most passing yards by a quarterback 1920 to 1965

Between the 1920 and 1965 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
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
26,845
125
1,811
3,313
54.7
8.1
214.8
210
149
83.8
6.3
4.5
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
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
22,573
152
1,613
3,344
48.2
6.8
148.5
188
224
61.2
5.6
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
18,451
126
1,361
2,502
54.4
7.4
146.4
124
133
72.5
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
9Bart Starr
B. Starr
15,929
126
1,172
2,069
56.6
7.7
126.4
97
88
79.3
4.7
4.3
10Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
15,688
121
1,090
2,348
46.4
6.7
129.7
119
156
57.8
5.1
6.6
11Milt Plum
M. Plum
15,582
109
1,130
2,080
54.3
7.5
143.0
113
105
75.6
5.4
5.0
12Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
14,940
110
999
1,848
54.1
8.1
135.8
115
102
78.6
6.2
5.5
13Ed Brown
E. Brown
14,591
128
896
1,886
47.5
7.7
114.0
94
131
61.6
5.0
6.9
14Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
14,283
80
939
1,971
47.6
7.2
178.5
76
119
59.7
3.9
6.0
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,050
117
881
1,693
52.0
8.3
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
16John Brodie
J. Brodie
13,686
98
1,042
1,895
55.0
7.2
139.7
95
96
73.6
5.0
5.1
17Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
13,507
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
7.6
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
18Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
19Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
13,399
134
898
1,796
50.0
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
20Norm Snead
N. Snead
12,558
65
819
1,663
49.2
7.6
193.2
75
96
65.6
4.5
5.8
21Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
12,018
70
832
1,541
54.0
7.8
171.7
96
79
79.0
6.2
5.1
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
11,522
120
779
1,554
50.1
7.4
96.0
87
78
72.5
5.6
5.0
23Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
11,255
54
755
1,486
50.8
7.6
208.4
83
82
71.6
5.6
5.5
24Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
10,986
96
710
1,611
44.1
6.8
114.4
71
97
56.8
4.4
6.0
25Len Dawson
L. Dawson
10,493
84
762
1,366
55.8
7.7
124.9
108
73
84.7
7.9
5.3
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