who led the nfl in passing in 1966

Joe Namath had the most passing yards in 1966, with 3,379 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
3,379
1966
14
232
471
49.3
7.2
241.4
19
27
62.6
4.0
5.7
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,209
1966
14
254
436
58.3
7.4
229.2
28
19
84.5
6.4
4.4
3Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
2,974
1966
14
200
382
52.4
7.8
212.4
29
14
88.2
7.6
3.7
4John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,846
1966
14
200
375
53.3
7.6
203.3
23
14
83.0
6.1
3.7
5John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,810
1966
14
232
427
54.3
6.6
200.7
16
22
65.8
3.7
5.2
6Don Meredith
D. Meredith
2,805
1966
13
177
344
51.5
8.2
215.8
24
12
87.7
7.0
3.5
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,748
1966
14
195
348
56.0
7.9
196.3
22
24
74.0
6.3
6.9
8Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
2,721
1966
14
181
382
47.4
7.1
194.4
20
20
66.9
5.2
5.2
9Tom Flores
T. Flores
2,638
1966
14
151
306
49.3
8.6
188.4
24
14
86.2
7.8
4.6
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,561
1966
14
192
358
53.6
7.2
182.9
17
16
73.8
4.7
4.5
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,540
1966
14
217
397
54.7
6.4
181.4
10
16
65.9
2.5
4.0
12Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,527
1966
14
159
284
56.0
8.9
180.5
26
10
101.7
9.2
3.5
13Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
2,451
1966
14
166
389
42.7
6.3
175.1
11
16
56.2
2.8
4.1
14Bart Starr
B. Starr
2,257
1966
14
156
251
62.2
9.0
161.2
14
3
105.0
5.6
1.2
15Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
1,858
1966
14
147
309
47.6
6.0
132.7
10
21
49.3
3.2
6.8
16Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
1,809
1966
10
157
309
50.8
5.9
180.9
4
14
54.3
1.3
4.5
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1,795
1966
14
129
295
43.7
6.1
128.2
12
21
47.8
4.1
7.1
18George Blanda
G. Blanda
1,764
1966
14
122
271
45.0
6.5
126.0
17
21
55.3
6.3
7.7
19Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,334
1966
9
103
205
50.2
6.5
148.2
10
11
65.0
4.9
5.4
20Norm Snead
N. Snead
1,275
1966
10
103
226
45.6
5.6
127.5
8
11
55.1
3.5
4.9
21Ron Smith
R. Smith
1,249
1966
9
79
181
43.6
6.9
138.8
8
12
54.3
4.4
6.6
22Don Trull
D. Trull
1,200
1966
14
84
172
48.8
7.0
85.7
10
5
79.1
5.8
2.9
23Gary Wood
G. Wood
1,142
1966
14
81
170
47.6
6.7
81.6
6
13
49.7
3.5
7.6
24Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
1,122
1966
5
63
112
56.3
10.0
224.4
7
1
107.8
6.3
0.9
25Max Choboian
M. Choboian
1,110
1966
14
82
163
50.3
6.8
79.3
4
12
49.9
2.5
7.4
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