1956 NFL Quarterback Leaders
Every 1956 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Tobin Rote led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1956, with 2,203. Tobin Rote also led in passing touchdowns (18), passing yards per game (183.6), touchdown percentage (5.8%), rushing yards (398), rushing touchdowns (11), yards per carry (4.74) and rushing yards per game (33.2). Charlie Conerly led in passer rating (75.0) and interception percentage (4.0%).
Passing Every NFL passing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.
Passing Yards
YDS- 1 Tobin Rote 2,203
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 1,641
- 3 Ted Marchibroda 1,585
- 4 Johnny Unitas 1,498
- 5 Billy Wade 1,461
- 6 Lamar McHan 1,159
- 7 Charlie Conerly 1,143
- 8 Bobby Thomason 1,119
- 9 Al Dorow 730
- 10 George Shaw 645
- 1 Tobin Rote 18
- 2 Ted Marchibroda 12
- 3 Charlie Conerly 10
- 3 Lamar McHan 10
- 3 Billy Wade 10
- 6 Johnny Unitas 9
- 7 Al Dorow 8
- 8 Y.A. Tittle 7
- 9 Don Heinrich 5
- 10 Bobby Thomason 4
Passer Rating
RTG- 1 Charlie Conerly 75.0
- 2 Johnny Unitas 74.0
- 3 Tobin Rote 70.6
- 4 Y.A. Tittle 68.6
- 5 Billy Wade 67.2
- 6 Ted Marchibroda 49.4
- 1 Billy Wade 8.21
- 2 Johnny Unitas 7.57
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 7.53
- 4 Tobin Rote 7.15
- 5 Charlie Conerly 6.57
- 6 Ted Marchibroda 5.76
- 1 Y.A. Tittle 56.9%
- 2 Johnny Unitas 55.6%
- 3 Charlie Conerly 51.7%
- 4 Billy Wade 51.1%
- 5 Tobin Rote 47.4%
- 6 Ted Marchibroda 45.1%
- 1 Tobin Rote 183.6
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 164.1
- 3 Ted Marchibroda 132.1
- 4 Johnny Unitas 124.8
- 5 Billy Wade 121.8
- 6 Charlie Conerly 95.3
Completions
CMP- 1 Tobin Rote 146
- 2 Ted Marchibroda 124
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 124
- 4 Johnny Unitas 110
- 5 Billy Wade 91
- 6 Charlie Conerly 90
- 7 Bobby Thomason 82
- 8 Lamar McHan 72
- 9 Al Dorow 55
- 10 Eddie LeBaron 47
Pass Attempts
ATT- 1 Tobin Rote 308
- 2 Ted Marchibroda 275
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 218
- 4 Johnny Unitas 198
- 5 Billy Wade 178
- 6 Charlie Conerly 174
- 7 Bobby Thomason 164
- 8 Lamar McHan 152
- 9 Al Dorow 112
- 10 Eddie LeBaron 98
- 1 Tobin Rote 5.8%
- 2 Charlie Conerly 5.7%
- 3 Billy Wade 5.6%
- 4 Johnny Unitas 4.5%
- 5 Ted Marchibroda 4.4%
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 3.2%
- 1 Bobby Thomason 21
- 2 Ted Marchibroda 19
- 3 Tobin Rote 15
- 4 Billy Wade 13
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 12
- 6 Johnny Unitas 10
- 6 Eddie LeBaron 10
- 8 Al Dorow 8
- 8 Lamar McHan 8
- 8 Tommy O'Connell 8
- 1 Charlie Conerly 4.0%
- 2 Tobin Rote 4.9%
- 3 Johnny Unitas 5.1%
- 4 Y.A. Tittle 5.5%
- 5 Ted Marchibroda 6.9%
- 6 Billy Wade 7.3%
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Tobin Rote 398
- 2 Lamar McHan 161
- 3 Johnny Unitas 155
- 4 Ted Marchibroda 152
- 5 Al Dorow 105
- 6 Billy Wade 93
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 67
- 8 Babe Parilli 65
- 9 George Shaw 63
- 10 Bobby Thomason 48
- 1 Tobin Rote 11
- 2 Lamar McHan 5
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 4
- 4 Billy Wade 3
- 5 Ted Marchibroda 2
- 5 Bobby Thomason 2
- 5 Jim Root 2
- 5 Tommy O'Connell 2
- 9 Johnny Unitas 1
- 9 George Ratterman 1
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Tobin Rote 84
- 2 Lamar McHan 58
- 3 Ted Marchibroda 39
- 4 Al Dorow 30
- 5 Johnny Unitas 28
- 6 Billy Wade 26
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 24
- 7 Tommy O'Connell 24
- 9 Bobby Thomason 21
- 10 George Shaw 20