most career passing yards before 1967

Before 1967, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 29,593 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player before 1967
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
29,593
139
2,006
3,661
54.8
8.1
212.9
232
173
82.9
6.3
4.7
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
4George Blanda
G. Blanda
25,085
214
1,792
3,772
47.5
6.7
117.2
213
259
59.6
5.6
6.9
5Norm 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
6Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
7Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
19,825
147
1,348
2,907
46.4
6.8
134.9
152
193
58.9
5.2
6.6
8Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
19,488
161
1,418
2,833
50.1
6.9
121.0
173
167
68.2
6.1
5.9
9Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18,850
149
1,329
2,907
45.7
6.5
126.5
148
191
56.8
5.1
6.6
10Billy Wade
B. Wade
18,530
128
1,370
2,523
54.3
7.3
144.8
124
134
72.2
4.9
5.3
11Bart Starr
B. Starr
18,186
140
1,328
2,320
57.2
7.8
129.9
111
91
82.1
4.8
3.9
12Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
18,149
124
1,253
2,284
54.9
7.9
146.4
143
121
79.7
6.3
5.3
13Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
16,734
94
1,105
2,360
46.8
7.1
178.0
87
135
59.1
3.7
5.7
14Milt Plum
M. Plum
16,525
115
1,212
2,226
54.4
7.4
143.7
117
118
73.8
5.3
5.3
15John Brodie
J. Brodie
16,496
112
1,274
2,322
54.9
7.1
147.3
111
118
72.2
4.8
5.1
16Ed Brown
E. Brown
15,600
154
949
1,987
47.8
7.9
101.3
102
138
62.8
5.1
6.9
17Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,686
128
904
1,744
51.8
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
18Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
14,579
84
1,024
1,899
53.9
7.7
173.6
113
95
78.0
6.0
5.0
19Norm Snead
N. Snead
13,833
75
922
1,889
48.8
7.3
184.4
83
107
64.3
4.4
5.7
20Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
21Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
13,399
134
898
1,796
50.0
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
22Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
13,370
104
921
1,782
51.7
7.5
128.6
122
89
78.4
6.8
5.0
23Len Dawson
L. Dawson
13,020
98
921
1,650
55.8
7.9
132.9
134
83
87.6
8.1
5.0
24Don Meredith
D. Meredith
12,865
80
871
1,744
49.9
7.4
160.8
98
83
73.3
5.6
4.8
25Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
12,627
127
850
1,705
49.9
7.4
99.4
94
90
70.9
5.5
5.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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