NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 1962
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1962 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1962
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 28127 | 3TM |
2 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
3 | 91 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 | 2TM |
4 | 92 | Otto Graham | 23584 | cle |
5 | 104 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 | was |
6 | 119 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 | nyg |
7 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 18010 | clt |
8 | 124 | Tobin Rote | 15144 | 2TM |
9 | 166 | Sid Luckman | 14686 | chi |
10 | 72 | George Blanda | 14489 | 3TM |
11 | 125 | Billy Wade | 14002 | 2TM |
12 | 175 | Eddie LeBaron | 12981 | 2TM |
13 | 187 | Bob Waterfield | 11849 | ram |
14 | 134 | Milt Plum | 11292 | 2TM |
15 | 199 | Frankie Albert | 10795 | sfo |
16 | 205 | George Ratterman | 10473 | 3TM |
17 | 155 | Ed Brown | 10424 | 2TM |
18 | 207 | Tommy Thompson | 10385 | 2TM |
19 | 209 | Frank Tripucka | 10251 | 4TM |
20 | 83 | Bart Starr | 9875 | gnb |
21 | 217 | Bobby Thomason | 9480 | 3TM |
22 | 99 | Babe Parilli | 8697 | 4TM |
23 | 228 | Jim Finks | 8622 | pit |
24 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 8226 | phi |
25 | 218 | Lamar McHan | 8206 | 3TM |
26 | 236 | Arnie Herber | 8041 | 2TM |
27 | 50 | John Brodie | 7709 | sfo |
28 | 241 | Al Dorow | 7708 | 4TM |
29 | 246 | Paul Christman | 7294 | 2TM |
30 | 191 | Cotton Davidson | 7205 | 3TM |
31 | Adrian Burk | 7001 | 2TM | |
32 | 208 | Zeke Bratkowski | 6727 | 2TM |
33 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 6720 | 3TM |
34 | Johnny Lujack | 6295 | chi | |
35 | Cecil Isbell | 5945 | gnb | |
36 | Glenn Dobbs | 5876 | 2TM | |
37 | 112 | Earl Morrall | 5867 | 3TM |
38 | George Shaw | 5829 | 4TM | |
39 | Jim Hardy | 5690 | 3TM | |
40 | 52 | Norm Snead | 5263 | was |
41 | Frank Filchock | 4921 | 4TM | |
42 | 250 | Jim Ninowski | 4878 | 2TM |
43 | Roy Zimmerman | 4801 | 4TM | |
44 | Ace Parker | 4698 | 3TM | |
45 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 4592 | min |
46 | Butch Songin | 4347 | 2TM | |
47 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4302 | 3TM | |
48 | 149 | Frank Ryan | 4215 | 2TM |
49 | Fred Enke | 4169 | 3TM | |
50 | Charlie O'Rourke | 4039 | 3TM | |
51 | Parker Hall | 4028 | 2TM | |
52 | Ralph Guglielmi | 4001 | 3TM | |
53 | Bud Schwenk | 3924 | 4TM | |
54 | 186 | Tom Flores | 3914 | rai |
55 | Johnny Green | 3911 | 2TM | |
56 | Ed Danowski | 3817 | nyg | |
57 | Harry Gilmer | 3786 | 2TM | |
58 | Bernie Masterson | 3366 | chi | |
59 | Irv Comp | 3354 | gnb | |
60 | Paul Governali | 3348 | 2TM | |
61 | Jack Jacobs | 3268 | 3TM | |
62 | Tommy O'Connell | 3261 | 3TM | |
63 | Johnny Clement | 3226 | 3TM | |
64 | 139 | Don Meredith | 3121 | dal |
65 | 62 | Len Dawson | 2963 | 3TM |
66 | Clyde LeForce | 2961 | det | |
67 | M.C. Reynolds | 2932 | 4TM | |
68 | Spec Sanders | 2829 | 2TM | |
69 | Davey O'Brien | 2614 | phi | |
70 | Steve Romanik | 2556 | 2TM | |
71 | Charley Trippi | 2547 | crd | |
72 | Ray Mallouf | 2504 | 2TM | |
73 | 84 | Charley Johnson | 2491 | crd |
74 | Jacky Lee | 2480 | oti | |
75 | Sam Vacanti | 2338 | 2TM | |
76 | Tuffy Leemans | 2318 | nyg | |
77 | Bob Celeri | 2287 | 2TM | |
Don Heinrich | 2287 | 3TM | ||
78 | 230 | Rudy Bukich | 2258 | 4TM |
79 | Bob Monnett | 2227 | gnb |
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