qb most passing yards per game, 1965

John Brodie had the most passing yards per game by a quarterback in 1965, with 239.4 per game.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
239.4
1965
13
242
391
61.9
3,112
8.0
30
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
230.0
1965
11
164
282
58.2
2,530
9.0
23
12
97.4
8.2
4.3
3Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
221.7
1965
11
155
322
48.1
2,439
7.6
18
15
73.0
5.6
4.7
4Norm Snead
N. Snead
213.3
1965
11
150
288
52.1
2,346
8.1
15
13
78.0
5.2
4.5
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
199.9
1965
14
174
348
50.0
2,798
8.0
20
21
71.3
5.7
6.0
6Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
188.7
1965
7
83
173
48.0
1,321
7.6
11
5
83.0
6.4
2.9
7Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
188.6
1965
14
176
312
56.4
2,641
8.5
20
9
93.7
6.4
2.9
8Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
186.4
1965
14
171
329
52.0
2,609
7.9
19
11
83.8
5.8
3.3
9Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
185.5
1965
14
173
426
40.6
2,597
6.1
18
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
10Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
182.1
1965
13
190
356
53.4
2,367
6.6
15
16
69.6
4.2
4.5
11George Blanda
G. Blanda
181.6
1965
14
186
442
42.1
2,542
5.8
20
30
47.9
4.5
6.8
12Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
174.7
1965
14
155
302
51.3
2,446
8.1
22
12
86.3
7.3
4.0
13Jacky Lee
J. Lee
173.0
1965
4
44
80
55.0
692
8.7
5
3
89.2
6.3
3.8
14Don Meredith
D. Meredith
172.5
1965
14
141
305
46.2
2,415
7.9
22
13
79.9
7.2
4.3
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
170.8
1965
13
164
340
48.2
2,220
6.5
18
15
68.8
5.3
4.4
16Bill Munson
B. Munson
170.1
1965
10
144
267
53.9
1,701
6.4
10
14
64.2
3.7
5.2
17Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
169.1
1965
14
179
391
45.8
2,368
6.1
10
18
54.8
2.6
4.6
18Len Dawson
L. Dawson
161.6
1965
14
163
305
53.4
2,262
7.4
21
14
81.3
6.9
4.6
19Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
159.8
1965
12
121
270
44.8
1,917
7.1
8
17
52.7
3.0
6.3
20Bart Starr
B. Starr
146.8
1965
14
140
251
55.8
2,055
8.2
16
9
89.0
6.4
3.6
21Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
145.9
1965
12
119
243
49.0
1,751
7.2
18
13
75.3
7.4
5.3
22King Hill
K. Hill
122.4
1965
7
60
113
53.1
857
7.6
5
10
55.8
4.4
8.8
23Milt Plum
M. Plum
122.1
1965
14
143
308
46.4
1,710
5.6
12
19
51.2
3.9
6.2
24Tommy Wade
T. Wade
115.8
1965
4
33
66
50.0
463
7.0
2
13
43.5
3.0
19.7
25Tom Flores
T. Flores
113.8
1965
14
122
269
45.4
1,593
5.9
14
11
64.9
5.2
4.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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.706
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3
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5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
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.353
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12
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.294
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13
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.765
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.706
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9
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14
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14
3
0
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11
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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.176
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
.176