1961 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Sonny Jurgensen led the NFL in passing yards in 1961 with 3,723, 733 ahead of Johnny Unitas (2,990). It was one of 5 times Sonny Jurgensen led in passing yards.

Led the NFL in 1961 Sonny Jurgensen PHI

3,723 Passing Yards 733 clear of Johnny Unitas

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

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