NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 1967
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1967 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1967
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 | 3TM |
2 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 33021 | clt |
3 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
4 | 72 | George Blanda | 25370 | 4TM |
5 | 91 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 | 2TM |
6 | 92 | Otto Graham | 23584 | cle |
7 | 99 | Babe Parilli | 22142 | 4TM |
8 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 21896 | 2TM |
9 | 104 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 | was |
10 | 83 | Bart Starr | 20009 | gnb |
11 | 119 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 | nyg |
12 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 19237 | 3TM |
13 | 124 | Tobin Rote | 18850 | 4TM |
14 | 125 | Billy Wade | 18530 | 2TM |
15 | 50 | John Brodie | 18509 | sfo |
16 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 17667 | 2TM |
17 | 134 | Milt Plum | 17450 | 2TM |
18 | 52 | Norm Snead | 17232 | 2TM |
19 | 62 | Len Dawson | 15671 | 3TM |
20 | 155 | Ed Brown | 15600 | 3TM |
21 | 149 | Frank Ryan | 15396 | 2TM |
22 | 139 | Don Meredith | 14699 | dal |
23 | 166 | Sid Luckman | 14686 | chi |
24 | 175 | Eddie LeBaron | 13399 | 2TM |
25 | 40 | John Hadl | 13300 | sdg |
26 | 112 | Earl Morrall | 12808 | 4TM |
27 | 84 | Charley Johnson | 12751 | crd |
28 | 186 | Tom Flores | 11895 | 2TM |
29 | 187 | Bob Waterfield | 11849 | ram |
30 | 191 | Cotton Davidson | 11756 | 3TM |
31 | 199 | Frankie Albert | 10795 | sfo |
32 | 58 | Roman Gabriel | 10493 | ram |
33 | 205 | George Ratterman | 10473 | 3TM |
34 | 207 | Tommy Thompson | 10385 | 2TM |
35 | 209 | Frank Tripucka | 10282 | 4TM |
36 | 70 | Joe Namath | 9606 | nyj |
37 | 217 | Bobby Thomason | 9480 | 3TM |
38 | 218 | Lamar McHan | 9449 | 4TM |
39 | 208 | Zeke Bratkowski | 9212 | 3TM |
40 | 228 | Jim Finks | 8622 | pit |
41 | 230 | Rudy Bukich | 8410 | 4TM |
42 | 236 | Arnie Herber | 8041 | 2TM |
43 | 241 | Al Dorow | 7708 | 4TM |
44 | 246 | Paul Christman | 7294 | 2TM |
45 | 249 | Dick Wood | 7153 | 5TM |
46 | Adrian Burk | 7001 | 2TM | |
47 | Johnny Lujack | 6295 | chi | |
48 | 250 | Jim Ninowski | 6273 | 3TM |
49 | Cecil Isbell | 5945 | gnb | |
50 | Glenn Dobbs | 5876 | 2TM | |
51 | George Shaw | 5829 | 4TM | |
52 | 123 | Daryle Lamonica | 5727 | 2TM |
53 | Jacky Lee | 5699 | 3TM | |
54 | Jim Hardy | 5690 | 3TM | |
55 | King Hill | 5015 | 2TM | |
56 | Frank Filchock | 4921 | 4TM | |
57 | Roy Zimmerman | 4801 | 4TM | |
58 | Ace Parker | 4698 | 3TM | |
59 | 171 | Bill Nelsen | 4440 | pit |
60 | Butch Songin | 4347 | 2TM | |
61 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4302 | 3TM | |
62 | Fred Enke | 4169 | 3TM | |
63 | Ralph Guglielmi | 4119 | 4TM | |
64 | Charlie O'Rourke | 4039 | 3TM | |
65 | Parker Hall | 4028 | 2TM | |
66 | Bud Schwenk | 3924 | 4TM | |
67 | Johnny Green | 3921 | 2TM | |
68 | Ed Danowski | 3817 | nyg | |
69 | Harry Gilmer | 3786 | 2TM | |
70 | Mickey Slaughter | 3607 | den | |
71 | 177 | Bill Munson | 3556 | ram |
72 | 231 | Randy Johnson | 3415 | atl |
73 | Bernie Masterson | 3366 | chi | |
74 | Irv Comp | 3354 | gnb | |
75 | Paul Governali | 3348 | 2TM | |
76 | Jack Jacobs | 3268 | 3TM | |
77 | Tommy O'Connell | 3261 | 3TM | |
78 | Johnny Clement | 3226 | 3TM | |
79 | 37 | Jim Hart | 3037 | crd |
80 | Clyde LeForce | 2961 | det |
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