nfl passing yards leaders in 1957

Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards in 1957, with 2,550 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,550
1957
12
172
301
57.1
8.5
212.5
24
17
88.0
8.0
5.6
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
2,157
1957
12
176
279
63.1
7.7
179.8
13
15
80.0
4.7
5.4
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,105
1957
12
132
265
49.8
7.9
175.4
20
21
68.8
7.5
7.9
4Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,900
1957
12
139
289
48.1
6.6
158.3
11
12
64.9
3.8
4.2
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,712
1957
12
128
232
55.2
7.4
142.7
11
11
74.9
4.7
4.7
6Lamar McHan
L. McHan
1,568
1957
12
87
200
43.5
7.8
130.7
11
15
58.1
5.5
7.5
7Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
1,508
1957
12
99
167
59.3
9.0
125.7
11
10
86.1
6.6
6.0
8Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,489
1957
12
117
215
54.4
6.9
124.1
8
10
69.3
3.7
4.7
9Ed Brown
E. Brown
1,321
1957
12
84
185
45.4
7.1
110.1
6
16
44.4
3.2
8.6
10Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
1,229
1957
11
63
110
57.3
11.2
111.7
9
8
93.3
8.2
7.3
11Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,169
1957
11
87
179
48.6
6.5
106.3
6
12
53.0
3.4
6.7
12Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,070
1957
12
76
177
42.9
6.0
89.2
11
10
60.2
6.2
5.6
13Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
669
1957
12
39
102
38.2
6.6
55.8
4
12
34.8
3.9
11.8
14Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
630
1957
12
46
92
50.0
6.8
52.5
4
10
47.2
4.3
10.9
15Milt Plum
M. Plum
590
1957
9
41
76
53.9
7.8
65.6
2
5
60.7
2.6
6.6
16Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
527
1957
12
37
80
46.3
6.6
43.9
1
9
32.7
1.3
11.3
17Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
470
1957
10
33
70
47.1
6.7
47.0
5
8
53.6
7.1
11.4
18Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
238
1957
7
15
45
33.3
5.3
34.0
1
5
19.7
2.2
11.1
19Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
224
1957
4
11
26
42.3
8.6
56.0
1
1
70.0
3.8
3.8
20Al Dorow
A. Dorow
212
1957
6
17
36
47.2
5.9
35.3
1
4
35.6
2.8
11.1
21John Brodie
J. Brodie
160
1957
5
11
21
52.4
7.6
32.0
2
3
69.6
9.5
14.3
22Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
143
1957
12
4
6
66.7
23.8
11.9
2
0
149.3
33.3
0.0
23Billy Wade
B. Wade
116
1957
5
10
24
41.7
4.8
23.2
1
1
53.5
4.2
4.2
24Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
103
1957
7
6
28
21.4
3.7
14.7
0
3
2.8
0.0
10.7
25Ed Sutton
E. Sutton
95
1957
12
3
5
60.0
19.0
7.9
0
0
104.2
0.0
0.0
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