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:
Leaders through 1973
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23 | Johnny Unitas | 40239 | 2TM |
2 | 14 | Fran Tarkenton | 33248 | 2TM |
3 | 43 | Y.A. Tittle | 33070 | 3TM |
4 | 50 | John Brodie | 31548 | sfo |
5 | 48 | Sonny Jurgensen | 31039 | 2TM |
6 | 40 | John Hadl | 28946 | 2TM |
7 | 52 | Norm Snead | 28238 | 4TM |
8 | 72 | George Blanda | 26881 | 4TM |
9 | 74 | Bobby Layne | 26768 | 4TM |
10 | 62 | Len Dawson | 26043 | 3TM |
11 | 58 | Roman Gabriel | 25442 | 2TM |
12 | 83 | Bart Starr | 24718 | gnb |
13 | 91 | Norm Van Brocklin | 23611 | 2TM |
14 | 92 | Otto Graham | 23584 | cle |
15 | 99 | Babe Parilli | 22681 | 5TM |
16 | 104 | Sammy Baugh | 21886 | was |
17 | 84 | Charley Johnson | 21420 | 3TM |
18 | 109 | Jack Kemp | 21218 | 3TM |
19 | 70 | Joe Namath | 21065 | nyj |
20 | 112 | Earl Morrall | 20087 | 6TM |
21 | 119 | Charlie Conerly | 19488 | nyg |
22 | 123 | Daryle Lamonica | 19119 | 2TM |
23 | 124 | Tobin Rote | 18850 | 4TM |
24 | 125 | Billy Wade | 18530 | 2TM |
25 | 134 | Milt Plum | 17536 | 4TM |
26 | 139 | Don Meredith | 17199 | dal |
27 | 149 | Frank Ryan | 16042 | 3TM |
28 | 155 | Ed Brown | 15600 | 3TM |
29 | 166 | Sid Luckman | 14686 | chi |
30 | 171 | Bill Nelsen | 14165 | 2TM |
31 | 115 | Billy Kilmer | 13668 | 3TM |
32 | 37 | Jim Hart | 13463 | crd |
33 | 175 | Eddie LeBaron | 13399 | 2TM |
34 | 81 | Bob Griese | 12341 | mia |
35 | 186 | Tom Flores | 11959 | 3TM |
36 | 187 | Bob Waterfield | 11849 | ram |
37 | 191 | Cotton Davidson | 11760 | 3TM |
38 | 199 | Frankie Albert | 10795 | sfo |
39 | 205 | George Ratterman | 10473 | 3TM |
40 | 207 | Tommy Thompson | 10385 | 2TM |
41 | 208 | Zeke Bratkowski | 10345 | 3TM |
42 | 209 | Frank Tripucka | 10282 | 4TM |
43 | 69 | Craig Morton | 10267 | dal |
44 | 177 | Bill Munson | 9517 | 2TM |
45 | 217 | Bobby Thomason | 9480 | 3TM |
46 | 218 | Lamar McHan | 9449 | 4TM |
47 | 223 | Bob Berry | 8868 | 2TM |
48 | 228 | Jim Finks | 8622 | pit |
49 | 230 | Rudy Bukich | 8433 | 4TM |
50 | 233 | Pete Beathard | 8176 | 4TM |
51 | 236 | Arnie Herber | 8041 | 2TM |
52 | 241 | Al Dorow | 7708 | 4TM |
53 | 231 | Randy Johnson | 7524 | 2TM |
54 | 148 | Greg Landry | 7474 | det |
55 | 245 | Gary Cuozzo | 7402 | 4TM |
56 | 246 | Paul Christman | 7294 | 2TM |
57 | 249 | Dick Wood | 7153 | 5TM |
58 | 250 | Jim Ninowski | 7133 | 4TM |
59 | Adrian Burk | 7001 | 2TM | |
60 | 76 | Jim Plunkett | 6904 | nwe |
61 | 67 | Terry Bradshaw | 6739 | pit |
62 | Johnny Lujack | 6295 | chi | |
63 | Dennis Shaw | 6286 | buf | |
64 | Jacky Lee | 6191 | 3TM | |
65 | Cecil Isbell | 5945 | gnb | |
66 | Joe Kapp | 5911 | 2TM | |
67 | Glenn Dobbs | 5876 | 2TM | |
68 | Jack Concannon | 5859 | 2TM | |
69 | George Shaw | 5829 | 4TM | |
70 | Jim Hardy | 5690 | 3TM | |
71 | 88 | Archie Manning | 5587 | nor |
72 | Steve Tensi | 5558 | 2TM | |
73 | King Hill | 5553 | 3TM | |
74 | 98 | Roger Staubach | 5371 | dal |
75 | Mike Taliaferro | 5241 | 3TM | |
76 | Pete Liske | 5170 | 3TM | |
77 | 45 | Ken Anderson | 5123 | cin |
78 | Virgil Carter | 4962 | 2TM | |
79 | Frank Filchock | 4921 | 4TM | |
80 | 126 | Dan Pastorini | 4895 | oti |
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