most passing yds 1961 to 1967

Between the 1961 and 1967 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 20,968 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yds by a player 1961 to 1967
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
20,968
95
1,460
2,590
56.4
8.1
220.7
143
117
82.4
5.5
4.5
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
20,654
92
1,469
2,651
55.4
7.8
224.5
163
127
81.3
6.1
4.8
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
17,667
98
1,228
2,276
54.0
7.8
180.3
142
114
79.3
6.2
5.0
4Norm Snead
N. Snead
17,232
89
1,162
2,323
50.0
7.4
193.6
112
131
67.3
4.8
5.6
5George Blanda
G. Blanda
17,021
98
1,193
2,459
48.5
6.9
173.7
144
170
62.1
5.9
6.9
6Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
16,747
94
1,140
2,413
47.2
6.9
178.2
132
138
64.8
5.5
5.7
7Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
16,131
90
1,047
2,305
45.4
7.0
179.2
81
134
56.6
3.5
5.8
8John Brodie
J. Brodie
15,660
86
1,195
2,207
54.1
7.1
182.1
106
102
73.5
4.8
4.6
9Len Dawson
L. Dawson
15,552
91
1,113
1,977
56.3
7.9
170.9
157
98
87.6
7.9
5.0
10Bart Starr
B. Starr
14,990
97
1,056
1,808
58.4
8.3
154.5
97
68
87.5
5.4
3.8
11Don Meredith
D. Meredith
14,418
85
970
1,931
50.2
7.5
169.6
112
94
74.1
5.8
4.9
12Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
13,837
91
948
1,831
51.8
7.6
152.1
132
89
80.5
7.2
4.9
13John Hadl
J. Hadl
13,300
84
873
1,748
49.9
7.6
158.3
106
102
71.3
6.1
5.8
14Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
12,751
68
870
1,720
50.6
7.4
187.5
94
96
70.1
5.5
5.6
15Milt Plum
M. Plum
10,952
79
848
1,617
52.4
6.8
138.6
73
97
64.1
4.5
6.0
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
10,493
60
748
1,466
51.0
7.2
174.9
66
52
74.7
4.5
3.5
17Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10,439
54
731
1,308
55.9
8.0
193.3
96
68
84.7
7.3
5.2
18Tom Flores
T. Flores
10,157
84
696
1,452
47.9
7.0
120.9
80
79
66.9
5.5
5.4
19Billy Wade
B. Wade
9,958
59
767
1,407
54.5
7.1
168.8
68
66
73.6
4.8
4.7
20Joe Namath
J. Namath
9,606
41
654
1,302
50.2
7.4
234.3
63
70
68.4
4.8
5.4
21Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
8,973
72
562
1,305
43.1
6.9
124.6
58
86
54.0
4.4
6.6
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
8,299
76
564
1,098
51.4
7.6
109.2
71
55
77.1
6.5
5.0
23Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
7,484
62
561
1,026
54.7
7.3
120.7
57
61
71.8
5.6
5.9
24Dick Wood
D. Wood
7,153
60
522
1,194
43.7
6.0
119.2
51
71
52.9
4.3
5.9
25Ed Brown
E. Brown
6,644
70
388
839
46.2
7.9
94.9
43
61
60.4
5.1
7.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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