who was the first nfl quarterback to throw over 3000 yards in nfl season

Jack Kemp connected for 3,018 yards in 1960.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
3,018
1960
LAC LAC
14
211
406
52.0
7.4
215.6
20
25
67.1
4.9
6.2
2 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
3,038
1960
DEN DEN
14
248
478
51.9
6.4
217.0
24
34
58.9
5.0
7.1
3 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3,099
1960
BAL BAL
12
190
378
50.3
8.2
258.3
25
24
73.7
6.6
6.3
4 George Blanda
G. Blanda
3,330
1961
HOU HOU
14
187
362
51.7
9.2
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
5 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,723
1961
PHI PHI
14
235
416
56.5
8.9
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
6 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,261
1962
PHI PHI
14
196
366
53.6
8.9
232.9
22
26
74.3
6.0
7.1
7 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
3,224
1962
NYG NYG
14
200
375
53.3
8.6
230.3
33
20
89.5
8.8
5.3
8 Billy Wade
B. Wade
3,172
1962
CHI CHI
14
225
412
54.6
7.7
226.6
18
24
70.0
4.4
5.8
9 George Blanda
G. Blanda
3,003
1963
HOU HOU
14
224
423
53.0
7.1
214.5
24
25
70.1
5.7
5.9
10 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
3,280
1963
STL STL
14
222
423
52.5
7.8
234.3
28
21
79.5
6.6
5.0
11 Norm Snead
N. Snead
3,043
1963
WAS WAS
14
175
363
48.2
8.4
217.4
13
27
58.1
3.6
7.4
12 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
3,145
1963
NYG NYG
13
221
367
60.2
8.6
241.9
36
14
104.8
9.8
3.8
13 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3,481
1963
BAL BAL
14
237
410
57.8
8.5
248.6
20
12
89.7
4.9
2.9
14 George Blanda
G. Blanda
3,287
1964
HOU HOU
14
262
505
51.9
6.5
234.8
17
27
61.4
3.4
5.3
15 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
3,045
1964
STL STL
14
223
420
53.1
7.3
217.5
21
24
69.4
5.0
5.7
16 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
3,465
1964
BOS BOS
14
228
473
48.2
7.3
247.5
31
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
17 John Brodie
J. Brodie
3,112
1965
SF SF
13
242
391
61.9
8.0
239.4
30
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
18 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,209
1966
WAS WAS
14
254
436
58.3
7.4
229.2
28
19
84.5
6.4
4.4
19 Joe Namath
J. Namath
3,379
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
232
471
49.3
7.2
241.4
19
27
62.6
4.0
5.7
20 John Hadl
J. Hadl
3,365
1967
SD SD
14
217
427
50.8
7.9
240.4
24
22
74.5
5.6
5.2
21 Jim Hart
J. Hart
3,008
1967
STL STL
14
192
397
48.4
7.6
214.9
19
30
58.4
4.8
7.6
22 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
3,747
1967
WAS WAS
14
288
508
56.7
7.4
267.6
31
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
23 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
3,228
1967
OAK OAK
14
220
425
51.8
7.6
230.6
30
20
80.8
7.1
4.7
24 Joe Namath
J. Namath
4,007
1967
NYJ NYJ
14
258
491
52.5
8.2
286.2
26
28
73.8
5.3
5.7
25 Norm Snead
N. Snead
3,399
1967
PHI PHI
14
240
434
55.3
7.8
242.8
29
24
80.0
6.7
5.5
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9/6
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