who led the league in passing yards between 1956 to 1967

From 1956 through 1967, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 33,021 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	33,021	153	2,261	4,097	55.2	8.1	215.8	252	189	82.9	6.2	4.6
2	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	21,896	138	1,541	2,792	55.2	7.8	158.7	174	137	81.1	6.2	4.9
3	Bart Starr B. Starr	20,009	154	1,443	2,530	57.0	7.9	129.9	120	108	80.6	4.7	4.3
4	George Blanda G. Blanda	19,957	148	1,409	2,917	48.3	6.8	134.8	175	199	62.4	6.0	6.8
5	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	19,896	137	1,358	2,908	46.7	6.8	145.2	154	181	61.2	5.3	6.2
6	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	19,237	108	1,266	2,729	46.4	7.0	178.1	101	161	57.9	3.7	5.9
7	John Brodie J. Brodie	18,509	126	1,442	2,671	54.0	6.9	146.9	122	134	70.3	4.6	5.0
8	Y.A. Tittle	17,729	107	1,322	2,339	56.5	7.6	165.7	139	128	77.8	5.9	5.5
9	Billy Wade B. Wade	17,705	111	1,308	2,393	54.7	7.4	159.5	121	130	72.7	5.1	5.4
10	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	17,667	98	1,228	2,276	54.0	7.8	180.3	142	114	79.3	6.2	5.0
11	Milt Plum M. Plum	17,450	124	1,298	2,398	54.1	7.3	140.7	121	126	72.4	5.0	5.3
12	Norm Snead N. Snead	17,232	89	1,162	2,323	50.0	7.4	193.6	112	131	67.3	4.8	5.6
13	Len Dawson L. Dawson	15,671	112	1,127	2,007	56.2	7.8	139.9	158	100	86.9	7.9	5.0
14	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	15,396	117	1,057	2,062	51.3	7.5	131.6	142	105	77.6	6.9	5.1
15	Don Meredith D. Meredith	14,699	91	999	1,999	50.0	7.4	161.5	114	99	72.7	5.7	5.0
16	Ed Brown E. Brown	14,010	130	854	1,806	47.3	7.8	107.8	90	127	61.1	5.0	7.0
17	John Hadl J. Hadl	13,300	84	873	1,748	49.9	7.6	158.3	106	102	71.3	6.1	5.8
18	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	12,808	135	863	1,729	49.9	7.4	94.9	97	91	71.3	5.6	5.3
19	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	12,751	68	870	1,720	50.6	7.4	187.5	94	96	70.1	5.5	5.6
20	Bobby Layne B. Layne	12,279	80	797	1,605	49.7	7.7	153.5	82	112	63.3	5.1	7.0
21	Tom Flores T. Flores	11,895	98	832	1,704	48.8	7.0	121.4	92	91	67.6	5.4	5.3
22	Cotton Davidson C. Davidson	11,447	98	741	1,686	44.0	6.8	116.8	73	103	56.0	4.3	6.1
23	Norm 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
24	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	10,493	60	748	1,466	51.0	7.2	174.9	66	52	74.7	4.5	3.5
25	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	9,835	98	661	1,275	51.8	7.7	100.4	78	94	67.1	6.1	7.4

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