who led the nfl in passing in 1965

John Brodie had the most passing yards in 1965, with 3,112 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
3,112
1965
13
242
391
61.9
8.0
239.4
30
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
2John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,798
1965
14
174
348
50.0
8.0
199.9
20
21
71.3
5.7
6.0
3Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
2,641
1965
14
176
312
56.4
8.5
188.6
20
9
93.7
6.4
2.9
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,609
1965
14
171
329
52.0
7.9
186.4
19
11
83.8
5.8
3.3
5Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
2,597
1965
14
173
426
40.6
6.1
185.5
18
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
6George Blanda
G. Blanda
2,542
1965
14
186
442
42.1
5.8
181.6
20
30
47.9
4.5
6.8
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,530
1965
11
164
282
58.2
9.0
230.0
23
12
97.4
8.2
4.3
8Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
2,446
1965
14
155
302
51.3
8.1
174.7
22
12
86.3
7.3
4.0
9Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
2,439
1965
11
155
322
48.1
7.6
221.7
18
15
73.0
5.6
4.7
10Don Meredith
D. Meredith
2,415
1965
14
141
305
46.2
7.9
172.5
22
13
79.9
7.2
4.3
11Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
2,368
1965
14
179
391
45.8
6.1
169.1
10
18
54.8
2.6
4.6
12Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
2,367
1965
13
190
356
53.4
6.6
182.1
15
16
69.6
4.2
4.5
13Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,346
1965
11
150
288
52.1
8.1
213.3
15
13
78.0
5.2
4.5
14Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,262
1965
14
163
305
53.4
7.4
161.6
21
14
81.3
6.9
4.6
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,220
1965
13
164
340
48.2
6.5
170.8
18
15
68.8
5.3
4.4
16Bart Starr
B. Starr
2,055
1965
14
140
251
55.8
8.2
146.8
16
9
89.0
6.4
3.6
17Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
1,917
1965
12
121
270
44.8
7.1
159.8
8
17
52.7
3.0
6.3
18Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
1,751
1965
12
119
243
49.0
7.2
145.9
18
13
75.3
7.4
5.3
19Milt Plum
M. Plum
1,710
1965
14
143
308
46.4
5.6
122.1
12
19
51.2
3.9
6.2
20Bill Munson
B. Munson
1,701
1965
10
144
267
53.9
6.4
170.1
10
14
64.2
3.7
5.2
21Tom Flores
T. Flores
1,593
1965
14
122
269
45.4
5.9
113.8
14
11
64.9
5.2
4.1
22Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,321
1965
7
83
173
48.0
7.6
188.7
11
5
83.0
6.4
2.9
23John McCormick
J. McCormick
1,292
1965
14
103
253
40.7
5.1
92.3
7
14
43.5
2.8
5.5
24Dick Wood
D. Wood
1,003
1965
14
69
157
43.9
6.4
71.6
8
6
66.4
5.1
3.8
25Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
864
1965
10
75
147
51.0
5.9
86.4
6
12
48.7
4.1
8.2
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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