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1962 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

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Sonny Jurgensen led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1962 with 3,261, 37 ahead of Y.A. Tittle (3,224). It was one of 5 times Sonny Jurgensen led in passing yards.

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Sonny Jurgensen Led the whole NFL in 1962 Sonny Jurgensen PHI
3,261 Passing Yards 37 clear of Y.A. Tittle
Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G ATT TD
1 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen PHI 3,261 14 366 22
2 Y.A. Tittle Y.A. Tittle NYG 3,224 14 375 33
3 Billy Wade Billy Wade CHI 3,172 14 412 18
4 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas BAC 2,967 14 389 23
5 Norm Snead Norm Snead WAS 2,926 14 354 22
6 Frank Tripucka Frank Tripucka DEN 2,917 14 440 17
7 George Blanda George Blanda HOO 2,810 14 418 27
8 Len Dawson Len Dawson DAT 2,759 14 310 29
9 Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton MIN 2,595 14 329 22
10 Charley Johnson Charley Johnson SLC 2,440 11 308 16
11 Bart Starr Bart Starr GB 2,438 14 285 12
12 Milt Plum Milt Plum DET 2,378 14 325 15
13 John Brodie John Brodie SF 2,272 14 304 18
14 Babe Parilli Babe Parilli BOS 1,988 10 253 18
15 Cotton Davidson Cotton Davidson OAK 1,977 14 321 7
16 Johnny Green NYT 1,741 11 258 10
17 Bobby Layne Bobby Layne PIT 1,686 13 233 9
18 Don Meredith Don Meredith DAL 1,679 13 212 15
19 John Hadl John Hadl SD 1,632 14 260 15
20 Zeke Bratkowski Zeke Bratkowski LAN 1,541 13 219 9
21 Frank Ryan Frank Ryan CLE 1,541 11 194 10
22 Eddie LeBaron Eddie LeBaron DAL 1,436 14 166 16
23 Warren Rabb BUF 1,196 14 177 10
24 Jim Ninowski Jim Ninowski CLE 1,178 7 173 7
25 Jack Kemp Jack Kemp BUF 928 6 139 5
26 Tom Yewcic BOS 903 14 126 7
27 Lee Grosscup Lee Grosscup NYT 855 8 126 8
28 George Shaw George Shaw DEN 783 13 110 4
29 Ed Brown Ed Brown PIT 726 14 84 5
30 Sam Etcheverry Sam Etcheverry SLC 707 14 106 2
31 Roman Gabriel Roman Gabriel LAN 670 6 101 3
32 Dick Wood Dick Wood SD 655 7 97 4
33 Earl Morrall Earl Morrall DET 449 14 52 4
34 Butch Songin Butch Songin NYT 442 7 90 2
35 Jacky Lee Jacky Lee HOO 433 14 50 4
36 King Hill King Hill PHI 361 14 61 0
37 Al Dorow Al Dorow BUF 333 4 75 2
38 Chon Gallegos OAK 298 6 35 2
39 George Izo WAS 284 1 37 3
40 Lamar McHan Lamar McHan BAC 278 10 20 3
41 Galen Hall WAS 274 3 32 2
42 Ron Miller LAN 250 6 43 1
43 John Crow SLC 241 14 20 0
44 Hunter Enis OAK 225 11 51 1
45 Ralph Guglielmi Ralph Guglielmi NYG 210 14 31 2
46 Billy Kilmer Billy Kilmer SF 191 12 13 1
47 Don Heinrich Don Heinrich OAK 156 1 29 1
48 Harold Stephens NYT 123 6 22 0
49 John McCormick John McCormick MIN 104 13 18 0
50 Tom Matte Tom Matte BAC 85 14 13 1
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