who led the nfl in passing in 1965

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

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