most passing yards in the 1961 to 1969

Between the 1961 and 1969 seasons, Sonny Jurgensen had the most passing yards, with 25,736 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in the 1961 to 1969
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
25,736
118
1,910
3,385
56.4
7.6
218.1
202
153
81.8
6.0
4.5
40
322
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
23,449
113
1,649
2,949
55.9
8.0
207.5
157
141
79.6
5.3
4.8
12
93
3Fran 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
4Norm 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
5John Brodie
J. Brodie
21,085
113
1,623
2,958
54.9
7.1
186.6
144
138
74.3
4.9
4.7
16
134
6John 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
7Len Dawson
L. Dawson
18,984
114
1,342
2,367
56.7
8.0
166.5
183
120
87.4
7.7
5.1
13
89
8Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
18,112
104
1,217
2,649
45.9
6.8
174.2
94
156
56.1
3.5
5.9
21
187
9Bart Starr
B. Starr
17,768
121
1,257
2,127
59.1
8.4
146.8
121
82
89.0
5.7
3.9
24
217
10George Blanda
G. Blanda
17,616
126
1,229
2,521
48.8
7.0
139.8
152
173
63.3
6.0
6.9
1
4
11Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
17,286
122
1,183
2,492
47.5
6.9
141.7
139
141
65.6
5.6
5.7
0
0
12Don Meredith
D. Meredith
16,918
98
1,141
2,240
50.9
7.6
172.6
133
106
76.1
5.9
4.7
13Joe 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
14Roman 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
15Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
14,928
87
1,030
2,047
50.3
7.3
171.6
108
110
69.6
5.3
5.4
11
101
16Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
14,480
99
980
1,898
51.6
7.6
146.3
139
95
80.5
7.3
5.0
0
0
17Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
12,274
97
797
1,620
49.2
7.6
126.5
105
83
74.9
6.5
5.1
11
100
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
11,963
99
792
1,514
52.3
7.9
120.8
102
79
79.3
6.7
5.2
7
63
19Milt Plum
M. Plum
11,038
84
856
1,638
52.3
6.7
131.4
74
98
63.8
4.5
6.0
1
12
20Y.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
21Tom Flores
T. Flores
10,221
92
702
1,463
48.0
7.0
111.1
81
80
66.9
5.5
5.5
1
11
22Billy Wade
B. Wade
9,958
59
767
1,407
54.5
7.1
168.8
68
66
73.6
4.8
4.7
23Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
9,549
60
616
1,236
49.8
7.7
159.2
69
59
74.5
5.6
4.8
17
164
24Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
8,977
73
563
1,307
43.1
6.9
123.0
58
86
54.0
4.4
6.6
25Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
7,507
64
563
1,033
54.5
7.3
117.3
57
61
71.6
5.5
5.9
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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