nfl passing leaders 1966 to 1970

Between the 1966 and 1970 seasons, Joe Namath had the most passing yards, with 14,526 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
14,526
61
952
1,882
50.6
7.7
238.1
84
101
68.9
4.5
5.4
19
180
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
14,392
68
1,185
2,015
58.8
7.1
211.6
121
71
86.2
6.0
3.5
65
536
3John Hadl
J. Hadl
14,325
70
945
1,893
49.9
7.6
204.6
106
94
73.2
5.6
5.0
60
517
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
13,899
70
1,017
1,870
54.4
7.4
198.6
109
67
82.9
5.8
3.6
72
538
5John Brodie
J. Brodie
13,189
69
1,051
1,905
55.2
6.9
191.1
89
84
74.1
4.7
4.4
24
201
6Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
12,840
69
859
1,707
50.3
7.5
186.1
115
80
78.3
6.7
4.7
26
227
7Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
12,784
70
1,025
1,940
52.8
6.6
182.6
94
64
76.0
4.8
3.3
34
246
8Norm Snead
N. Snead
11,420
62
866
1,665
52.0
6.9
184.2
82
99
65.6
4.9
5.9
42
351
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
10,870
60
805
1,464
55.0
7.4
181.2
70
82
71.4
4.8
5.6
31
251
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
10,486
65
735
1,293
56.8
8.1
161.3
89
63
85.9
6.9
4.9
47
366
11Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
9,512
53
638
1,235
51.7
7.7
179.5
75
55
78.9
6.1
4.5
25
243
12Jim Hart
J. Hart
8,757
51
591
1,266
46.7
6.9
171.7
54
78
58.4
4.3
6.2
36
316
13Bart Starr
B. Starr
8,503
66
612
1,035
59.1
8.2
128.8
55
47
84.4
5.3
4.5
53
469
14Bob Griese
B. Griese
8,192
48
615
1,183
52.0
6.9
170.7
58
67
67.0
4.9
5.7
64
571
15Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
7,574
55
597
1,132
52.7
6.7
137.7
47
63
64.6
4.2
5.6
41
367
16Don Meredith
D. Meredith
7,139
37
476
908
52.4
7.9
192.9
61
40
82.6
6.7
4.4
17Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
6,935
42
497
1,102
45.1
6.3
165.1
38
64
53.2
3.4
5.8
21
187
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
6,393
53
390
758
51.5
8.4
120.6
53
39
82.0
7.0
5.1
50
412
19Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
5,911
51
449
918
48.9
6.4
115.9
40
64
55.1
4.4
7.0
55
429
20Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
5,820
50
425
931
45.6
6.3
116.4
32
56
52.6
3.4
6.0
22
205
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
5,742
52
363
684
53.1
8.4
110.4
50
41
80.7
7.3
6.0
21
194
22Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
5,646
36
369
733
50.3
7.7
156.8
56
36
81.1
7.6
4.9
4
35
23Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
5,577
56
385
805
47.8
6.9
99.6
46
47
65.5
5.7
5.8
0
0
24Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
5,558
55
369
862
42.8
6.4
101.1
43
46
59.0
5.0
5.3
35
243
25Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
5,538
46
435
904
48.1
6.1
120.4
34
65
50.3
3.8
7.2
34
300
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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