most passing yards qb 1972

Joe Namath had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 1972, with 2,816 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,816
1972
NYJ NYJ
13
162
324
50.0
8.7
216.6
19
21
72.5
5.9
6.5
11
101
2Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,781
1972
NO NO
14
230
448
51.3
6.2
198.6
18
21
64.6
4.0
4.7
43
347
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,651
1972
MIN MIN
14
215
378
56.9
7.0
189.4
18
13
80.2
4.8
3.4
26
203
4John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,449
1972
SD SD
14
190
370
51.4
6.6
174.9
15
26
56.7
4.1
7.0
19
187
5Craig Morton
C. Morton
2,396
1972
DAL DAL
14
185
339
54.6
7.1
171.1
15
21
65.9
4.4
6.2
23
179
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,307
1972
NYG NYG
14
196
325
60.3
7.1
164.8
17
12
84.0
5.2
3.7
8
66
7Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,196
1972
NE NE
14
169
355
47.6
6.2
156.9
8
25
45.7
2.3
7.0
39
385
8Bob Berry
B. Berry
2,158
1972
ATL ATL
14
154
277
55.6
7.8
154.1
13
12
78.5
4.7
4.3
39
255
9Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,066
1972
DET DET
14
134
268
50.0
7.7
147.6
18
17
71.8
6.7
6.3
25
149
10Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,027
1972
LA LA
14
165
323
51.1
6.3
144.8
12
15
63.8
3.7
4.6
12
102
11Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,998
1972
OAK OAK
14
149
281
53.0
7.1
142.7
18
12
79.5
6.4
4.3
14
136
12Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
1,994
1972
CLE CLE
14
144
305
47.2
6.5
142.4
13
16
61.0
4.3
5.2
23
183
13Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
1,983
1972
SF SF
13
147
269
54.6
7.4
152.5
18
16
75.9
6.7
5.9
14
114
14Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1,918
1972
CIN CIN
13
171
301
56.8
6.4
147.5
7
7
74.0
2.3
2.3
18
155
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,887
1972
PIT PIT
14
147
308
47.7
6.1
134.8
12
12
64.1
3.9
3.9
29
237
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,835
1972
KC KC
14
175
305
57.4
6.0
131.1
13
12
72.8
4.3
3.9
28
255
17Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,783
1972
DEN DEN
12
132
238
55.5
7.5
148.6
14
14
74.6
5.9
5.9
12
82
18Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,711
1972
HOU HOU
14
144
299
48.2
5.7
122.2
7
12
57.1
2.3
4.0
37
310
19Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,666
1972
BUF BUF
14
136
258
52.7
6.5
119.0
14
17
63.5
5.4
6.6
38
320
20Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1,648
1972
WAS WAS
12
120
225
53.3
7.3
137.3
19
11
84.8
8.4
4.9
9
67
21John Reaves
J. Reaves
1,508
1972
PHI PHI
11
108
224
48.2
6.7
137.1
7
12
58.4
3.1
5.4
38
322
22Marty Domres
M. Domres
1,392
1972
BAL BAL
12
115
222
51.8
6.3
116.0
11
6
76.6
5.0
2.7
11
96
23Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,360
1972
MIA MIA
14
83
150
55.3
9.1
97.1
11
7
91.0
7.3
4.7
14
114
24Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
1,252
1972
GB GB
14
86
199
43.2
6.3
89.4
6
9
55.5
3.0
4.5
13
86
25Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,246
1972
CHI CHI
14
75
198
37.9
6.3
89.0
9
12
49.8
4.5
6.1
32
175
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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Bills Bills
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4
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
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12/14
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Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
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NE NE
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