nfl career passing yards leaders between 1935 to 1965

Between the 1935 and 1965 seasons, Y.A. Tittle had the most passing yards, with 28,339 yards.

NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Y.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
2 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
26,845
125
1,811
3,313
54.7
8.1
214.8
210
149
83.8
6.3
4.5
3 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
4 Norm 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
5 George Blanda
G. Blanda
23,321
200
1,670
3,501
47.7
6.7
116.6
196
238
59.9
5.6
6.8
6 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
7 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
19,488
161
1,418
2,833
50.1
6.9
121.0
173
167
68.2
6.1
5.9
8 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18,810
146
1,326
2,899
45.7
6.5
128.8
148
190
56.9
5.1
6.6
9 Billy Wade
B. Wade
18,451
126
1,361
2,502
54.4
7.4
146.4
124
133
72.5
5.0
5.3
10 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
17,104
133
1,167
2,525
46.2
6.8
128.6
132
173
57.7
5.2
6.9
11 Bart Starr
B. Starr
15,929
126
1,172
2,069
56.6
7.7
126.4
97
88
79.3
4.7
4.3
12 Ed Brown
E. Brown
15,600
154
949
1,987
47.8
7.9
101.3
102
138
62.8
5.1
6.9
13 Milt Plum
M. Plum
15,582
109
1,130
2,080
54.3
7.5
143.0
113
105
75.6
5.4
5.0
14 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
14,940
110
999
1,848
54.1
8.1
135.8
115
102
78.6
6.2
5.5
15 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,686
128
904
1,744
51.8
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
16 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
14,283
80
939
1,971
47.6
7.2
178.5
76
119
59.7
3.9
6.0
17 John Brodie
J. Brodie
13,686
98
1,042
1,895
55.0
7.2
139.7
95
96
73.6
5.0
5.1
18 Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
19 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
13,399
134
898
1,796
50.0
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
20 Norm Snead
N. Snead
12,558
65
819
1,663
49.2
7.6
193.2
75
96
65.6
4.5
5.8
21 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
12,018
70
832
1,541
54.0
7.8
171.7
96
79
79.0
6.2
5.1
22 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
23 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
11,522
120
779
1,554
50.1
7.4
96.0
87
78
72.5
5.6
5.0
24 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
11,255
54
755
1,486
50.8
7.6
208.4
83
82
71.6
5.6
5.5
25 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
10,986
96
710
1,611
44.1
6.8
114.4
71
97
56.8
4.4
6.0
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19.7

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16.3

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89.7

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280.0

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TEAM W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
2
1
0
.667
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
2
1
0
.667
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Sun
9/28
JAX JAX
@
SF SF
4:05 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
SF SF
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

3 - 0 - 0

16

Final

15

ARI Cardinals

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
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2
0
.333

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
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NE NE
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
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@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM