most passing yards 1960s qb

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 26,548 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
26,548
125
1,839
3,327
55.3
8.0
212.4
182
165
79.0
5.5
5.0
12
93
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
26,222
130
1,934
3,429
56.4
7.6
201.7
207
154
82.4
6.0
4.5
40
322
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
23,140
126
1,630
3,022
53.9
7.7
183.7
186
134
81.0
6.2
4.4
36
289
4John Brodie
J. Brodie
22,196
124
1,726
3,165
54.5
7.0
179.0
150
147
73.2
4.7
4.6
16
134
5Norm Snead
N. Snead
21,655
113
1,504
2,993
50.3
7.2
191.6
142
175
65.6
4.7
5.8
21
170
6Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
21,130
118
1,428
3,055
46.7
6.9
179.1
114
181
57.6
3.7
5.9
21
187
7George Blanda
G. Blanda
19,434
112
1,362
2,822
48.3
6.9
173.5
168
192
62.5
6.0
6.8
8Bart Starr
B. Starr
19,126
133
1,355
2,299
58.9
8.3
143.8
125
90
87.7
5.4
3.9
24
217
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
19,026
112
1,239
2,512
49.3
7.6
169.9
143
145
69.7
5.7
5.8
18
190
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
19,007
116
1,350
2,380
56.7
8.0
163.9
183
120
87.2
7.7
5.0
13
89
11Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
18,289
136
1,270
2,679
47.4
6.8
134.5
144
152
64.3
5.4
5.7
0
0
12Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17,199
104
1,170
2,308
50.7
7.5
165.4
135
111
74.8
5.8
4.8
13Joe Namath
J. Namath
15,487
69
1,026
2,043
50.2
7.6
224.4
97
104
70.1
4.7
5.1
13
117
14Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
15,406
88
1,149
2,231
51.5
6.9
175.1
109
75
76.1
4.9
3.4
14
112
15Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
15,296
110
1,042
2,026
51.4
7.5
139.1
146
104
79.0
7.2
5.1
0
0
16Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
14,928
87
1,030
2,047
50.3
7.3
171.6
108
110
69.6
5.3
5.4
11
101
17Milt Plum
M. Plum
13,335
96
1,007
1,888
53.3
7.1
138.9
95
103
70.0
5.0
5.5
1
12
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
12,386
111
824
1,563
52.7
7.9
111.6
106
82
79.8
6.8
5.2
7
63
19Tom Flores
T. Flores
11,959
106
838
1,715
48.9
7.0
112.8
93
92
67.6
5.4
5.4
1
11
20Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
11,837
83
764
1,549
49.3
7.6
142.6
102
79
75.7
6.6
5.1
11
100
21Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
11,451
87
742
1,686
44.0
6.8
131.6
73
102
56.3
4.3
6.0
22Billy Wade
B. Wade
11,252
70
873
1,589
54.9
7.1
160.7
80
77
74.0
5.0
4.8
23Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
11,133
63
800
1,435
55.7
7.8
176.7
100
71
83.5
7.0
4.9
24Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
9,549
60
616
1,236
49.8
7.7
159.2
69
59
74.5
5.6
4.8
17
164
25Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
7,865
76
588
1,084
54.2
7.3
103.5
59
64
71.1
5.4
5.9
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.846
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6
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7
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