what qb had the most passing yards in 1959

Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 1959, with 2,899 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,899
1959
BAL BAL
12
193
367
52.6
7.9
241.6
32
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
2 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,617
1959
PHI PHI
12
191
340
56.2
7.7
218.1
16
14
79.5
4.7
4.1
3 Billy Wade
B. Wade
2,001
1959
LA LA
12
153
261
58.6
7.7
166.8
12
17
71.1
4.6
6.5
4 Milt Plum
M. Plum
1,992
1959
CLE CLE
12
156
266
58.6
7.5
166.0
14
8
87.2
5.3
3.0
5 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,986
1959
PIT PIT
12
142
297
47.8
6.7
165.5
20
21
62.8
6.7
7.1
6 Ed Brown
E. Brown
1,881
1959
CHB CHB
12
125
247
50.6
7.6
156.8
13
10
76.7
5.3
4.0
7 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,706
1959
NYG NYG
10
113
194
58.2
8.8
170.6
14
4
102.7
7.2
2.1
8 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1,331
1959
SF SF
11
102
199
51.3
6.7
121.0
10
15
58.0
5.0
7.5
9 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,102
1959
DET DET
12
65
137
47.4
8.0
91.8
5
6
69.1
3.6
4.4
10 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
1,077
1959
WAS WAS
12
77
173
44.5
6.2
89.8
8
11
54.0
4.6
6.4
11 King Hill
K. Hill
1,015
1959
CHC CHC
11
82
181
45.3
5.6
92.3
7
13
46.2
3.9
7.2
12 Bart Starr
B. Starr
972
1959
GB GB
12
70
134
52.2
7.3
81.0
6
7
69.0
4.5
5.2
13 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
861
1959
DET DET
10
62
162
38.3
5.3
86.1
5
19
26.8
3.1
11.7
14 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
805
1959
GB GB
12
48
108
44.4
7.5
67.1
8
9
60.1
7.4
8.3
15 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
709
1959
LA LA
10
42
89
47.2
8.0
70.9
2
4
63.4
2.2
4.5
16 Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
617
1959
WAS WAS
9
36
89
40.4
6.9
68.6
4
11
40.1
4.5
12.4
17 George Shaw
G. Shaw
433
1959
NYG NYG
5
24
36
66.7
12.0
86.6
1
1
105.4
2.8
2.8
18 Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
403
1959
CHB CHB
12
31
62
50.0
6.5
33.6
2
5
48.0
3.2
8.1
19 John Brodie
J. Brodie
354
1959
SF SF
12
30
64
46.9
5.5
29.5
2
7
35.0
3.1
10.9
20 Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
329
1959
NYG NYG
8
22
58
37.9
5.7
41.1
1
6
23.5
1.7
10.3
21 M.C. Reynolds
M.C. Reynolds
329
1959
CHC CHC
7
19
39
48.7
8.4
47.0
4
1
101.3
10.3
2.6
22 Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
168
1959
DET DET
9
9
27
33.3
6.2
18.7
0
2
24.9
0.0
7.4
23 Joe Francis
J. Francis
91
1959
GB GB
12
5
18
27.8
5.1
7.6
0
1
25.0
0.0
5.6
24 Eagle Day
E. Day
79
1959
WAS WAS
4
6
13
46.2
6.1
19.8
0
1
33.8
0.0
7.7
25 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
60
1959
PIT PIT
12
3
7
42.9
8.6
5.0
1
0
113.1
14.3
0.0
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