who led the nfl in passing yards in 1959

Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards in 1959, with 2,899 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	2,899	1959	BAL	12	193	367	52.6	7.9	241.6	32	14	92.0	8.7	3.8
2	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	2,617	1959	PHI	12	191	340	56.2	7.7	218.1	16	14	79.5	4.7	4.1
3	Billy Wade B. Wade	2,001	1959	LA	12	153	261	58.6	7.7	166.8	12	17	71.1	4.6	6.5
4	Milt Plum M. Plum	1,992	1959	CLE	12	156	266	58.6	7.5	166.0	14	8	87.2	5.3	3.0
5	Bobby Layne B. Layne	1,986	1959	PIT	12	142	297	47.8	6.7	165.5	20	21	62.8	6.7	7.1
6	Ed Brown E. Brown	1,881	1959	CHB	12	125	247	50.6	7.6	156.8	13	10	76.7	5.3	4.0
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	1,706	1959	NYG	10	113	194	58.2	8.8	170.6	14	4	102.7	7.2	2.1
8	Y.A. Tittle	1,331	1959	SF	11	102	199	51.3	6.7	121.0	10	15	58.0	5.0	7.5
9	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	1,102	1959	DET	12	65	137	47.4	8.0	91.8	5	6	69.1	3.6	4.4
10	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	1,077	1959	WAS	12	77	173	44.5	6.2	89.8	8	11	54.0	4.6	6.4
11	King Hill K. Hill	1,015	1959	CHC	11	82	181	45.3	5.6	92.3	7	13	46.2	3.9	7.2
12	Bart Starr B. Starr	972	1959	GB	12	70	134	52.2	7.3	81.0	6	7	69.0	4.5	5.2
13	Tobin Rote T. Rote	861	1959	DET	10	62	162	38.3	5.3	86.1	5	19	26.8	3.1	11.7
14	Lamar McHan L. McHan	805	1959	GB	12	48	108	44.4	7.5	67.1	8	9	60.1	7.4	8.3
15	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	709	1959	LA	10	42	89	47.2	8.0	70.9	2	4	63.4	2.2	4.5
16	Ralph Guglielmi R. Guglielmi	617	1959	WAS	9	36	89	40.4	6.9	68.6	4	11	40.1	4.5	12.4
17	George Shaw G. Shaw	433	1959	NYG	5	24	36	66.7	12.0	86.6	1	1	105.4	2.8	2.8
18	Zeke Bratkowski Z. Bratkowski	403	1959	CHB	12	31	62	50.0	6.5	33.6	2	5	48.0	3.2	8.1
19	John Brodie J. Brodie	354	1959	SF	12	30	64	46.9	5.5	29.5	2	7	35.0	3.1	10.9
20	John Roach J. Roach	340	1959	CHC	12	22	57	38.6	6.0	28.3	2	4	41.6	3.5	7.0
21	Don Heinrich D. Heinrich	329	1959	NYG	8	22	58	37.9	5.7	41.1	1	6	23.5	1.7	10.3
22	M.C. Reynolds	329	1959	CHC	7	19	39	48.7	8.4	47.0	4	1	101.3	10.3	2.6
23	Jerry Reichow J. Reichow	168	1959	DET	9	9	27	33.3	6.2	18.7	0	2	24.9	0.0	7.4
24	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	159	1959	PIT	12	3	12	25.0	13.3	13.3	0	2	39.6	0.0	16.7
25	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	151	1959	NYG	11	5	11	45.5	13.7	13.7	2	2	92.0	18.2	18.2

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