who led the nfl in passing in 1971

John Hadl had the most passing yards in 1971, with 3,075 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 John Hadl
J. Hadl
3,075
1971
SD SD
14
233
431
54.1
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
2 John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,642
1971
SF SF
14
208
387
53.7
6.8
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
3 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,567
1971
NYG NYG
13
226
386
58.5
6.7
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
4 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,504
1971
KC KC
14
167
301
55.5
8.3
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
5 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
2,319
1971
CLE CLE
14
174
325
53.5
7.1
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
6 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,259
1971
PIT PIT
14
203
373
54.4
6.1
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
7 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,238
1971
LA LA
14
180
352
51.1
6.4
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
8 Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,237
1971
DET DET
14
136
261
52.1
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
9 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
2,221
1971
WAS WAS
14
166
306
54.2
7.3
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
10 Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,158
1971
NE NE
14
158
328
48.2
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
11 Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,089
1971
MIA MIA
14
145
263
55.1
7.9
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
12 Bob Berry
B. Berry
2,005
1971
ATL ATL
11
136
226
60.2
8.9
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
13 Pete Liske
P. Liske
1,957
1971
PHI PHI
14
143
269
53.2
7.3
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
14 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1,882
1971
DAL DAL
13
126
211
59.7
8.9
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
15 Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,813
1971
BUF BUF
13
149
291
51.2
6.2
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
16 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,717
1971
OAK OAK
14
118
242
48.8
7.1
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
17 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,702
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
270
47.0
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
18 Jim Hart
J. Hart
1,626
1971
STL STL
11
110
243
45.3
6.7
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
19 Virgil Carter
V. Carter
1,624
1971
CIN CIN
10
138
222
62.2
7.3
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
20 Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
1,210
1971
GB GB
13
75
163
46.0
7.4
93.1
7
17
46.1
4.3
10.4
11
81
21 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,210
1971
BAL BAL
14
84
167
50.3
7.2
86.4
7
12
58.2
4.2
7.2
11
89
22 Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
1,191
1971
NO NO
14
96
210
45.7
5.7
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
23 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,164
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
225
40.4
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
24 Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,164
1971
NO NO
12
86
177
48.6
6.6
97.0
6
9
60.1
3.4
5.1
40
332
25 Craig Morton
C. Morton
1,131
1971
DAL DAL
10
78
143
54.5
7.9
113.1
7
8
73.5
4.9
5.6
9
76
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10/19
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8:15 PM
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11/2
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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
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.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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1
0
.750
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2
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.500
NFC West W L T PCT
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1
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.750
Seahawks Seahawks
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1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
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.500

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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CLE CLE
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10/5
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10/5
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@
NO NO
1:00 PM
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10/5
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PHI PHI
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