who led the nfl in passing in 1974

Ken Anderson had the most passing yards in 1974, with 2,667 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,667
1974
CIN CIN
13
213
328
64.9
8.1
205.2
18
10
95.7
5.5
3.0
36
292
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,616
1974
NYJ NYJ
14
191
361
52.9
7.2
186.9
20
22
69.4
5.5
6.1
19
195
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,598
1974
MIN MIN
13
199
351
56.7
7.4
199.8
17
12
82.1
4.8
3.4
17
142
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,552
1974
DAL DAL
14
190
360
52.8
7.1
182.3
11
15
68.4
3.1
4.2
45
309
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
2,469
1974
OAK OAK
14
178
310
57.4
8.0
176.4
26
12
94.9
8.4
3.9
18
141
6Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,457
1974
NE NE
14
173
352
49.1
7.0
175.5
19
22
64.1
5.4
6.3
21
174
7Jim Hart
J. Hart
2,411
1974
STL STL
14
200
388
51.5
6.2
172.2
20
8
79.5
5.2
2.1
16
134
8Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,969
1974
DEN DEN
14
136
244
55.7
8.1
140.6
13
9
84.5
5.3
3.7
36
270
9Bob Griese
B. Griese
1,968
1974
MIA MIA
13
152
253
60.1
7.8
151.4
16
15
80.9
6.3
5.9
27
202
10Bill Munson
B. Munson
1,874
1974
DET DET
11
166
292
56.8
6.4
170.4
8
7
75.3
2.7
2.4
24
172
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,867
1974
PHI PHI
11
193
338
57.1
5.5
169.7
9
12
66.8
2.7
3.6
35
259
12John Hadl
J. Hadl
1,752
1974
TOT
14
142
299
47.5
5.9
125.1
8
14
55.5
2.7
4.7
15
106
13Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
1,732
1974
SD SD
11
115
237
48.5
7.3
157.5
8
13
61.4
3.4
5.5
12
99
14Gary Huff
G. Huff
1,663
1974
CHI CHI
13
142
283
50.2
5.9
127.9
6
17
50.4
2.1
6.0
24
260
15Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1,632
1974
WAS WAS
11
137
234
58.5
7.0
148.4
10
6
83.5
4.3
2.6
13
96
16Bert Jones
B. Jones
1,610
1974
BAL BAL
11
143
270
53.0
6.0
146.4
8
12
62.4
3.0
4.4
36
328
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
1,588
1974
BUF BUF
14
119
232
51.3
6.8
113.4
12
12
69.0
5.2
5.2
32
235
18Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,573
1974
KC KC
14
138
235
58.7
6.7
112.4
7
13
65.8
3.0
5.5
25
199
19Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,571
1974
HOU HOU
11
140
247
56.7
6.4
142.8
10
10
72.4
4.0
4.0
23
225
20James Harris
J. Harris
1,544
1974
LA LA
11
106
198
53.5
7.8
140.4
11
6
85.1
5.6
3.0
12
101
21Craig Morton
C. Morton
1,522
1974
TOT
14
124
239
51.9
6.4
108.7
9
13
61.7
3.8
5.4
13
97
22Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,429
1974
NO NO
11
134
261
51.3
5.5
129.9
6
16
49.8
2.3
6.1
26
172
23Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
1,384
1974
CLE CLE
14
117
256
45.7
5.4
98.9
9
17
46.7
3.5
6.6
33
280
24Tom Owen
T. Owen
1,327
1974
SF SF
10
88
184
47.8
7.2
132.7
10
15
56.1
5.4
8.2
25
202
25Joe Gilliam
J. Gilliam
1,274
1974
PIT PIT
9
96
212
45.3
6.0
141.6
4
8
55.4
1.9
3.8
7
79
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