most passing yards by a afc qb 1970 to 1973

Between the 1970 and 1973 seasons, John Hadl had the most passing yards by an AFC quarterback, with 7,912 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
7,912
42
585
1,128
51.9
7.0
188.4
58
66
67.3
5.1
5.9
77
659
2Len Dawson
L. Dawson
6,940
50
549
969
56.7
7.2
138.8
43
44
75.0
4.4
4.5
106
939
3Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
6,904
42
520
1,059
49.1
6.5
164.4
40
58
59.9
3.8
5.5
112
1,054
4Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
6,845
50
488
972
50.2
7.0
136.9
58
51
71.3
6.0
5.2
58
522
5Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6,739
51
522
1,079
48.4
6.2
132.1
41
73
52.9
3.8
6.8
111
952
6Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
6,492
50
506
959
52.8
6.8
129.8
44
50
67.8
4.6
5.2
61
444
7Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
6,286
45
485
916
52.9
6.9
139.7
35
67
57.1
3.8
7.3
123
1,058
8Bob Griese
B. Griese
6,168
47
456
823
55.4
7.5
131.2
52
38
81.3
6.3
4.6
72
650
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
5,578
28
348
695
50.1
8.0
199.2
34
45
66.6
4.9
6.5
27
261
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
5,123
38
422
761
55.5
6.7
134.8
30
23
76.9
3.9
3.0
65
477
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
4,895
42
425
859
49.5
5.7
116.5
19
50
50.2
2.2
5.8
87
775
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
4,737
40
380
730
52.1
6.5
118.4
24
40
60.6
3.3
5.5
62
497
13Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
4,616
30
347
669
51.9
6.9
153.9
29
42
62.3
4.3
6.3
33
330
14Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
4,421
56
334
711
47.0
6.2
78.9
24
45
52.0
3.4
6.3
74
631
15Virgil Carter
V. Carter
3,850
33
328
582
56.4
6.6
116.7
22
20
74.9
3.8
3.4
40
313
16Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
3,615
56
235
448
52.5
8.1
64.6
27
27
74.4
6.0
6.0
41
352
17Marty Domres
M. Domres
3,133
35
243
480
50.6
6.5
89.5
23
26
64.9
4.8
5.4
45
360
18Al Woodall
A. Woodall
2,888
24
239
486
49.2
5.9
120.3
18
19
63.9
3.7
3.9
57
434
19Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
2,841
45
233
389
59.9
7.3
63.1
19
18
79.4
4.9
4.6
46
373
20Steve Ramsey
S. Ramsey
2,364
23
159
342
46.5
6.9
102.8
10
24
50.1
2.9
7.0
39
289
21Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
1,667
35
104
265
39.2
6.3
47.6
15
16
54.7
5.7
6.0
10
94
22Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
1,648
20
139
273
50.9
6.0
82.4
13
16
61.1
4.8
5.9
30
247
23Pete Liske
P. Liske
1,340
11
112
238
47.1
5.6
121.8
7
11
55.3
2.9
4.6
28
228
24Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
1,203
19
90
177
50.8
6.8
63.3
6
19
44.5
3.4
10.7
16
159
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
1,126
10
87
194
44.8
5.8
112.6
6
13
46.0
3.1
6.7
14
129
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