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1959 NFL Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Passing yards per game played

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Johnny Unitas led the whole NFL in passing yards per game in 1959 with 241.6, 23.5 ahead of Norm Van Brocklin (218.1).

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# Player Team G CMP ATT CMP% YDS Y/A TD INT SK RTG Y/G
1 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas BAC 12 193 367 52.6% 2,899 7.90 32 14 — 92.0 241.6
2 Norm Van Brocklin Norm Van Brocklin PHI 12 191 340 56.2% 2,617 7.70 16 14 — 79.5 218.1
3 Charlie Conerly Charlie Conerly NYG 10 113 194 58.3% 1,706 8.79 14 4 — 102.7 170.6
4 Billy Wade LAN 12 153 261 58.6% 2,001 7.67 12 17 — 71.1 166.8
5 Milt Plum CLE 12 156 266 58.7% 1,992 7.49 14 8 — 87.2 166.0
6 Bobby Layne Bobby Layne PIT 12 142 297 47.8% 1,986 6.69 20 21 — 62.8 165.5
7 Ed Brown Ed Brown CHI 12 125 247 50.6% 1,881 7.62 13 10 — 76.7 156.8
8 Y.A. Tittle Y.A. Tittle SF 11 102 199 51.3% 1,331 6.69 10 15 — 58.0 121.0
9 King Hill CHC 11 82 181 45.3% 1,015 5.61 7 13 — 46.2 92.3
10 Eddie LeBaron Eddie LeBaron WAS 12 77 173 44.5% 1,077 6.23 8 11 — 54.0 89.8