who led the nfl in passing yards in 1956

Tobin Rote had the most passing yards in 1956, with 2,203 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Tobin Rote T. Rote	2,203	1956	GB	12	146	308	47.4	7.2	183.6	18	15	70.6	5.8	4.9
2	Bobby Layne B. Layne	1,909	1956	DET	12	129	244	52.9	7.8	159.1	9	17	62.0	3.7	7.0
3	Ed Brown E. Brown	1,667	1956	CHB	12	96	168	57.1	9.9	138.9	11	12	83.1	6.5	7.1
4	Y.A. Tittle	1,641	1956	SF	10	124	218	56.9	7.5	164.1	7	12	68.6	3.2	5.5
5	Ted Marchibroda T. Marchibroda	1,585	1956	PIT	12	124	275	45.1	5.8	132.1	12	19	49.4	4.4	6.9
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	1,498	1956	BAL	12	110	198	55.6	7.6	124.8	9	10	74.0	4.5	5.1
7	Billy Wade B. Wade	1,461	1956	LA	12	91	178	51.1	8.2	121.8	10	13	67.2	5.6	7.3
8	Lamar McHan L. McHan	1,159	1956	CHC	12	72	152	47.4	7.6	96.6	10	8	73.3	6.6	5.3
9	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	1,143	1956	NYG	12	90	174	51.7	6.6	95.3	10	7	75.0	5.7	4.0
10	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	1,119	1956	PHI	12	82	164	50.0	6.8	93.3	4	21	40.7	2.4	12.8
11	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	966	1956	LA	12	68	124	54.8	7.8	80.5	7	12	59.5	5.6	9.7
12	Al Dorow A. Dorow	730	1956	WAS	12	55	112	49.1	6.5	60.8	8	8	64.2	7.1	7.1
13	George Shaw G. Shaw	645	1956	BAL	5	45	75	60.0	8.6	129.0	3	7	62.4	4.0	9.3
14	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	621	1956	SF	12	38	78	48.7	8.0	51.8	1	6	48.1	1.3	7.7
15	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	554	1956	WAS	10	47	98	48.0	5.7	55.4	3	10	36.2	3.1	10.2
16	Tommy O'Connell T. O'Connell	551	1956	CLE	7	42	96	43.8	5.7	78.7	4	8	41.6	4.2	8.3
17	George Blanda G. Blanda	439	1956	CHB	12	37	69	53.6	6.4	36.6	7	4	82.9	10.1	5.8
18	Adrian Burk A. Burk	426	1956	PHI	12	39	82	47.6	5.2	35.5	1	6	36.9	1.2	7.3
19	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	409	1956	CLE	5	24	49	49.0	8.3	81.8	3	7	58.5	6.1	14.3
20	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	398	1956	CLE	4	39	57	68.4	7.0	99.5	1	3	72.1	1.8	5.3
21	Don Heinrich D. Heinrich	369	1956	NYG	12	37	88	42.0	4.2	30.8	5	5	49.9	5.7	5.7
22	Jim Root J. Root	333	1956	CHC	9	28	57	49.1	5.8	37.0	3	5	48.4	5.3	8.8
23	Bart Starr B. Starr	325	1956	GB	9	24	44	54.5	7.4	36.1	2	3	65.1	4.5	6.8
24	Harry Gilmer H. Gilmer	303	1956	DET	11	27	46	58.7	6.6	27.5	4	3	80.3	8.7	6.5
25	Jack Scarbath J. Scarbath	208	1956	PIT	7	12	41	29.3	5.1	29.7	2	5	24.9	4.9	12.2

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