
21
216
422
51.2
8.0
159.8
31
34
68.8
7.3
8.1
20Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
3,269
21
198
378
52.4
8.6
155.7
29
25
79.8
7.7
6.6
21Bill Munson
B. Munson
3,234
21
252
490
51.4
6.6
154.0
19
29
60.7
3.9
5.9
22Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
3,138
23
208
437
47.6
7.2
136.4
25
27
65.0
5.7
6.2
23Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
3,106
18
219
424
51.7
7.3
172.6
20
27
64.8
4.7
6.4
24Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
3,081
27
231
462
50.0
6.7
114.1
18
34
53.9
3.9
7.4
25Jim Hart
J. Hart
3,037
15
196
408
48.0
7.4
202.5
19
30
58.0
4.7
7.4
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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17.6

29th

OPP PPG

29.6

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.3

10th

PASS YDS/G

163.8

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