nfl passing leaders 1965 to 1972

Between the 1965 and 1972 seasons, John Hadl had the most passing yards, with 22,647 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
22,647
112
1,542
3,042
50.7
7.4
202.2
162
166
70.4
5.3
5.5
95
849
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
21,726
111
1,629
2,963
55.0
7.3
195.7
157
112
80.4
5.3
3.8
125
973
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
20,099
91
1,306
2,605
50.1
7.7
220.9
126
143
69.3
4.8
5.5
30
281
4John Brodie
J. Brodie
19,848
102
1,571
2,793
56.2
7.1
194.6
146
132
76.3
5.2
4.7
43
351
5Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
18,370
105
1,453
2,788
52.1
6.6
175.0
134
94
74.9
4.8
3.4
71
548
6Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
17,562
93
1,430
2,458
58.2
7.1
188.8
138
93
83.3
5.6
3.8
68
565
7Len Dawson
L. Dawson
17,087
107
1,240
2,204
56.3
7.8
159.7
138
102
82.9
6.3
4.6
105
924
8Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
16,931
111
1,155
2,300
50.2
7.4
152.5
152
114
76.0
6.6
5.0
58
535
9Norm Snead
N. Snead
16,543
94
1,249
2,353
53.1
7.0
176.0
115
130
68.9
4.9
5.5
57
484
10Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
15,453
92
1,149
2,079
55.3
7.4
168.0
100
109
73.3
4.8
5.2
60
494
11Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
13,889
83
947
1,861
50.9
7.5
167.3
96
98
70.8
5.2
5.3
50
494
12Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
11,443
81
883
1,663
53.1
6.9
141.3
79
87
69.0
4.8
5.2
66
544
13Jim Hart
J. Hart
11,240
68
761
1,628
46.7
6.9
165.3
67
97
58.7
4.1
6.0
56
511
14Bob Griese
B. Griese
10,919
68
813
1,543
52.7
7.1
160.6
81
80
71.4
5.2
5.2
94
864
15Bart Starr
B. Starr
10,844
84
776
1,331
58.3
8.1
129.1
71
59
83.9
5.3
4.4
59
533
16Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
10,758
94
685
1,303
52.6
8.3
114.4
90
72
80.3
6.9
5.5
46
397
17Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
10,139
80
752
1,496
50.3
6.8
126.7
67
76
66.0
4.5
5.1
46
368
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
10,093
81
670
1,274
52.6
7.9
124.6
77
72
75.5
6.0
5.7
82
667
19Don Meredith
D. Meredith
9,554
51
617
1,213
50.9
7.9
187.3
83
53
81.9
6.8
4.4
20Jack 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
21Bob Berry
B. Berry
8,747
61
614
1,095
56.1
8.0
143.4
58
61
76.5
5.3
5.6
127
898
22Babe 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
23Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
7,737
87
540
1,209
44.7
6.4
88.9
40
81
49.1
3.3
6.7
32
285
24Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
7,397
48
488
976
50.0
7.6
154.1
74
49
79.7
7.6
5.0
4
35
25Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
7,135
68
559
1,129
49.5
6.3
104.9
41
52
62.6
3.6
4.6
55
401
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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