who lead the nfl in yards passed in 1959

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

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny 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
2Norm 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
3Billy 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
4Milt 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
5Bobby 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
6Ed 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
7Charlie 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
8Y.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
9Earl 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
10Eddie 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
11King 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
12Bart Starr
B. Starr
972
1959
GB GB
12
70
134
52.2
7.3
81.0
6
7
69.0
4.5
5.2
13Tobin Rote
T. Rote
861
1959
DET DET
10
62
162
38.3
5.3
86.1
5
19
26.8
3.1
11.7
14Lamar McHan
L. McHan
805
1959
GB GB
12
48
108
44.4
7.5
67.1
8
9
60.1
7.4
8.3
15Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
709
1959
LA LA
10
42
89
47.2
8.0
70.9
2
4
63.4
2.2
4.5
16Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
617
1959
WAS WAS
9
36
89
40.4
6.9
68.6
4
11
40.1
4.5
12.4
17George Shaw
G. Shaw
433
1959
NYG NYG
5
24
36
66.7
12.0
86.6
1
1
105.4
2.8
2.8
18Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
403
1959
CHB CHB
12
31
62
50.0
6.5
33.6
2
5
48.0
3.2
8.1
19John Brodie
J. Brodie
354
1959
SF SF
12
30
64
46.9
5.5
29.5
2
7
35.0
3.1
10.9
20John Roach
J. Roach
340
1959
CHC CHC
12
22
57
38.6
6.0
28.3
2
4
41.6
3.5
7.0
21Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
329
1959
NYG NYG
8
22
58
37.9
5.7
41.1
1
6
23.5
1.7
10.3
22M.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
23Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
168
1959
DET DET
9
9
27
33.3
6.2
18.7
0
2
24.9
0.0
7.4
24Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
159
1959
PIT PIT
12
3
12
25.0
13.3
13.3
0
2
39.6
0.0
16.7
25Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
151
1959
NYG NYG
11
5
11
45.5
13.7
13.7
2
2
92.0
18.2
18.2
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