most passing yards all-time before 1970

Before 1970, Johnny Unitas had the most passing yards, with 35,502 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player all-time before 1970
NAME YDS GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
35,502
171
2,450
4,456
55.0
8.0
207.6
266
213
81.1
6.0
4.8
12
93
2 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
3 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
26,978
164
1,982
3,526
56.2
7.7
164.5
213
163
81.7
6.0
4.6
40
322
4 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
5 George Blanda
G. Blanda
25,965
256
1,843
3,872
47.6
6.7
101.4
224
265
60.5
5.8
6.8
1
4
6 John Brodie
J. Brodie
23,934
153
1,870
3,422
54.6
7.0
156.4
160
170
71.7
4.7
5.0
16
134
7 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
23,611
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
8.2
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
8 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
23,140
126
1,630
3,022
53.9
7.7
183.7
186
134
81.0
6.2
4.4
36
289
9 Bart Starr
B. Starr
22,787
178
1,644
2,849
57.7
8.0
128.0
144
122
82.5
5.1
4.3
24
217
10 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
22,681
189
1,552
3,330
46.6
6.8
120.0
178
220
59.6
5.3
6.6
0
0
11 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
12 Norm Snead
N. Snead
21,655
113
1,504
2,993
50.3
7.2
191.6
142
175
65.6
4.7
5.8
21
170
13 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
21,218
122
1,436
3,073
46.7
6.9
173.9
114
183
57.3
3.7
6.0
21
187
14 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
19,488
161
1,418
2,833
50.1
6.9
121.0
173
167
68.2
6.1
5.9
15 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
19,103
135
1,356
2,397
56.6
8.0
141.5
184
122
86.8
7.7
5.1
13
89
16 John Hadl
J. Hadl
19,026
112
1,239
2,512
49.3
7.6
169.9
143
145
69.7
5.7
5.8
18
190
17 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18,850
149
1,329
2,907
45.7
6.5
126.5
148
191
56.8
5.1
6.6
18 Billy Wade
B. Wade
18,530
128
1,370
2,523
54.3
7.3
144.8
124
134
72.2
4.9
5.3
19 Milt Plum
M. Plum
17,536
129
1,306
2,419
54.0
7.2
135.9
122
127
72.2
5.0
5.3
1
12
20 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17,199
104
1,170
2,308
50.7
7.5
165.4
135
111
74.8
5.8
4.8
21 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
16,472
158
1,091
2,145
50.9
7.7
104.3
128
115
74.0
6.0
5.4
7
63
22 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
16,039
125
1,089
2,129
51.2
7.5
128.3
149
111
77.7
7.0
5.2
0
0
23 Ed Brown
E. Brown
15,600
154
949
1,987
47.8
7.9
101.3
102
138
62.8
5.1
6.9
24 Joe Namath
J. Namath
15,487
69
1,026
2,043
50.2
7.6
224.4
97
104
70.1
4.7
5.1
13
117
25 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
15,406
88
1,149
2,231
51.5
6.9
175.1
109
75
76.1
4.9
3.4
14
112
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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7
0
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9
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.471
AFC North W L T PCT
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5
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.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

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10/12
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10/12
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