who led the nfl in passing yards from 1971 to 1973

Between the 1971 and 1973 seasons, John Hadl had the most passing yards, with 7,532 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
7,532
42
558
1,059
52.7
7.1
179.3
58
62
69.5
5.5
5.9
52
458
2Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
7,484
42
615
1,135
54.2
6.6
178.2
52
37
76.4
4.6
3.3
68
521
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
7,331
41
610
1,038
58.8
7.1
178.8
44
41
78.2
4.2
3.9
84
705
4Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
6,904
42
520
1,059
49.1
6.5
164.4
40
58
59.9
3.8
5.5
112
1,054
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
5,587
39
456
892
51.1
6.3
143.3
34
42
63.9
3.8
4.7
111
856
6Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
5,525
36
408
758
53.8
7.3
153.5
46
33
79.4
6.1
4.4
40
265
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
5,329
38
439
861
51.0
6.2
140.2
35
49
60.2
4.1
5.7
86
710
8Greg Landry
G. Landry
5,211
35
340
657
51.8
7.9
148.9
37
40
71.7
5.6
6.1
67
479
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
5,123
38
422
761
55.5
6.7
134.8
30
23
76.9
3.9
3.0
65
477
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
5,064
36
408
707
57.7
7.2
140.7
30
30
76.5
4.2
4.2
72
662
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
4,895
42
425
859
49.5
5.7
116.5
19
50
50.2
2.2
5.8
87
775
12Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
4,840
40
362
678
53.4
7.1
121.0
37
38
71.2
5.5
5.6
46
320
13Jim Hart
J. Hart
4,706
29
348
682
51.0
6.9
162.3
28
29
69.3
4.1
4.3
42
363
14John Brodie
J. Brodie
4,673
34
376
691
54.4
6.8
137.4
30
44
63.5
4.3
6.4
23
179
15Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
4,408
31
314
517
60.7
8.5
142.2
38
21
95.8
7.4
4.1
74
503
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
4,329
36
309
616
50.2
7.0
120.3
36
36
68.3
5.8
5.8
43
395
17Joe Namath
J. Namath
4,319
23
258
516
50.0
8.4
187.8
29
33
70.7
5.6
6.4
21
198
18Bob Berry
B. Berry
4,284
31
300
527
56.9
8.1
138.2
25
30
75.5
4.7
5.7
61
413
19Norm Snead
N. Snead
4,260
31
364
635
57.3
6.7
137.4
25
40
64.7
3.9
6.3
24
200
20Bob Griese
B. Griese
4,149
33
314
578
54.3
7.2
125.7
40
21
85.2
6.9
3.6
41
368
21Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
3,892
42
305
651
46.9
6.0
92.7
23
40
52.2
3.5
6.1
67
545
22Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
3,779
31
307
595
51.6
6.4
121.9
25
47
52.6
4.2
7.9
82
671
23Craig Morton
C. Morton
3,701
38
276
514
53.7
7.2
97.4
25
30
68.7
4.9
5.8
32
255
24Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
3,467
39
247
597
41.4
5.8
88.9
19
34
47.6
3.2
5.7
89
625
25Pete Liske
P. Liske
2,930
28
214
407
52.6
7.2
104.6
14
22
64.8
3.4
5.4
24
241
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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