who had the most passing yards from 1961 to 1966

From 1961 through 1966, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 17,540 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	17,540	81	1,205	2,154	55.9	8.1	216.5	123	101	82.1	5.7	4.7
2	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	16,907	78	1,181	2,143	55.1	7.9	216.8	132	111	79.8	6.2	5.2
3	George Blanda G. Blanda	16,736	84	1,178	2,421	48.7	6.9	199.2	141	167	62.1	5.8	6.9
4	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	14,579	84	1,024	1,899	53.9	7.7	173.6	113	95	78.0	6.0	5.0
5	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	14,430	80	979	2,069	47.3	7.0	180.4	113	114	65.8	5.5	5.5
6	Norm Snead N. Snead	13,833	75	922	1,889	48.8	7.3	184.4	83	107	64.3	4.4	5.7
7	John Brodie J. Brodie	13,647	72	1,027	1,858	55.3	7.3	189.5	95	86	76.5	5.1	4.6
8	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	13,628	76	886	1,936	45.8	7.0	179.3	67	108	57.8	3.5	5.6
9	Bart Starr B. Starr	13,167	83	941	1,598	58.9	8.2	158.6	88	51	90.5	5.5	3.2
10	Len Dawson L. Dawson	12,901	77	907	1,620	56.0	8.0	167.5	133	81	88.5	8.2	5.0
11	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	12,589	63	858	1,691	50.7	7.4	199.8	93	93	70.8	5.5	5.5
12	Don Meredith D. Meredith	12,584	74	842	1,676	50.2	7.5	170.1	96	78	74.9	5.7	4.7
13	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	11,811	78	812	1,551	52.4	7.6	151.4	112	73	81.9	7.2	4.7
14	Y.A. Tittle	10,439	54	731	1,308	55.9	8.0	193.3	96	68	84.7	7.3	5.2
15	Milt Plum M. Plum	10,027	70	762	1,445	52.7	6.9	143.2	69	89	65.2	4.8	6.2
16	Billy Wade B. Wade	9,958	59	767	1,407	54.5	7.1	168.8	68	66	73.6	4.8	4.7
17	John Hadl J. Hadl	9,935	70	656	1,321	49.7	7.5	141.9	82	80	70.3	6.2	6.1
18	Tom Flores T. Flores	9,897	70	674	1,388	48.6	7.1	141.4	80	71	70.2	5.8	5.1
19	Cotton Davidson C. Davidson	8,973	72	562	1,305	43.1	6.9	124.6	58	86	54.0	4.4	6.6
20	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	8,118	68	551	1,074	51.3	7.6	119.4	68	54	76.5	6.3	5.0
21	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	7,714	46	552	1,095	50.4	7.0	167.7	41	39	71.1	3.7	3.6
22	Rudy Bukich R. Bukich	7,299	59	543	993	54.7	7.4	123.7	57	59	72.7	5.7	5.9
23	Dick Wood D. Wood	7,153	60	522	1,194	43.7	6.0	119.2	51	71	52.9	4.3	5.9
24	Ed Brown E. Brown	6,644	70	388	839	46.2	7.9	94.9	43	61	60.4	5.1	7.3
25	Joe Namath J. Namath	5,599	27	396	811	48.8	6.9	207.4	37	42	65.2	4.6	5.2

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