nfl passing leaders 1965 to 1969

Between the 1965 and 1969 seasons, Joe Namath had the most passing yards, with 15,487 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
15,487
69
1,026
2,043
50.2
7.6
224.4
97
104
70.1
4.7
5.1
13
117
2John Hadl
J. Hadl
14,735
70
957
1,914
50.0
7.7
210.5
104
100
72.2
5.4
5.2
18
190
3Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
14,405
67
1,173
2,034
57.7
7.1
215.0
113
77
82.4
5.6
3.8
40
322
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
13,731
70
969
1,810
53.5
7.6
196.2
109
66
83.2
6.0
3.6
36
289
5John Brodie
J. Brodie
13,360
68
1,070
1,918
55.8
7.0
196.5
95
90
74.6
5.0
4.7
16
134
6Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
11,553
63
897
1,706
52.6
6.8
183.4
89
57
77.6
5.2
3.3
14
112
7Norm Snead
N. Snead
11,443
59
835
1,618
51.6
7.1
193.9
82
92
67.8
5.1
5.7
21
170
8Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
11,187
57
803
1,425
56.4
7.9
196.3
79
76
78.0
5.5
5.3
12
93
9Len Dawson
L. Dawson
10,872
65
757
1,336
56.7
8.1
167.3
97
63
87.8
7.3
4.7
13
89
10Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
10,700
69
709
1,421
49.9
7.5
155.1
96
71
76.7
6.8
5.0
11
100
11Don Meredith
D. Meredith
9,554
51
617
1,213
50.9
7.9
187.3
83
53
81.9
6.8
4.4
12Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
9,303
56
676
1,493
45.3
6.2
166.1
48
82
53.6
3.2
5.5
21
187
13Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
9,273
53
600
1,192
50.3
7.8
175.0
67
56
75.6
5.6
4.7
17
164
14Bart Starr
B. Starr
8,913
66
612
1,031
59.4
8.6
135.0
63
43
90.6
6.1
4.2
24
217
15Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
8,174
70
558
1,231
45.3
6.6
116.8
64
73
60.1
5.2
5.9
0
0
16Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7,396
52
467
893
52.3
8.3
142.2
63
49
80.8
7.1
5.5
7
63
17Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
7,394
47
487
972
50.1
7.6
157.3
74
49
79.9
7.6
5.0
0
0
18Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
6,338
60
454
1,003
45.3
6.3
105.6
31
61
51.1
3.1
6.1
22
205
19Jim Hart
J. Hart
6,182
37
420
893
47.0
6.9
167.1
40
60
57.1
4.5
6.7
10
100
20Bob Griese
B. Griese
6,173
34
473
938
50.4
6.6
181.6
46
50
65.7
4.9
5.3
33
289
21Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
6,112
44
430
883
48.7
6.9
138.9
43
43
67.4
4.9
4.9
11
101
22Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
6,017
42
462
895
51.6
6.7
143.3
41
46
67.0
4.6
5.1
22
212
23Bill Munson
B. Munson
5,396
40
444
822
54.0
6.6
134.9
35
33
71.9
4.3
4.0
12
93
24George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,186
70
359
813
44.2
6.4
74.1
48
57
55.9
5.9
7.0
1
4
25Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
5,095
42
395
832
47.5
6.1
121.3
32
57
51.4
3.8
6.9
18
152
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