1961 NFL Quarterback Leaders
Every 1961 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Sonny Jurgensen led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1961, with 3,723. Billy Kilmer led in rushing yards (509), rushing touchdowns (10), yards per carry (5.30) and rushing yards per game (46.3). Sonny Jurgensen also led in passing touchdowns (32) and passing yards per game (265.9).
Passing Every NFL passing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.
Passing Yards
YDS- 1 Sonny Jurgensen 3,723
- 2 Johnny Unitas 2,990
- 3 Jack Kemp 2,686
- 4 Al Dorow 2,651
- 5 John Brodie 2,588
- 6 Bart Starr 2,418
- 7 Milt Plum 2,416
- 8 Norm Snead 2,337
- 9 Y.A. Tittle 2,272
- 10 Billy Wade 2,258
- 1 Sonny Jurgensen 32
- 2 Billy Wade 22
- 3 Al Dorow 19
- 4 Milt Plum 18
- 4 Fran Tarkenton 18
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 17
- 7 Bart Starr 16
- 7 Johnny Unitas 16
- 9 Tom Flores 15
- 9 Jack Kemp 15
Passer Rating
RTG- 1 Billy Wade 93.7
- 2 Milt Plum 90.3
- 3 Sonny Jurgensen 88.1
- 4 Y.A. Tittle 85.3
- 5 John Brodie 84.7
- 6 Bart Starr 80.3
- 7 Babe Parilli 76.5
- 8 Fran Tarkenton 74.7
- 9 Butch Songin 73.0
- 10 Sam Etcheverry 70.4
- 1 John Brodie 9.14
- 2 Billy Wade 9.03
- 3 Sonny Jurgensen 8.95
- 4 Bart Starr 8.20
- 5 Milt Plum 8.00
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 7.97
- 7 Jim Ninowski 7.78
- 8 Jack Kemp 7.38
- 9 Eddie LeBaron 7.38
- 10 Fran Tarkenton 7.13
- 1 Milt Plum 58.6%
- 2 Bart Starr 58.3%
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 57.2%
- 4 Sonny Jurgensen 56.5%
- 5 Fran Tarkenton 56.1%
- 6 Billy Wade 55.6%
- 7 John Brodie 54.8%
- 8 Johnny Unitas 54.5%
- 9 Zeke Bratkowski 53.9%
- 10 Babe Parilli 52.5%
- 1 Sonny Jurgensen 265.9
- 2 Johnny Unitas 213.6
- 3 Jack Kemp 191.9
- 4 Al Dorow 189.4
- 5 John Brodie 184.9
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 174.8
- 7 Billy Wade 173.7
- 8 Bart Starr 172.7
- 9 Milt Plum 172.6
- 10 Norm Snead 166.9
Completions
CMP- 1 Sonny Jurgensen 235
- 2 Johnny Unitas 229
- 3 Al Dorow 197
- 4 Tom Flores 190
- 5 Milt Plum 177
- 6 Norm Snead 172
- 6 Bart Starr 172
- 8 Frank Tripucka 167
- 9 Jack Kemp 165
- 10 Y.A. Tittle 163
Pass Attempts
ATT- 1 Al Dorow 438
- 2 Johnny Unitas 420
- 3 Sonny Jurgensen 416
- 4 Norm Snead 375
- 5 Tom Flores 366
- 6 Jack Kemp 364
- 7 Frank Tripucka 344
- 8 Milt Plum 302
- 9 Bart Starr 295
- 10 Y.A. Tittle 285
- 1 Billy Wade 8.8%
- 2 Sonny Jurgensen 7.7%
- 3 Sam Etcheverry 7.1%
- 4 Butch Songin 6.6%
- 5 Babe Parilli 6.6%
- 6 Fran Tarkenton 6.4%
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 6.0%
- 8 Milt Plum 6.0%
- 9 Eddie LeBaron 5.9%
- 10 Bart Starr 5.4%
- 1 Al Dorow 30
- 2 Sonny Jurgensen 24
- 2 Johnny Unitas 24
- 4 Jack Kemp 22
- 4 Norm Snead 22
- 6 Frank Tripucka 21
- 7 Tom Flores 19
- 8 Jim Ninowski 18
- 9 Fran Tarkenton 17
- 10 Eddie LeBaron 16
- 1 Milt Plum 3.3%
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 4.2%
- 3 John Brodie 4.2%
- 4 Butch Songin 4.2%
- 5 Babe Parilli 4.5%
- 6 Tom Flores 5.2%
- 7 Billy Wade 5.2%
- 8 Bart Starr 5.4%
- 9 Sam Etcheverry 5.6%
- 10 Zeke Bratkowski 5.7%
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Billy Kilmer 509
- 2 Al Dorow 317
- 3 Fran Tarkenton 308
- 4 Billy Wade 255
- 5 Jim Ninowski 238
- 6 Bob Waters 233
- 7 Johnny Unitas 190
- 8 Babe Parilli 183
- 9 Don Meredith 176
- 10 M.C. Reynolds 142
- 1 Billy Kilmer 10
- 2 Jack Kemp 6
- 3 Fran Tarkenton 5
- 3 Jim Ninowski 5
- 5 Al Dorow 4
- 5 Babe Parilli 4
- 5 M.C. Reynolds 4
- 8 Norm Snead 3
- 8 Zeke Bratkowski 3
- 8 Y.A. Tittle 3
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Billy Kilmer 96
- 2 Fran Tarkenton 56
- 3 Al Dorow 54
- 3 Johnny Unitas 54
- 5 Bob Waters 47
- 6 Billy Wade 45
- 7 Jack Kemp 43
- 8 Babe Parilli 38
- 8 Frank Ryan 38
- 10 Norm Snead 34