fewest passing yards with at least 30 passing tds in a season

Len Dawson has the fewest passing yards with 30+ passing touchdowns in a season, with 2,879 yards in 1964.

Interpreted as:
fewest passing yards by a player with at least 30 passing tds in a season
NAMEYDSTDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,879
30
1964
14
199
354
56.2
8.1
205.6
18
89.9
8.5
5.1
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,899
32
1959
12
193
367
52.6
7.9
241.6
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
3Joe Montana
J. Montana
3,054
31
1987
13
266
398
66.8
7.7
234.9
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
4John Brodie
J. Brodie
3,112
30
1965
13
242
391
61.9
8.0
239.4
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
5Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
3,127
36
2019
15
265
401
66.1
7.8
208.5
6
113.3
9.0
1.5
23
106
6Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
3,145
36
1963
13
221
367
60.2
8.6
241.9
14
104.8
9.8
3.8
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,154
32
2007
15
264
404
65.3
7.8
210.3
11
104.1
7.9
2.7
47
347
8Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
3,199
30
1980
16
240
404
59.4
7.9
199.9
19
89.7
7.4
4.7
23
191
9Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
3,224
33
1962
14
200
375
53.3
8.6
230.3
20
89.5
8.8
5.3
10Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
3,228
30
1967
14
220
425
51.8
7.6
230.6
20
80.8
7.1
4.7
11Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,296
33
2017
13
265
440
60.2
7.5
253.5
7
101.9
7.5
1.6
28
162
12Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
3,302
34
1969
14
221
426
51.9
7.8
235.9
25
79.8
8.0
5.9
11
100
13George Blanda
G. Blanda
3,330
36
1961
14
187
362
51.7
9.2
237.9
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
14Brett Favre
B. Favre
3,361
32
2003
16
308
471
65.4
7.1
210.1
21
90.4
6.8
4.5
19
137
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3,448
35
2018
16
280
427
65.6
8.1
215.5
7
110.9
8.2
1.6
51
355
16Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
3,465
31
1964
14
228
473
48.2
7.3
247.5
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
17Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
3,466
30
1990
16
271
465
58.3
7.5
216.6
13
91.6
6.5
2.8
49
431
18Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
3,538
32
2001
16
316
504
62.7
7.0
221.1
12
94.8
6.3
2.4
26
114
19Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3,544
31
1980
16
257
463
55.5
7.7
221.5
16
88.2
6.7
3.5
35
324
20Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
3,671
32
1984
16
276
480
57.5
7.6
229.4
24
83.3
6.7
5.0
40
314
21Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
3,704
34
1998
15
259
425
60.9
8.7
246.9
10
106.0
8.0
2.4
20
132
22Tony Romo
T. Romo
3,705
34
2014
15
304
435
69.9
8.5
247.0
9
113.2
7.8
2.1
29
215
23Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,723
32
1961
14
235
416
56.5
8.9
265.9
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,747
31
1967
14
288
508
56.7
7.4
267.6
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
25Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
3,803
33
2020
15
399
608
65.6
6.3
253.5
10
94.1
5.4
1.6
13
118
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More NFL News

More Chiefs Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,587

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

RUSH

611

Hunt

Kareem Hunt

REC

851

Kelce

Travis Kelce
Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

21st

OPP PPG

19.3

6th

RUSH YDS/G

106.6

25th

PASS YDS/G

232.2

16th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
Chiefs Chiefs
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
9/14
@
8:15 PM
Sun
9/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
9/27
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/4
@
4:25 PM
Sun
10/18
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
KC Chiefs

6 - 11

12

Final

14

LV Raiders

3 - 14

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
@
8:20 PM
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM