Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas (Johnny U)

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 194lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, PA

Died: September 11, 2002 in Towson, MD

College: Louisville

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 113 (63rd overall since 1960)

High School: St. Justin's (PA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 9th round (102nd overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1979 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

211

145

QBrec

118-63-4

Cmp%

54.6

Yds

40239

Y/A

7.8

290

Int

253

FantPt

2424.4

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1956	23	BAL	QB	19	12	7	3-4-0	110	198	55.6	1498	9	4.5	10	5.1	54	7.6	6.2	13.6	124.8	74.0						1	3		UPI RoY-4
1957*	24	BAL	QB	19	12	12	7-5-0	172	301	57.1	2550	24	8.0	17	5.6	82	8.5	7.5	14.8	212.5	88.0						3	3		AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-2, AP2, PB
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	19	10	9	8-1-0	136	263	51.7	2007	19	7.2	7	2.7	77	7.6	7.9	14.8	200.7	90.0						3	2		AP MVP-2, UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	19	12	12	9-3-0	193	367	52.6	2899	32	8.7	14	3.8	71	7.9	7.9	15.0	241.6	92.0						2	3		AP MVP-1, UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1960*	27	BAL	QB	19	12	12	6-6-0	190	378	50.3	3099	25	6.6	24	6.3	80	8.2	6.7	16.3	258.3	73.7	18	190				1	2	16	UPI MVP-3, PB
1961*	28	BAL	QB	19	14	14	8-6-0	229	420	54.5	2990	16	3.8	24	5.7	72	7.1	5.3	13.1	213.6	66.1	28	216	6.3	6.19	4.50	3	4	13	PB
1962*	29	BAL	QB	19	14	14	7-7-0	222	389	57.1	2967	23	5.9	23	5.9	80	7.6	6.1	13.4	211.9	76.5	31	255	7.4	6.46	5.09	3	3	11	PB
1963*	30	BAL	QB	19	14	14	8-6-0	237	410	57.8	3481	20	4.9	12	2.9	64	8.5	8.1	14.7	248.6	89.7	42	298	9.3	7.04	6.73	3	3	14	AP2, PB
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	19	14	14	12-2-0	158	305	51.8	2824	19	6.2	6	2.0	74	9.3	9.6	17.9	201.7	96.4	37	254	10.8	7.51	7.84	2	2	17	AP MVP-1, UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1965+	32	BAL	QB	19	11	11	8-2-1	164	282	58.2	2530	23	8.2	12	4.3	61	9.0	8.7	15.4	230.0	97.4	29	221	9.3	7.42	7.17	3	2	14	AP MVP-2, UPI MVP-3, AP1
1966*	33	BAL	QB	19	14	13	9-4-0	195	348	56.0	2748	22	6.3	24	6.9	89	7.9	6.1	14.1	196.3	74.0	21	146	5.7	7.05	5.32	1	1	12	PB
1967*+	34	BAL	QB	19	14	14	11-1-2	255	436	58.5	3428	20	4.6	16	3.7	88	7.9	7.1	13.4	244.9	83.6	25	198	5.4	7.01	6.31	4	3	19	AP MVP-1, UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1968	35	BAL	QB	19	5	0		11	32	34.4	139	2	6.3	4	12.5	37	4.3	0.0	12.6	27.8	30.1	2	15	5.9	3.65	-0.47	0	1	1
1969	36	BAL	QB	19	13	12	7-5-0	178	327	54.4	2342	12	3.7	20	6.1	52	7.2	5.1	13.2	180.2	64.0	12	93	3.5	6.63	4.69	2	3	9
1970	37	BAL	QB	19	14	13	10-2-1	166	321	51.7	2213	14	4.4	18	5.6	55	6.9	5.2	13.3	158.1	65.1	19	158	5.6	6.04	4.49	3	3	10
1971	38	BAL	QB	19	13	5	3-2-0	92	176	52.3	942	3	1.7	9	5.1	35	5.4	3.4	10.2	72.5	52.3	15	129	7.9	4.26	2.45			4
1972	39	BAL	QB	19	8	5	1-4-0	88	157	56.1	1111	4	2.5	6	3.8	63	7.1	5.9	12.6	138.9	70.8	14	114	8.2	5.83	4.72			4
1973	40	SDG	QB	19	5	4	1-3-0	34	76	44.7	471	3	3.9	7	9.2	51	6.2	2.8	13.9	94.2	40.0	14	96	15.6	4.17	1.33			1
Career					211	185	118-63-4	2830	5186	54.6	40239	290	5.6	253	4.9	89	7.8	6.7	14.2	190.7	78.2	307	2383				34	38	145
17 yrs		BAL			206	181	117-60-4	2796	5110	54.7	39768	287	5.6	246	4.8	89	7.8	6.7	14.2	193.0	78.8	293	2287				34	38	144
1 yr		SDG			5	4	1-3-0	34	76	44.7	471	3	3.9	7	9.2	51	6.2	2.8	13.9	94.2	40.0	14	96	15.6	4.17	1.33			1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	1	1	1-0	26	40	65.0	349	1	2.5	1	2.5	60	8.7	8.1	13.4	349.0	90.5						1	1
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	1	1	1-0	18	29	62.1	264	2	6.9	0	0.0	59	9.1	10.5	14.7	264.0	114.7						1	1
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	1	1	0-1	12	20	60.0	95	0	0.0	2	10.0	23	4.8	0.3	7.9	95.0	32.3	2	6	9.1	4.05	-0.05
1968	35	BAL	QB	1	0	0-0	11	24	45.8	110	0	0.0	1	4.2	21	4.6	2.7	10.0	110.0	42.0	0	0	0.0	4.58	2.71
1970	37	BAL	QB	3	3	3-0	20	56	35.7	478	4	7.1	2	3.6	75	8.5	8.4	23.9	159.3	76.3	5	24	8.2	7.44	7.28
1971	38	BAL	QB	2	2	1-1	33	57	57.9	367	0	0.0	4	7.0	27	6.4	3.3	11.1	183.5	47.9	3	15	5.0	5.87	2.87
Career				9	8	6-2	120	226	53.1	1663	7	3.1	10	4.4	75	7.4	6.0	13.9	184.8	68.9	10	45	6.0	6.02	4.07	2	2

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1956	23	BAL	QB	19	12	7	3-4-0	198	108		114		117	97	118		116
1957*	24	BAL	QB	19	12	12	7-5-0	301	122		131		120	134	111		135
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	19	10	9	8-1-0	263	107		126		104	122	133		127
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	19	12	12	9-3-0	367	110		120		108	128	115		125
1960*	27	BAL	QB	19	12	12	6-6-0	378	112		109		97	110	99		106
1961*	28	BAL	QB	19	14	14	8-6-0	420	93		95		109	88	104		97
1962*	29	BAL	QB	19	14	14	7-7-0	389	100		101		117	104	100		106
1963*	30	BAL	QB	19	14	14	8-6-0	410	120	117	123	122	121	95	124	97	120
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	19	14	14	12-2-0	305	135	128	136	132	101	107	135	92	125
1965+	32	BAL	QB	19	11	11	8-2-1	282	129	128	125	124	122	128	107	99	126
1966*	33	BAL	QB	19	14	13	9-4-0	348	113	121	103	108	116	111	84	116	105
1967*+	34	BAL	QB	19	14	14	11-1-2	436	115	121	116	119	126	97	117	117	116
1969	36	BAL	QB	19	13	12	7-5-0	327	105	117	96	103	109	89	91	126	96
1970	37	BAL	QB	19	14	13	10-2-1	321	102	108	100	103	101	99	98	113	99
1971	38	BAL	QB	19	13	5	3-2-0	176	76	79	81	82	103	74	103	100	87
1972	39	BAL	QB	19	8	5	1-4-0	157	107	106	108	108	113	84	115	99	107
1973	40	SDG	QB	19	5	4	1-3-0	76	92	79	74	70	77	98	59	64	71
Career					211	185	118-63-4	5186

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1956	23	BAL	QB	19	12	7	28	155	1	34	5.5	12.9	2.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	29	5.4	156	1	4
1957*	24	BAL	QB	19	12	12	42	171	1	24	4.1	14.3	3.5				0				42	4.1	171	1	7
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	19	10	9	33	139	3	28	4.2	13.9	3.3				0				33	4.2	139	3	5
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	19	12	12	29	145	2	21	5.0	12.1	2.4				0				29	5.0	145	2	6
1960*	27	BAL	QB	19	12	12	36	195	0	27	5.4	16.3	3.0				0				36	5.4	195	0	8
1961*	28	BAL	QB	19	14	14	54	190	2	18	3.5	13.6	3.9				0				54	3.5	190	2	9
1962*	29	BAL	QB	19	14	14	50	137	0	25	2.7	9.8	3.6				0				50	2.7	137	0	5
1963*	30	BAL	QB	19	14	14	47	224	0	26	4.8	16.0	3.4				0				47	4.8	224	0	13
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	19	14	14	37	162	2	20	4.4	11.6	2.6				0				37	4.4	162	2	6
1965+	32	BAL	QB	19	11	11	17	68	1	18	4.0	6.2	1.5				0				17	4.0	68	1	7
1966*	33	BAL	QB	19	14	13	20	44	1	16	2.2	3.1	1.4				0				20	2.2	44	1	5
1967*+	34	BAL	QB	19	14	14	22	89	0	13	4.0	6.4	1.6				0				22	4.0	89	0	4
1968	35	BAL	QB	19	5	0	3	-1	0	5	-0.3	-0.2	0.6				0				3	-0.3	-1	0	3
1969	36	BAL	QB	19	13	12	11	23	0	13	2.1	1.8	0.8				0				11	2.1	23	0	2
1970	37	BAL	QB	19	14	13	9	16	0	9	1.8	1.1	0.6				0				9	1.8	16	0	2
1971	38	BAL	QB	19	13	5	9	5	0	3	0.6	0.4	0.7				0				9	0.6	5	0	3
1972	39	BAL	QB	19	8	5	3	15	0	8	5.0	1.9	0.4				0				3	5.0	15	0	3
1973	40	SDG	QB	19	5	4			0								0							0	3
Career					211	185	450	1777	13	34	3.9	8.4	2.1	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	451	3.9	1778	13	95
17 yrs		BAL			206	181	450	1777	13	34	3.9	8.6	2.2	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	451	3.9	1778	13	92
1 yr		SDG			5	4			0								0							0	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	1	1	6	20	0	15	3.3	20.0	6.0								6				1
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	1	1	2	6	1	4	3.0	6.0	2.0								2				0
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	1	1	6	30	0	16	5.0	30.0	6.0				0				6	5.0	30	0	0
1968	35	BAL	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0				0				1	0.0		0	0
1970	37	BAL	QB	3	3	5	31	0	17	6.2	10.3	1.7				0				5	6.2	31	0	1
1971	38	BAL	QB	2	2	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0				0				1	5.0	5	0	1
Career				9	8	21	92	1	17	4.4	10.2	2.3				0				21	4.4	92	1	3

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1956	23	BAL	QB	19	12	7			0				4	2	0	0
1957*	24	BAL	QB	19	12	12			0				7	1	0	0
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	19	10	9			0				5	4	0	0
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	19	12	12			0				6	1	0	0
1960*	27	BAL	QB	19	12	12			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
1961*	28	BAL	QB	19	14	14			0				9	2	0	0	0.0
1962*	29	BAL	QB	19	14	14			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1963*	30	BAL	QB	19	14	14			0				13	3	-4	0	0.0
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	19	14	14			0				6	5	2	0	0.0
1965+	32	BAL	QB	19	11	11			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1966*	33	BAL	QB	19	14	13			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
1967*+	34	BAL	QB	19	14	14			0				4	3	0	0	0.0
1968	35	BAL	QB	19	5	0			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1969	36	BAL	QB	19	13	12			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	37	BAL	QB	19	14	13			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1971	38	BAL	QB	19	13	5			0				3	1	-2	0	0.0
1972	39	BAL	QB	19	8	5			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1973	40	SDG	QB	19	5	4			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
Career					211	185			0				95	29	-4	0	0.0
17 yrs		BAL			206	181			0				92	29	-4	0	0.0
1 yr		SDG			5	4			0				3	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0
1970	37	BAL	QB	3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1971	38	BAL	QB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				9	8			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1956	23	BAL	QB	19	12	7	1	1		6	0.5
1957*	24	BAL	QB	19	12	12	1	1		6	0.5
1958*+	25	BAL	QB	19	10	9	3	3		18	1.8
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	19	12	12	2	2		12	1.0
1961*	28	BAL	QB	19	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1964*+	31	BAL	QB	19	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1965+	32	BAL	QB	19	11	11	1	1		6	0.5
1966*	33	BAL	QB	19	14	13	1	1		6	0.4
Career					211	185	13	13	0	78	.4
17 yrs		BAL			206	181	13	13	0	78	.4
1 yr		SDG			5	4			0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1959*+	26	BAL	QB	1	1	1										0						6	6.0
Career				9	8	1							1			0						6	.7

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PFR HOF Monitor: 160.27 (5th among QB, average HOF QB is 103.58)

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Johnny Unitas born?

Johnny Unitas was born on May 7, 1933.

Where was Johnny Unitas born?

Johnny Unitas was born in Pittsburgh, PA.

How tall was Johnny Unitas?

Johnny Unitas was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Johnny Unitas weigh when playing?

Johnny Unitas weighed 194 lbs (87 kg) when playing.

Is Johnny Unitas in the Hall of Fame?

Johnny Unitas was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1979.

How many games did Johnny Unitas play?

Johnny Unitas played 211 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Johnny Unitas have?

Johnny Unitas had 40,239 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Johnny Unitas have?

Johnny Unitas had 290 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Johnny Unitas won?

Johnny Unitas won 1 Super Bowl.

When did Johnny Unitas retire?

Johnny Unitas last played in 1973.

What are Johnny Unitas' nicknames?

Johnny U is a nickname for Johnny Unitas.

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