which nfl player has the most passing yards per game before 1963

Before 1963, Johnny Unitas averaged the most passing yards per game, with 209.4 per game.

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	NAME	YDS/G	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	209.4	86	1,252	2,316	54.1	18,010	7.8	148	119	79.4	6.4	5.1
2	Norm Snead N. Snead	188.0	28	356	729	48.8	5,263	7.2	33	44	62.8	4.5	6.0
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	187.5	72	872	1,565	55.7	13,499	8.6	88	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
4	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	176.8	38	448	927	48.3	6,720	7.2	40	55	62.2	4.3	5.9
5	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	168.7	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	23,611	8.2	173	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
6	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	166.1	15	155	321	48.3	2,491	7.8	16	22	62.7	5.0	6.9
7	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	164.0	28	320	609	52.5	4,592	7.5	40	42	70.4	6.6	6.9
8	Y.A. Tittle	154.9	151	1,750	3,169	55.2	23,396	7.4	166	185	72.0	5.2	5.8
9	Milt Plum M. Plum	154.7	73	806	1,408	57.2	11,292	8.0	81	59	84.9	5.8	4.2
10	Bobby Layne B. Layne	153.0	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	26,768	7.2	196	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
11	Billy Wade B. Wade	145.9	96	967	1,778	54.4	14,002	7.9	96	105	73.6	5.4	5.9
12	Frank Tripucka F. Tripucka	140.4	73	872	1,730	50.4	10,251	5.9	69	119	53.4	4.0	6.9
13	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	139.9	45	404	808	50.0	6,295	7.8	41	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
14	Tom Flores T. Flores	139.8	28	326	618	52.8	3,914	6.3	27	31	66.1	4.4	5.0
15	Johnny Green J. Green	134.9	29	273	612	44.6	3,911	6.4	26	33	57.6	4.2	5.4
16	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	132.6	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	21,886	7.3	187	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
17	Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	131.8	37	349	730	47.8	4,878	6.7	17	48	50.1	2.3	6.6
18	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	130.2	91	814	1,617	50.3	11,849	7.3	97	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
19	Tobin Rote T. Rote	128.3	118	1,082	2,450	44.2	15,144	6.2	119	158	54.0	4.9	6.4
20	Butch Songin B. Songin	124.2	35	327	694	47.1	4,347	6.3	38	31	67.1	5.5	4.5
21	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	123.6	11	126	295	42.7	1,360	4.6	6	27	25.5	2.0	9.2
22	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	121.0	161	1,418	2,833	50.1	19,488	6.9	173	167	68.2	6.1	5.9
23	Bob Celeri B. Celeri	120.4	19	133	313	42.5	2,287	7.3	15	18	60.0	4.8	5.8
24	Paul Christman P. Christman	119.6	61	504	1,140	44.2	7,294	6.4	58	76	54.8	5.1	6.7
25	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	118.8	22	223	478	46.7	2,614	5.5	11	34	41.8	2.3	7.1

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