most passing yards by a quarterback 1920 to 1964

Between the 1920 and 1964 seasons, Y.A. Tittle had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 28,339 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Y.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
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
3Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
24,315
114
1,647
3,031
54.3
8.0
213.3
187
137
82.5
6.2
4.5
4Norm 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
5George Blanda
G. Blanda
20,031
138
1,427
2,902
49.2
6.9
145.2
168
194
63.3
5.8
6.7
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18,810
146
1,326
2,899
45.7
6.5
128.8
148
190
56.9
5.1
6.6
7Billy Wade
B. Wade
18,247
121
1,341
2,461
54.5
7.4
150.8
124
131
73.0
5.0
5.3
8Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
17,313
149
1,256
2,534
49.6
6.8
116.2
151
154
66.4
6.0
6.1
9Ed Brown
E. Brown
14,387
114
886
1,863
47.6
7.7
126.2
93
126
62.4
5.0
6.8
10Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,050
117
881
1,693
52.0
8.3
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
11Bart Starr
B. Starr
13,874
112
1,032
1,818
56.8
7.6
123.9
81
79
77.9
4.5
4.3
12Milt Plum
M. Plum
13,872
95
987
1,772
55.7
7.8
146.0
101
86
79.9
5.7
4.9
13Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
13,507
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
7.6
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
14Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
15Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
13,399
134
898
1,796
50.0
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
16Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
13,091
107
917
1,922
47.7
6.8
122.3
101
130
59.6
5.3
6.8
17Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
12,573
97
809
1,492
54.2
8.4
129.6
100
86
80.7
6.7
5.8
18Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
11,915
66
760
1,580
48.1
7.5
180.5
66
101
60.9
4.2
6.4
19Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
10,978
94
709
1,610
44.0
6.8
116.8
71
97
56.8
4.4
6.0
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
10,574
85
800
1,504
53.2
7.0
124.4
65
80
67.9
4.3
5.3
21Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
10,282
75
879
1,745
50.4
5.9
137.1
69
124
52.2
4.0
7.1
22Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,240
88
723
1,396
51.8
7.3
116.4
90
100
67.4
6.4
7.2
23Norm Snead
N. Snead
10,212
54
669
1,375
48.7
7.4
189.1
60
83
63.0
4.4
6.0
24Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9,654
67
641
1,295
49.5
7.5
144.1
83
104
62.3
6.4
8.0
25Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
5
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.706
49ers 49ers
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5
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10
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11
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11
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14
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.176
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11
6
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.647
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9
1
.441
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12
0
.294
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13
0
.235
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11
6
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9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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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
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
.176

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8:00 PM