most passing yards 1961 to 1966

Between the 1961 and 1966 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 17,540 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1961 to 1966
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
17,540
81
1,205
2,154
55.9
8.1
216.5
123
101
82.1
5.7
4.7
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
16,907
78
1,181
2,143
55.1
7.9
216.8
132
111
79.8
6.2
5.2
3George Blanda
G. Blanda
16,736
84
1,178
2,421
48.7
6.9
199.2
141
167
62.1
5.8
6.9
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
14,579
84
1,024
1,899
53.9
7.7
173.6
113
95
78.0
6.0
5.0
5Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
14,430
80
979
2,069
47.3
7.0
180.4
113
114
65.8
5.5
5.5
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
13,833
75
922
1,889
48.8
7.3
184.4
83
107
64.3
4.4
5.7
7John Brodie
J. Brodie
13,647
72
1,027
1,858
55.3
7.3
189.5
95
86
76.5
5.1
4.6
8Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
13,628
76
886
1,936
45.8
7.0
179.3
67
108
57.8
3.5
5.6
9Bart Starr
B. Starr
13,167
83
941
1,598
58.9
8.2
158.6
88
51
90.5
5.5
3.2
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
12,901
77
907
1,620
56.0
8.0
167.5
133
81
88.5
8.2
5.0
11Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
12,589
63
858
1,691
50.7
7.4
199.8
93
93
70.8
5.5
5.5
12Don Meredith
D. Meredith
12,584
74
842
1,676
50.2
7.5
170.1
96
78
74.9
5.7
4.7
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
11,811
78
812
1,551
52.4
7.6
151.4
112
73
81.9
7.2
4.7
14Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10,439
54
731
1,308
55.9
8.0
193.3
96
68
84.7
7.3
5.2
15Milt Plum
M. Plum
10,027
70
762
1,445
52.7
6.9
143.2
69
89
65.2
4.8
6.2
16Billy Wade
B. Wade
9,958
59
767
1,407
54.5
7.1
168.8
68
66
73.6
4.8
4.7
17John Hadl
J. Hadl
9,935
70
656
1,321
49.7
7.5
141.9
82
80
70.3
6.2
6.1
18Tom Flores
T. Flores
9,897
70
674
1,388
48.6
7.1
141.4
80
71
70.2
5.8
5.1
19Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
8,973
72
562
1,305
43.1
6.9
124.6
58
86
54.0
4.4
6.6
20Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
8,118
68
551
1,074
51.3
7.6
119.4
68
54
76.5
6.3
5.0
21Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
7,714
46
552
1,095
50.4
7.0
167.7
41
39
71.1
3.7
3.6
22Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
7,299
59
543
993
54.7
7.4
123.7
57
59
72.7
5.7
5.9
23Dick Wood
D. Wood
7,153
60
522
1,194
43.7
6.0
119.2
51
71
52.9
4.3
5.9
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
6,644
70
388
839
46.2
7.9
94.9
43
61
60.4
5.1
7.3
25Joe Namath
J. Namath
5,599
27
396
811
48.8
6.9
207.4
37
42
65.2
4.6
5.2
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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