who led the nfl in passing in 1971

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

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
3,075
1971
14
233
431
54.1
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
2John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,642
1971
14
208
387
53.7
6.8
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,567
1971
13
226
386
58.5
6.7
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
2,504
1971
14
167
301
55.5
8.3
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
5Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
2,319
1971
14
174
325
53.5
7.1
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,259
1971
14
203
373
54.4
6.1
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
7Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,238
1971
14
180
352
51.1
6.4
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
8Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,237
1971
14
136
261
52.1
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
9Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
2,221
1971
14
166
306
54.2
7.3
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,158
1971
14
158
328
48.2
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
11Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,089
1971
14
145
263
55.1
7.9
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
12Bob Berry
B. Berry
2,005
1971
11
136
226
60.2
8.9
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
13Pete Liske
P. Liske
1,957
1971
14
143
269
53.2
7.3
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
14Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1,882
1971
13
126
211
59.7
8.9
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
15Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,813
1971
13
149
291
51.2
6.2
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,717
1971
14
118
242
48.8
7.1
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
17Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,702
1971
14
127
270
47.0
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
1,626
1971
11
110
243
45.3
6.7
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
19Virgil Carter
V. Carter
1,624
1971
10
138
222
62.2
7.3
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
20Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
1,210
1971
13
75
163
46.0
7.4
93.1
7
17
46.1
4.3
10.4
11
81
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,210
1971
14
84
167
50.3
7.2
86.4
7
12
58.2
4.2
7.2
11
89
22Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
1,191
1971
14
96
210
45.7
5.7
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
23Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,164
1971
12
91
225
40.4
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,164
1971
12
86
177
48.6
6.6
97.0
6
9
60.1
3.4
5.1
40
332
25Craig Morton
C. Morton
1,131
1971
10
78
143
54.5
7.9
113.1
7
8
73.5
4.9
5.6
9
76
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Chargers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,727

Herbert

Justin Herbert

RUSH

643

Vidal

Kimani Vidal

REC

789

McConkey

Ladd McConkey
Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

20th

OPP PPG

20.0

9th

RUSH YDS/G

121.6

12th

PASS YDS/G

232.5

15th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
LAC Chargers

0 - 1

3

Final

16

NE Patriots

1 - 0

Sun 11 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176