qb passing leaders 1956 to 1960

Between the 1956 and 1960 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 12,053 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12,053
58
801
1,507
53.2
8.0
207.8
109
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
10,568
60
742
1,387
53.5
7.6
176.1
82
84
72.9
5.9
6.1
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
9,388
59
606
1,223
49.6
7.7
159.1
62
79
65.3
5.1
6.5
4Billy Wade
B. Wade
7,747
52
541
986
54.9
7.9
149.0
53
64
71.4
5.4
6.5
5Ed Brown
E. Brown
7,366
60
466
967
48.2
7.6
122.8
47
66
61.7
4.9
6.8
6Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
7,290
53
591
1,031
57.3
7.1
137.5
43
60
69.0
4.2
5.8
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
6,714
56
485
918
52.8
7.3
119.9
53
38
78.6
5.8
4.1
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
6,498
45
450
781
57.6
8.3
144.4
48
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
6,240
57
413
808
51.1
7.7
109.5
45
66
61.4
5.6
8.2
10Tobin Rote
T. Rote
5,812
46
402
904
44.5
6.4
126.3
48
54
58.7
5.3
6.0
11Lamar McHan
L. McHan
5,340
60
331
749
44.2
7.1
89.0
44
50
60.4
5.9
6.7
12Bart Starr
B. Starr
5,019
57
387
722
53.6
7.0
88.1
23
40
63.3
3.2
5.5
13Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
4,509
59
299
631
47.4
7.1
76.4
26
36
61.3
4.1
5.7
14Al Dorow
A. Dorow
3,690
32
273
544
50.2
6.8
115.3
35
38
64.5
6.4
7.0
15Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
3,149
43
218
495
44.0
6.4
73.2
22
43
43.9
4.4
8.7
16Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
3,106
18
219
424
51.7
7.3
172.6
20
27
64.8
4.7
6.4
17Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
3,038
14
248
478
51.9
6.4
217.0
24
34
58.9
5.0
7.1
18George Shaw
G. Shaw
2,930
38
191
364
52.5
8.0
77.1
23
26
70.7
6.3
7.1
19George Blanda
G. Blanda
2,852
26
206
432
47.7
6.6
109.7
31
26
68.2
7.2
6.0
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,849
40
247
464
53.2
6.1
71.2
16
32
54.8
3.4
6.9
21Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
2,813
32
170
351
48.4
8.0
87.9
20
29
60.4
5.7
8.3
22Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
2,622
28
195
393
49.6
6.7
93.6
15
36
45.8
3.8
9.2
23Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
2,552
47
196
407
48.2
6.3
54.3
16
41
41.9
3.9
10.1
24Butch Songin
B. Songin
2,476
14
187
392
47.7
6.3
176.9
22
15
70.9
5.6
3.8
25Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
2,474
26
179
381
47.0
6.5
95.2
15
17
62.8
3.9
4.5
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
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9
0
.471
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14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176