nfl passing leaders 1960s yards per game

Johnny Unitas passed for 214.1 yards per game between the 1960 and 1969 seasons.

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NFL passing leaders 1960s passing yards per game

	NAME	YDS/G	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	214.1	26,548	124	1,839	3,327	55.3	8.0	182	165	79.0	5.5	5.0
2	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	218.5	26,225	120	1,933	3,418	56.6	7.7	207	154	82.6	6.1	4.5
3	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	189.7	23,148	122	1,629	3,017	54.0	7.7	186	134	81.1	6.2	4.4
4	John Brodie J. Brodie	189.7	22,196	117	1,726	3,152	54.8	7.0	150	146	73.6	4.8	4.6
5	Norm Snead N. Snead	195.1	21,655	111	1,503	2,984	50.4	7.3	142	175	65.7	4.8	5.9
6	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	185.4	21,130	114	1,428	3,053	46.8	6.9	114	181	57.6	3.7	5.9
7	George Blanda G. Blanda	192.5	20,024	104	1,398	2,882	48.5	6.9	176	195	63.6	6.1	6.8
8	Bart Starr B. Starr	160.7	19,126	119	1,355	2,299	58.9	8.3	125	90	87.7	5.4	3.9
9	John Hadl J. Hadl	183.0	19,028	104	1,238	2,505	49.4	7.6	143	142	70.3	5.7	5.7
10	Len Dawson L. Dawson	179.3	19,007	106	1,350	2,376	56.8	8.0	183	119	87.6	7.7	5.0
11	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	161.9	18,298	113	1,268	2,670	47.5	6.9	144	150	64.8	5.4	5.6
12	Don Meredith D. Meredith	170.3	17,199	101	1,170	2,308	50.7	7.5	135	111	74.8	5.8	4.8
13	Joe Namath J. Namath	224.4	15,487	69	1,026	2,043	50.2	7.6	97	104	70.1	4.7	5.1
14	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	175.1	15,406	88	1,149	2,231	51.5	6.9	109	75	76.1	4.9	3.4
15	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	150.1	15,308	102	1,040	2,012	51.7	7.6	146	102	79.9	7.3	5.1
16	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	184.3	14,928	81	1,030	2,041	50.5	7.3	108	109	70.0	5.3	5.3
17	Milt Plum M. Plum	151.5	13,335	88	1,007	1,885	53.4	7.1	95	102	70.3	5.0	5.4
18	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	147.5	12,386	84	823	1,551	53.1	8.0	106	78	81.4	6.8	5.0
19	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	163.7	12,274	75	797	1,612	49.4	7.6	105	83	75.3	6.5	5.1
20	Tom Flores T. Flores	140.7	11,960	85	838	1,711	49.0	7.0	93	91	68.0	5.4	5.3
21	Cotton Davidson C. Davidson	168.4	11,451	68	742	1,687	44.0	6.8	73	102	56.3	4.3	6.0
22	Billy Wade B. Wade	165.5	11,252	68	873	1,589	54.9	7.1	80	77	74.0	5.0	4.8
23	Y.A. Tittle	182.6	11,140	61	798	1,428	55.9	7.8	100	70	84.1	7.0	4.9
24	Bill Nelsen B. Nelsen	180.3	9,555	53	615	1,228	50.1	7.8	69	58	75.3	5.6	4.7
25	Rudy Bukich R. Bukich	133.3	7,866	59	587	1,069	54.9	7.4	59	59	73.9	5.5	5.5

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