1961 NFL Pass Attempts Leaders

Johnny Unitas led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1961 with 420, 4 ahead of Sonny Jurgensen (416). It was one of 4 times Johnny Unitas led in pass attempts.

Led the whole NFL in 1961 Johnny Unitas BAC

420 Pass Attempts 4 clear of Sonny Jurgensen

Showing Pass Attempts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	ATT	G	YDS	TD
1	Johnny Unitas	BAC	420	14	2,990	16
2	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	416	14	3,723	32
3	Norm Snead	WAS	375	14	2,337	11
4	MP Milt Plum	CLE	302	14	2,416	18
5	Bart Starr	GB	295	14	2,418	16
6	Y.A. Tittle	NYG	285	13	2,272	17
7	John Brodie	SF	283	14	2,588	14
8	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	280	14	1,997	18
9	BW Billy Wade	CHI	250	13	2,258	22
10	Jim Ninowski	DET	247	13	1,921	7
11	Eddie LeBaron	DAL	236	14	1,741	14
12	Zeke Bratkowski	LAN	230	13	1,547	8
13	Sam Etcheverry	SLC	196	14	1,275	14
14	Don Meredith	DAL	182	8	1,161	9
15	RB Rudy Bukich	PIT	156	11	1,253	11
16	Earl Morrall	DET	150	13	909	7
17	Bobby Layne	PIT	149	8	1,205	11
18	Frank Ryan	LAN	142	14	1,115	5
19	Ralph Guglielmi	SLC	116	9	927	5
20	Charlie Conerly	NYG	106	13	634	7
21	Ed Brown	CHI	98	14	742	4
22	George Shaw	MIN	91	8	530	4
23	GI George Izo	WAS	40	5	214	1
24	Billy Kilmer	SF	34	11	286	0
25	BW Bob Waters	SF	28	8	183	1
26	Lee Grosscup	NYG	22	4	87	1
27	Len Dawson	CLE	15	7	85	1
28	Lamar McHan	BAC	15	7	28	1
29	JC John Crow	SLC	14	8	76	1
30	Jon Arnett	LAN	13	14	47	0
31	CJ Charley Johnson	SLC	13	4	51	0
32	KH King Hill	PHI	12	14	101	2
33	Tom Tracy	PIT	12	14	73	0
34	PG Prentice Gautt	SLC	11	14	100	1
35	Terry Nofsinger	PIT	11	5	78	0
36	Paul Hornung	GB	5	12	42	1
37	Dick James	WAS	4	14	15	0
38	JR John Roach	GB	4	7	0	0
39	Jim Brown	CLE	3	14	37	1
40	BG Bob Gaiters	NYG	3	14	42	2
41	DH Dick Hoak	PIT	3	14	13	1
42	Jerry Reichow	MIN	3	14	0	0
43	JJ John Johnson	PIT	2	14	0	0
44	JL J.W. Lockett	DAL	2	14	0	0
45	TM Tom Moore	GB	2	13	42	1
46	Lenny Moore	BAC	2	13	0	0
47	Buddy Humphrey	DAL	2	2	16	0
48	JA John Aveni	WAS	1	14	0	0
49	BB Bobby Boyd	BAC	1	14	0	0
50	Howard Cassady	DET	1	14	0	0

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