NFL Career Passing Yards Leaders Through 1973

These are the NFL career record holders through the 1973 season. See current passing yards leaders or select another stat or year:

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Leaders through 1973

Leaders through 1973 Table
Rank Current Player (age) Yds Tm
123Johnny Unitas402392TM
214Fran Tarkenton332482TM
343Y.A. Tittle330703TM
450John Brodie31548sfo
548Sonny Jurgensen310392TM
640John Hadl289462TM
752Norm Snead282384TM
872George Blanda268814TM
974Bobby Layne267684TM
1062Len Dawson260433TM
1158Roman Gabriel254422TM
1283Bart Starr24718gnb
1391Norm Van Brocklin236112TM
1492Otto Graham23584cle
1599Babe Parilli226815TM
16104Sammy Baugh21886was
1784Charley Johnson214203TM
18109Jack Kemp212183TM
1970Joe Namath21065nyj
20112Earl Morrall200876TM
21119Charlie Conerly19488nyg
22123Daryle Lamonica191192TM
23124Tobin Rote188504TM
24125Billy Wade185302TM
25134Milt Plum175364TM
26139Don Meredith17199dal
27149Frank Ryan160423TM
28155Ed Brown156003TM
29166Sid Luckman14686chi
30171Bill Nelsen141652TM
31115Billy Kilmer136683TM
3237Jim Hart13463crd
33175Eddie LeBaron133992TM
3481Bob Griese12341mia
35186Tom Flores119593TM
36187Bob Waterfield11849ram
37191Cotton Davidson117603TM
38199Frankie Albert10795sfo
39205George Ratterman104733TM
40207Tommy Thompson103852TM
41208Zeke Bratkowski103453TM
42209Frank Tripucka102824TM
4369Craig Morton10267dal
44177Bill Munson95172TM
45217Bobby Thomason94803TM
46218Lamar McHan94494TM
47223Bob Berry88682TM
48228Jim Finks8622pit
49230Rudy Bukich84334TM
50233Pete Beathard81764TM
51236Arnie Herber80412TM
52241Al Dorow77084TM
53231Randy Johnson75242TM
54148Greg Landry7474det
55245Gary Cuozzo74024TM
56246Paul Christman72942TM
57249Dick Wood71535TM
58250Jim Ninowski71334TM
59Adrian Burk70012TM
6076Jim Plunkett6904nwe
6167Terry Bradshaw6739pit
62Johnny Lujack6295chi
63Dennis Shaw6286buf
64Jacky Lee61913TM
65Cecil Isbell5945gnb
66Joe Kapp59112TM
67Glenn Dobbs58762TM
68Jack Concannon58592TM
69George Shaw58294TM
70Jim Hardy56903TM
7188Archie Manning5587nor
72Steve Tensi55582TM
73King Hill55533TM
7498Roger Staubach5371dal
75Mike Taliaferro52413TM
76Pete Liske51703TM
7745Ken Anderson5123cin
78Virgil Carter49622TM
79Frank Filchock49214TM
80126Dan Pastorini4895oti