1956 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Tobin Rote led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1956 with 2,203, 294 ahead of Bobby Layne (1,909).

Led the whole NFL in 1956 Tobin Rote GB

2,203 Passing Yards 294 clear of Bobby Layne

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#	Player	Team	YDS	G	ATT	TD
1	Tobin Rote	GB	2,203	12	308	18
2	Bobby Layne	DET	1,909	12	244	9
3	Ed Brown	CHI	1,667	12	168	11
4	Y.A. Tittle	SF	1,641	10	218	7
5	Ted Marchibroda	PIT	1,585	12	275	12
6	Johnny Unitas	BAC	1,498	12	198	9
7	BW Billy Wade	LAN	1,461	12	178	10
8	Lamar McHan	CHC	1,159	12	152	10
9	Charlie Conerly	NYG	1,143	12	174	10
10	Bobby Thomason	PHI	1,119	12	164	4
11	Norm Van Brocklin	LAN	966	12	124	7
12	Al Dorow	WAS	730	12	112	8
13	George Shaw	BAC	645	5	75	3
14	Earl Morrall	SF	621	12	78	1
15	Eddie LeBaron	WAS	554	10	98	3
16	Tommy O'Connell	CLE	551	7	96	4
17	George Blanda	CHI	439	12	69	7
18	Adrian Burk	PHI	426	12	82	1
19	Babe Parilli	CLE	409	5	49	3
20	George Ratterman	CLE	398	4	57	1
21	Don Heinrich	NYG	369	12	88	5
22	JR Jim Root	CHC	333	9	57	3
23	Bart Starr	GB	325	9	44	2
24	Harry Gilmer	DET	303	11	46	4
25	Jack Scarbath	PIT	208	7	41	2
26	RB Rudy Bukich	LAN	130	3	23	1
27	Bill McColl	CHI	79	12	4	1
28	JL Jack Losch	GB	63	12	1	1
29	GK Gary Kerkorian	BAC	59	3	2	1
30	BC Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	54	2	7	0
31	RW Ron Waller	LAN	44	9	3	0
32	Frank Gifford	NYG	35	12	5	2
33	TR Tommy Runnels	WAS	34	11	3	0
34	JG Jug Girard	DET	19	10	1	0
35	Jerry Reichow	DET	19	8	6	0
36	Fred Wyant	WAS	17	10	2	0
37	DS Don Schaefer	PHI	11	12	3	1
38	Lenny Moore	BAC	8	12	4	1
39	JH Jim Haluska	CHI	8	5	4	0
40	Dick Alban	PIT	0	12	0	0
41	JA Johnny Allen	WAS	0	12	0	0
42	Alan Ameche	BAC	0	12	0	0
43	CA Charlie Ane	DET	0	12	0	0
44	Joe Arenas	SF	0	12	0	0
45	SB Sam Baker	WAS	0	12	0	0
46	RB Roy Barni	WAS	0	12	0	0
47	MB Maurice Bassett	CLE	0	12	0	0
48	BB Bibbles Bawel	PHI	0	12	0	0
49	EB Ed Beatty	SF	0	12	0	0
50	Chuck Bednarik	PHI	0	12	0	0

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