1970 Passing Yards Leaders
Yards gained passing
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
SF | 14 | 223 | 378 | 59.0% | 2,941 | 7.78 | 24 | 10 | — | 93.8 |
| 2 |
|
NYG | 14 | 219 | 389 | 56.3% | 2,777 | 7.14 | 19 | 12 | — | 82.2 |
| 3 | Jim Hart | SLC | 14 | 171 | 373 | 45.8% | 2,575 | 6.90 | 14 | 18 | — | 61.5 |
| 4 |
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LAN | 14 | 211 | 407 | 51.8% | 2,552 | 6.27 | 16 | 12 | — | 72.2 |
| 5 | Daryle Lamonica | OAK | 14 | 179 | 356 | 50.3% | 2,516 | 7.07 | 22 | 15 | — | 76.5 |
| 6 | Dennis Shaw | BUF | 14 | 178 | 321 | 55.5% | 2,507 | 7.81 | 10 | 20 | — | 65.3 |
| 7 | John Hadl | SD | 14 | 162 | 327 | 49.5% | 2,388 | 7.30 | 22 | 15 | — | 77.1 |
| 8 |
|
WAS | 14 | 202 | 337 | 59.9% | 2,354 | 6.99 | 23 | 10 | — | 91.5 |
| 9 |
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PHI | 14 | 181 | 335 | 54.0% | 2,323 | 6.93 | 15 | 20 | — | 66.1 |
| 10 |
|
BAC | 14 | 166 | 321 | 51.7% | 2,213 | 6.89 | 14 | 18 | — | 65.1 |
| 11 |
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CLE | 12 | 159 | 313 | 50.8% | 2,156 | 6.89 | 16 | 16 | — | 68.9 |
| 12 |
|
CHI | 14 | 194 | 385 | 50.4% | 2,130 | 5.53 | 16 | 18 | — | 61.5 |
| 13 |
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MIA | 14 | 142 | 245 | 58.0% | 2,019 | 8.24 | 12 | 17 | — | 72.1 |
| 14 |
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KC | 14 | 141 | 262 | 53.8% | 1,876 | 7.16 | 13 | 14 | — | 71.0 |
| 15 |
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DAL | 12 | 102 | 207 | 49.3% | 1,819 | 8.79 | 15 | 7 | — | 89.8 |
| 16 | Bob Berry | ATL | 12 | 156 | 269 | 58.0% | 1,806 | 6.71 | 16 | 13 | — | 78.1 |
| 17 | Gary Cuozzo | MIN | 12 | 128 | 257 | 49.8% | 1,720 | 6.69 | 7 | 10 | — | 64.3 |
| 18 | Charley Johnson | HOO | 10 | 144 | 281 | 51.3% | 1,652 | 5.88 | 7 | 12 | — | 59.8 |
| 19 | Virgil Carter | CIN | 13 | 143 | 278 | 51.4% | 1,647 | 5.92 | 9 | 9 | — | 66.9 |
| 20 |
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GB | 14 | 140 | 255 | 54.9% | 1,645 | 6.45 | 8 | 13 | — | 63.9 |
| 21 |
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NO | 13 | 135 | 237 | 57.0% | 1,557 | 6.57 | 6 | 17 | — | 55.5 |
| 22 |
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PIT | 13 | 83 | 218 | 38.1% | 1,410 | 6.47 | 6 | 24 | — | 30.4 |
| 23 | Pete Liske | DEN | 11 | 112 | 238 | 47.1% | 1,340 | 5.63 | 7 | 11 | — | 55.3 |
| 24 | Al Woodall | NYJ | 10 | 96 | 188 | 51.1% | 1,265 | 6.73 | 9 | 9 | — | 68.7 |
| 25 |
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NYJ | 5 | 90 | 179 | 50.3% | 1,259 | 7.03 | 5 | 12 | — | 54.7 |
| 26 | Edd Hargett | NO | 10 | 78 | 175 | 44.6% | 1,133 | 6.47 | 5 | 5 | — | 63.8 |
| 27 |
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BOS | 11 | 98 | 219 | 44.8% | 1,104 | 5.04 | 3 | 17 | — | 32.6 |
| 28 | Greg Landry | DET | 12 | 83 | 136 | 61.0% | 1,072 | 7.88 | 9 | 5 | — | 92.5 |
| 29 | Bill Munson | DET | 8 | 84 | 158 | 53.2% | 1,049 | 6.64 | 10 | 7 | — | 76.7 |
| 30 | Jerry Rhome | HOO | 13 | 88 | 168 | 52.4% | 1,031 | 6.14 | 5 | 8 | — | 61.4 |
| 31 | Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 11 | 78 | 173 | 45.1% | 871 | 5.04 | 4 | 11 | — | 41.9 |
| 32 |
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PIT | 13 | 64 | 163 | 39.3% | 842 | 5.17 | 5 | 8 | — | 46.1 |
| 33 |
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BAC | 14 | 51 | 93 | 54.8% | 792 | 8.52 | 9 | 4 | — | 97.6 |
| 34 | Bob Lee | MIN | 6 | 40 | 79 | 50.6% | 610 | 7.72 | 5 | 5 | — | 71.2 |
| 35 |
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DAL | 8 | 44 | 82 | 53.7% | 542 | 6.61 | 2 | 8 | — | 42.9 |
| 36 | Steve Tensi | DEN | 7 | 38 | 80 | 47.5% | 539 | 6.74 | 3 | 8 | — | 42.7 |
| 37 |
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CLE | 14 | 29 | 60 | 48.3% | 529 | 8.82 | 1 | 5 | — | 49.9 |
| 38 |
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SD | 8 | 28 | 55 | 50.9% | 491 | 8.93 | 2 | 4 | — | 63.5 |
| 39 |
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OAK | 14 | 29 | 55 | 52.7% | 461 | 8.38 | 6 | 5 | — | 79.4 |
| 40 | Randy Johnson | ATL | 4 | 40 | 72 | 55.6% | 443 | 6.15 | 2 | 8 | — | 43.7 |
| 41 | Don Horn | GB | 7 | 28 | 76 | 36.8% | 428 | 5.63 | 2 | 10 | — | 25.4 |
| 42 |
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DEN | 5 | 29 | 75 | 38.7% | 420 | 5.60 | 1 | 9 | — | 22.5 |
| 43 |
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CIN | 14 | 26 | 57 | 45.6% | 411 | 7.21 | 3 | 2 | — | 73.1 |
| 44 |
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BUF | 7 | 24 | 50 | 48.0% | 338 | 6.76 | 3 | 4 | — | 56.9 |
| 45 | Rick Arrington | PHI | 6 | 37 | 73 | 50.7% | 328 | 4.49 | 1 | 3 | — | 50.5 |
| 46 | John Stofa | MIA | 8 | 16 | 53 | 30.2% | 240 | 4.53 | 3 | 2 | — | 49.3 |
| 47 | Bobby Douglass | CHI | 3 | 12 | 30 | 40.0% | 218 | 7.27 | 4 | 3 | — | 65.7 |
| 48 | Mike Livingston | KC | 4 | 11 | 22 | 50.0% | 122 | 5.55 | 0 | 1 | — | 47.9 |
| 49 | Pete Beathard | SLC | 4 | 7 | 17 | 41.2% | 114 | 6.71 | 2 | 1 | — | 79.0 |
| 50 | Dick Shiner | NYG | 14 | 9 | 12 | 75.0% | 87 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | — | 94.8 |
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