nfl passing leaders 1971 to 1975

Between the 1971 and 1975 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 12,923 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
12,923
68
1,082
1,814
59.6
7.1
190.0
86
66
82.1
4.7
3.6
128
1,092
2John Hadl
J. Hadl
11,379
70
891
1,711
52.1
6.7
162.6
72
97
63.6
4.2
5.7
102
848
3Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
10,995
64
959
1,765
54.3
6.2
171.8
74
60
73.1
4.2
3.4
121
911
4Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
10,959
64
863
1,466
58.9
7.5
171.2
69
44
85.5
4.7
3.0
133
1,016
5Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
9,932
61
729
1,503
48.5
6.6
162.8
62
87
59.7
4.1
5.8
146
1,317
6Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
9,626
58
702
1,225
57.3
7.9
166.0
66
52
82.9
5.4
4.2
155
1,025
7Jim Hart
J. Hart
9,624
57
730
1,415
51.6
6.8
168.8
67
56
72.7
4.7
4.0
64
540
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
9,597
59
723
1,338
54.0
7.2
162.7
79
55
79.6
5.9
4.1
76
499
9Joe Namath
J. Namath
9,221
51
606
1,203
50.4
7.7
180.8
64
83
65.0
5.3
6.9
67
646
10Archie Manning
A. Manning
8,699
63
749
1,491
50.2
5.8
138.1
47
78
57.0
3.2
5.2
186
1,418
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
8,519
67
728
1,448
50.3
5.9
127.1
43
76
56.5
3.0
5.2
134
1,210
12Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8,169
60
671
1,295
51.8
6.3
136.2
60
66
65.8
4.6
5.1
127
1,104
13Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
7,830
68
563
1,064
52.9
7.4
115.1
55
59
71.0
5.2
5.5
92
669
14Bob Griese
B. Griese
7,810
56
584
1,022
57.1
7.6
139.5
70
49
84.4
6.8
4.8
84
701
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
7,732
62
639
1,082
59.1
7.1
124.7
42
47
75.9
3.9
4.3
120
1,057
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
7,582
66
586
1,116
52.5
6.8
114.9
45
59
65.6
4.0
5.3
92
683
17Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
7,554
70
580
985
58.9
7.7
107.9
61
53
81.3
6.2
5.4
83
716
18Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
7,025
70
584
1,220
47.9
5.8
100.4
36
76
49.8
3.0
6.2
128
1,086
19Norm Snead
N. Snead
6,580
48
569
983
57.9
6.7
137.1
39
58
66.9
4.0
5.9
47
366
20Greg Landry
G. Landry
6,186
46
420
795
52.8
7.8
134.5
41
43
73.2
5.2
5.4
95
691
21Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
4,953
42
361
717
50.3
6.9
117.9
41
39
69.2
5.7
5.4
72
552
22John Brodie
J. Brodie
4,673
34
376
691
54.4
6.8
137.4
30
44
63.5
4.3
6.4
23
179
23Bert Jones
B. Jones
4,632
33
389
722
53.9
6.4
140.4
30
32
69.1
4.2
4.4
88
779
24Bob Berry
B. Berry
4,613
42
337
581
58.0
7.9
109.8
30
31
78.5
5.2
5.3
64
434
25Steve Ramsey
S. Ramsey
4,506
41
328
649
50.5
6.9
109.9
24
45
56.6
3.7
6.9
71
531
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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