1966 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonny Jurgensen | WAS | 14 | 254 | 436 | 58.3% | 3,209 | 7.36 | 28 | 19 | — | 84.6 |
| 2 | Frank Ryan | CLE | 14 | 200 | 382 | 52.4% | 2,974 | 7.79 | 29 | 14 | — | 88.2 |
| 3 | John Brodie | SF | 14 | 232 | 427 | 54.3% | 2,810 | 6.58 | 16 | 22 | — | 65.8 |
| 4 | Don Meredith | DAL | 13 | 177 | 344 | 51.5% | 2,805 | 8.15 | 24 | 12 | — | 87.7 |
| 5 | Johnny Unitas | BAC | 14 | 195 | 348 | 56.0% | 2,748 | 7.90 | 22 | 24 | — | 74.0 |
| 6 | Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 14 | 192 | 358 | 53.6% | 2,561 | 7.15 | 17 | 16 | — | 73.8 |
| 7 | Roman Gabriel | LAN | 14 | 217 | 397 | 54.7% | 2,540 | 6.40 | 10 | 16 | — | 65.9 |
| 8 | Bart Starr | GB | 14 | 156 | 251 | 62.2% | 2,257 | 8.99 | 14 | 3 | — | 105.0 |
| 9 | Rudy Bukich | CHI | 14 | 147 | 309 | 47.6% | 1,858 | 6.01 | 10 | 21 | — | 49.3 |
| 10 | Karl Sweetan | DET | 10 | 157 | 309 | 50.8% | 1,809 | 5.85 | 4 | 14 | — | 54.3 |
| 11 | Randy Johnson | ATL | 14 | 129 | 295 | 43.7% | 1,795 | 6.09 | 12 | 21 | — | 47.8 |
| 12 | Charley Johnson | SLC | 9 | 103 | 205 | 50.2% | 1,334 | 6.51 | 10 | 11 | — | 65.0 |
| 13 | Norm Snead | PHI | 10 | 103 | 226 | 45.6% | 1,275 | 5.64 | 8 | 11 | — | 55.1 |
| 14 | Ron Smith | PIT | 9 | 79 | 181 | 43.7% | 1,249 | 6.90 | 8 | 12 | — | 54.3 |
| 15 | Gary Wood | NYG | 14 | 81 | 170 | 47.7% | 1,142 | 6.72 | 6 | 13 | — | 49.7 |
| 16 | Bill Nelsen | PIT | 5 | 63 | 112 | 56.3% | 1,122 | 10.02 | 7 | 1 | — | 107.8 |
| 17 | Earl Morrall | NYG | 7 | 71 | 151 | 47.0% | 1,105 | 7.32 | 7 | 12 | — | 54.1 |
| 18 | Milt Plum | DET | 6 | 82 | 146 | 56.2% | 943 | 6.46 | 4 | 13 | — | 47.8 |
| 19 | Terry Nofsinger | SLC | 7 | 68 | 162 | 42.0% | 799 | 4.93 | 2 | 8 | — | 41.2 |
| 20 | Tom Kennedy | NYG | 6 | 55 | 100 | 55.0% | 748 | 7.48 | 7 | 6 | — | 77.4 |
| 21 | King Hill | PHI | 10 | 53 | 97 | 54.6% | 571 | 5.89 | 5 | 7 | — | 59.3 |
| 22 | Zeke Bratkowski | GB | 8 | 36 | 64 | 56.3% | 569 | 8.89 | 4 | 2 | — | 93.8 |
| 23 | Dennis Claridge | ATL | 7 | 40 | 70 | 57.1% | 471 | 6.73 | 2 | 2 | — | 75.4 |
| 24 | Gary Cuozzo | BAC | 7 | 26 | 50 | 52.0% | 424 | 8.48 | 4 | 2 | — | 90.8 |
| 25 | George Izo | PIT | 4 | 35 | 81 | 43.2% | 360 | 4.44 | 2 | 8 | — | 25.3 |
| 26 | George Mira | SF | 14 | 22 | 53 | 41.5% | 284 | 5.36 | 5 | 2 | — | 74.7 |
| 27 | Bill Munson | LAN | 5 | 30 | 50 | 60.0% | 284 | 5.68 | 2 | 1 | — | 80.8 |
| 28 | Jack Concannon | PHI | 11 | 21 | 51 | 41.2% | 262 | 5.14 | 1 | 4 | — | 31.7 |
| 29 | Jerry Rhome | DAL | 7 | 21 | 36 | 58.3% | 253 | 7.03 | 0 | 1 | — | 68.4 |
| 30 | Craig Morton | DAL | 6 | 13 | 27 | 48.2% | 225 | 8.33 | 3 | 1 | — | 98.5 |
| 31 | Bob Berry | MIN | 3 | 13 | 37 | 35.1% | 215 | 5.81 | 1 | 5 | — | 25.0 |
| 32 | Jim Ninowski | CLE | 14 | 11 | 18 | 61.1% | 175 | 9.72 | 4 | 1 | — | 110.0 |
| 33 | Ron Kelen | MIN | 3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0% | 147 | 7.35 | 0 | 1 | — | 53.5 |
| 34 | Johnny Roland | SLC | 14 | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | 130 | 16.25 | 1 | 0 | — | 145.8 |
| 35 | Steve Sloan | ATL | 3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2% | 96 | 7.39 | 0 | 2 | — | 31.7 |
| 36 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 13 | 4 | 6 | 66.7% | 87 | 14.50 | 1 | 0 | — | 149.3 |
| 37 | Billy Kilmer | SF | 6 | 5 | 16 | 31.3% | 84 | 5.25 | 0 | 1 | — | 24.0 |
| 38 | Billy Wade | CHI | 2 | 9 | 21 | 42.9% | 79 | 3.76 | 0 | 1 | — | 33.6 |
| 39 | John Crow | SF | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 61 | 15.25 | 0 | 1 | — | 56.3 |
| 40 | Ron Meyer | PIT | 4 | 7 | 19 | 36.8% | 59 | 3.11 | 0 | 1 | — | 23.8 |
| 41 | Gale Sayers | CHI | 14 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% | 58 | 9.67 | 0 | 1 | — | 30.6 |
| 42 | Izzy Lang | PHI | 14 | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 51 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 109.7 |
| 43 | Dan Reeves | DAL | 14 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 48 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 77.1 |
| 44 | Jon Kilgore | LAN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 47 | 47.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 45 | Jim Hart | SLC | 1 | 4 | 11 | 36.4% | 29 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | — | 44.9 |
| 46 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 47 | Bobby Mitchell | WAS | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 48 | Tom Moore | LAN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 49 | Phil King | MIN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 104.2 |
| 50 | Paul Hornung | GB | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 87.5 |
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