Joe Namath gained the most passing yards per game in 1972, with 216.6 per game.

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Data note: Passing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	216.6	1972	NYJ	13	162	324	50.0	2,816	8.7	19	21	72.5	5.9	6.5	11	101
2	Archie Manning A. Manning	198.6	1972	NO	14	230	448	51.3	2,781	6.2	18	21	64.6	4.0	4.7	43	347
3	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	189.4	1972	MIN	14	215	378	56.9	2,651	7.0	18	13	80.2	4.8	3.4	26	203
4	John Hadl J. Hadl	174.9	1972	SD	14	190	370	51.4	2,449	6.6	15	26	56.7	4.1	7.0	19	187
5	Craig Morton C. Morton	171.1	1972	DAL	14	185	339	54.6	2,396	7.1	15	21	65.9	4.4	6.2	23	179
6	Norm Snead N. Snead	164.8	1972	NYG	14	196	325	60.3	2,307	7.1	17	12	84.0	5.2	3.7	8	66
7	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	156.9	1972	NE	14	169	355	47.6	2,196	6.2	8	25	45.7	2.3	7.0	39	385
8	Bob Berry B. Berry	154.1	1972	ATL	14	154	277	55.6	2,158	7.8	13	12	78.5	4.7	4.3	39	255
9	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	152.5	1972	SF	13	147	269	54.6	1,983	7.4	18	16	75.9	6.7	5.9	14	114
10	John Brodie J. Brodie	150.8	1972	SF	6	70	110	63.6	905	8.2	9	8	86.4	8.2	7.3	8	39
11	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	148.6	1972	DEN	12	132	238	55.5	1,783	7.5	14	14	74.6	5.9	5.9	12	82
12	Greg Landry G. Landry	147.6	1972	DET	14	134	268	50.0	2,066	7.7	18	17	71.8	6.7	6.3	25	149
13	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	147.5	1972	CIN	13	171	301	56.8	1,918	6.4	7	7	74.0	2.3	2.3	18	155
14	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	144.8	1972	LA	14	165	323	51.1	2,027	6.3	12	15	63.8	3.7	4.6	12	102
15	Jim Hart J. Hart	142.8	1972	STL	6	60	119	50.4	857	7.2	5	5	70.6	4.2	4.2	7	56
16	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	142.7	1972	OAK	14	149	281	53.0	1,998	7.1	18	12	79.5	6.4	4.3	14	136
17	Mike Phipps M. Phipps	142.4	1972	CLE	14	144	305	47.2	1,994	6.5	13	16	61.0	4.3	5.2	23	183
18	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	138.9	1972	BAL	8	88	157	56.1	1,111	7.1	4	6	70.8	2.5	3.8	14	114
19	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	137.3	1972	WAS	12	120	225	53.3	1,648	7.3	19	11	84.8	8.4	4.9	9	67
20	John Reaves J. Reaves	137.1	1972	PHI	11	108	224	48.2	1,508	6.7	7	12	58.4	3.1	5.4	38	322
21	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	134.8	1972	PIT	14	147	308	47.7	1,887	6.1	12	12	64.1	3.9	3.9	29	237
22	Len Dawson L. Dawson	131.1	1972	KC	14	175	305	57.4	1,835	6.0	13	12	72.8	4.3	3.9	28	255
23	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	122.2	1972	HOU	14	144	299	48.2	1,711	5.7	7	12	57.1	2.3	4.0	37	310
24	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	119.0	1972	BUF	14	136	258	52.7	1,666	6.5	14	17	63.5	5.4	6.6	38	320
25	Steve Ramsey S. Ramsey	116.7	1972	DEN	9	65	137	47.4	1,050	7.7	3	9	53.5	2.2	6.6	26	184

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