most passing yards qb 1971

John Hadl had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 1971, with 3,075 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
3,075
1971
SD SD
14
233
431
54.1
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
2John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,642
1971
SF SF
14
208
387
53.7
6.8
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,567
1971
NYG NYG
13
226
386
58.5
6.7
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,504
1971
KC KC
14
167
301
55.5
8.3
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
5Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
2,319
1971
CLE CLE
14
174
325
53.5
7.1
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,259
1971
PIT PIT
14
203
373
54.4
6.1
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
7Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,238
1971
LA LA
14
180
352
51.1
6.4
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
8Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,237
1971
DET DET
14
136
261
52.1
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
9Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
2,221
1971
WAS WAS
14
166
306
54.2
7.3
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,158
1971
NE NE
14
158
328
48.2
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
11Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,089
1971
MIA MIA
14
145
263
55.1
7.9
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
12Bob Berry
B. Berry
2,005
1971
ATL ATL
11
136
226
60.2
8.9
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
13Pete Liske
P. Liske
1,957
1971
PHI PHI
14
143
269
53.2
7.3
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
14Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1,882
1971
DAL DAL
13
126
211
59.7
8.9
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
15Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,813
1971
BUF BUF
13
149
291
51.2
6.2
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,717
1971
OAK OAK
14
118
242
48.8
7.1
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
17Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,702
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
270
47.0
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
1,626
1971
STL STL
11
110
243
45.3
6.7
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
19Virgil Carter
V. Carter
1,624
1971
CIN CIN
10
138
222
62.2
7.3
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
20Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
1,210
1971
GB GB
13
75
163
46.0
7.4
93.1
7
17
46.1
4.3
10.4
11
81
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,210
1971
BAL BAL
14
84
167
50.3
7.2
86.4
7
12
58.2
4.2
7.2
11
89
22Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
1,191
1971
NO NO
14
96
210
45.7
5.7
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
23Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,164
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
225
40.4
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,164
1971
NO NO
12
86
177
48.6
6.6
97.0
6
9
60.1
3.4
5.1
40
332
25Craig Morton
C. Morton
1,131
1971
DAL DAL
10
78
143
54.5
7.9
113.1
7
8
73.5
4.9
5.6
9
76
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