who led the nfl in passing yards in 1961

Sonny Jurgensen had the most passing yards in 1961, with 3,723 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	3,723	1961	PHI	14	235	416	56.5	8.9	265.9	32	24	88.1	7.7	5.8
2	George Blanda G. Blanda	3,330	1961	HOU	14	187	362	51.7	9.2	237.9	36	22	91.3	9.9	6.1
3	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	2,990	1961	BAL	14	229	420	54.5	7.1	213.6	16	24	66.1	3.8	5.7
4	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	2,686	1961	SD	14	165	364	45.3	7.4	191.9	15	22	59.2	4.1	6.0
5	Al Dorow A. Dorow	2,651	1961	NYT	14	197	438	45.0	6.1	189.4	19	30	50.7	4.3	6.8
6	John Brodie J. Brodie	2,588	1961	SF	14	155	283	54.8	9.1	184.9	14	12	84.7	4.9	4.2
7	Cotton Davidson C. Davidson	2,445	1961	DLT	14	151	330	45.8	7.4	174.6	17	23	59.2	5.2	7.0
8	Bart Starr B. Starr	2,418	1961	GB	14	172	295	58.3	8.2	172.7	16	16	80.3	5.4	5.4
9	Milt Plum M. Plum	2,416	1961	CLE	14	177	302	58.6	8.0	172.6	18	10	90.3	6.0	3.3
10	Norm Snead N. Snead	2,337	1961	WAS	14	172	375	45.9	6.2	166.9	11	22	51.6	2.9	5.9
11	Y.A. Tittle	2,272	1961	NYG	13	163	285	57.2	8.0	174.8	17	12	85.3	6.0	4.2
12	Billy Wade B. Wade	2,258	1961	CHI	13	139	250	55.6	9.0	173.7	22	13	93.7	8.8	5.2
13	Tom Flores T. Flores	2,176	1961	OAK	14	190	366	51.9	5.9	155.4	15	19	62.1	4.1	5.2
14	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1,997	1961	MIN	14	157	280	56.1	7.1	142.6	18	17	74.7	6.4	6.1
15	Jim Ninowski J. Ninowski	1,921	1961	DET	13	117	247	47.4	7.8	147.8	7	18	53.0	2.8	7.3
16	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	1,741	1961	DLC	14	120	236	50.8	7.4	124.4	14	16	66.7	5.9	6.8
17	Frank Tripucka F. Tripucka	1,690	1961	DEN	14	167	344	48.5	4.9	120.7	10	21	47.3	2.9	6.1
18	Zeke Bratkowski Z. Bratkowski	1,547	1961	LA	13	124	230	53.9	6.7	119.0	8	13	63.1	3.5	5.7
19	Butch Songin B. Songin	1,429	1961	BOS	14	98	212	46.2	6.7	102.1	14	9	73.0	6.6	4.2
20	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	1,314	1961	BOS	14	104	198	52.5	6.6	93.9	13	9	76.5	6.6	4.5
21	Sam Etcheverry S. Etcheverry	1,275	1961	STL	14	96	196	49.0	6.5	91.1	14	11	70.4	7.1	5.6
22	Rudy Bukich R. Bukich	1,253	1961	PIT	11	89	156	57.1	8.0	113.9	11	16	67.0	7.1	10.3
23	Bobby Layne B. Layne	1,205	1961	PIT	8	75	149	50.3	8.1	150.6	11	16	62.8	7.4	10.7
24	Jacky Lee J. Lee	1,205	1961	HOU	14	66	127	52.0	9.5	86.1	12	6	96.7	9.4	4.7
25	Don Meredith D. Meredith	1,161	1961	DLC	8	94	182	51.6	6.4	145.1	9	11	63.0	4.9	6.0

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