career passing yards leader 1900 to 1972

Between the 1900 and 1972 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 39,768 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	39,768	206	2,796	5,110	54.7	7.8	193.0	287	246	78.8	5.6	4.8	60	494
2	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	31,135	167	2,290	4,175	54.9	7.5	186.4	234	180	79.6	5.6	4.3	125	973
3	John Brodie J. Brodie	30,422	187	2,371	4,297	55.2	7.1	162.7	211	212	73.4	4.9	4.9	43	351
4	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	30,135	190	2,239	3,950	56.7	7.6	158.6	238	179	82.3	6.0	4.5	68	565
5	Y.A. Tittle	28,339	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	7.4	159.2	212	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
6	John Hadl J. Hadl	26,938	154	1,824	3,640	50.1	7.4	174.9	201	211	68.9	5.5	5.8	95	849
7	George Blanda G. Blanda	26,881	298	1,909	4,000	47.7	6.7	90.2	235	276	60.7	5.9	6.9	9	86
8	Bobby Layne B. Layne	26,768	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	7.2	153.0	196	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
9	Norm Snead N. Snead	26,755	148	1,918	3,728	51.4	7.2	180.8	175	213	66.7	4.7	5.7	57	484
10	Len Dawson L. Dawson	25,318	177	1,839	3,265	56.3	7.8	143.0	225	161	83.8	6.9	4.9	105	924
11	Bart Starr B. Starr	24,718	196	1,808	3,149	57.4	7.8	126.1	152	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
12	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	23,611	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	8.2	168.7	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
13	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	22,681	189	1,552	3,330	46.6	6.8	120.0	178	220	59.6	5.3	6.6	0	0
14	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	22,223	130	1,705	3,313	51.5	6.7	170.9	154	112	74.3	4.6	3.4	71	548
15	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	21,886	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	7.3	132.6	187	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
16	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	21,218	122	1,436	3,073	46.7	6.9	173.9	114	183	57.3	3.7	6.0	21	187
17	Joe Namath J. Namath	20,099	91	1,306	2,605	50.1	7.7	220.9	126	143	69.3	4.8	5.5	30	281
18	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	19,834	200	1,309	2,555	51.2	7.8	99.2	155	138	74.8	6.1	5.4	46	397
19	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	19,488	161	1,418	2,833	50.1	6.9	121.0	173	167	68.2	6.1	5.9
20	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	18,955	123	1,352	2,660	50.8	7.1	154.1	132	143	68.3	5.0	5.4	46	368
21	Tobin Rote T. Rote	18,850	149	1,329	2,907	45.7	6.5	126.5	148	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
22	Billy Wade B. Wade	18,530	128	1,370	2,523	54.3	7.3	144.8	124	134	72.2	4.9	5.3
23	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	18,505	139	1,243	2,499	49.7	7.4	133.1	161	126	74.9	6.4	5.0	58	535
24	Milt Plum M. Plum	17,536	129	1,306	2,419	54.0	7.2	135.9	122	127	72.2	5.0	5.3	1	12
25	Don Meredith D. Meredith	17,199	104	1,170	2,308	50.7	7.5	165.4	135	111	74.8	5.8	4.8

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