nfl most passing yards for a player in 1966

Joe Namath had the most passing yards in 1966, with 3,379 yards.

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

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	3,379	1966	NYJ	14	232	471	49.3	7.2	241.4	19	27	62.6	4.0	5.7
2	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	3,209	1966	WAS	14	254	436	58.3	7.4	229.2	28	19	84.5	6.4	4.4
3	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	2,974	1966	CLE	14	200	382	52.4	7.8	212.4	29	14	88.2	7.6	3.7
4	John Hadl J. Hadl	2,846	1966	SD	14	200	375	53.3	7.6	203.3	23	14	83.0	6.1	3.7
5	John Brodie J. Brodie	2,810	1966	SF	14	232	427	54.3	6.6	200.7	16	22	65.8	3.7	5.2
6	Don Meredith D. Meredith	2,805	1966	DAL	13	177	344	51.5	8.2	215.8	24	12	87.7	7.0	3.5
7	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	2,748	1966	BAL	14	195	348	56.0	7.9	196.3	22	24	74.0	6.3	6.9
8	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	2,721	1966	BOS	14	181	382	47.4	7.1	194.4	20	20	66.9	5.2	5.2
9	Tom Flores T. Flores	2,638	1966	OAK	14	151	306	49.3	8.6	188.4	24	14	86.2	7.8	4.6
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,561	1966	MIN	14	192	358	53.6	7.2	182.9	17	16	73.8	4.7	4.5
11	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	2,540	1966	LA	14	217	397	54.7	6.4	181.4	10	16	65.9	2.5	4.0
12	Len Dawson L. Dawson	2,527	1966	KC	14	159	284	56.0	8.9	180.5	26	10	101.7	9.2	3.5
13	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	2,451	1966	BUF	14	166	389	42.7	6.3	175.1	11	16	56.2	2.8	4.1
14	Bart Starr B. Starr	2,257	1966	GB	14	156	251	62.2	9.0	161.2	14	3	105.0	5.6	1.2
15	Rudy Bukich R. Bukich	1,858	1966	CHI	14	147	309	47.6	6.0	132.7	10	21	49.3	3.2	6.8
16	Karl Sweetan K. Sweetan	1,809	1966	DET	10	157	309	50.8	5.9	180.9	4	14	54.3	1.3	4.5
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
18	George Blanda G. Blanda	1,764	1966	HOU	14	122	271	45.0	6.5	126.0	17	21	55.3	6.3	7.7
19	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	1,334	1966	STL	9	103	205	50.2	6.5	148.2	10	11	65.0	4.9	5.4
20	Norm Snead N. Snead	1,275	1966	PHI	10	103	226	45.6	5.6	127.5	8	11	55.1	3.5	4.9
21	Ron Smith R. Smith	1,249	1966	PIT	9	79	181	43.6	6.9	138.8	8	12	54.3	4.4	6.6
22	Don Trull D. Trull	1,200	1966	HOU	14	84	172	48.8	7.0	85.7	10	5	79.1	5.8	2.9
23	Gary Wood G. Wood	1,142	1966	NYG	14	81	170	47.6	6.7	81.6	6	13	49.7	3.5	7.6
24	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	1,122	1966	PIT	5	63	112	56.3	10.0	224.4	7	1	107.8	6.3	0.9
25	Max Choboian M. Choboian	1,110	1966	DEN	14	82	163	50.3	6.8	79.3	4	12	49.9	2.5	7.4

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Lions	6	2	0	.750
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