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1962 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 1962 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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Sonny Jurgensen led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1962, with 3,261. Len Dawson led in passer rating (98.3) and touchdown percentage (9.4%). Sonny Jurgensen also led in yards per attempt (8.91) and passing yards per game (232.9).

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The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.

Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Sonny Jurgensen 3,261
  2. 2 Y.A. Tittle 3,224
  3. 3 Billy Wade 3,172
  4. 4 Johnny Unitas 2,967
  5. 5 Norm Snead 2,926
  6. 6 Frank Tripucka 2,917
  7. 7 Len Dawson 2,759
  8. 8 Fran Tarkenton 2,595
  9. 9 Charley Johnson 2,440
  10. 10 Bart Starr 2,438

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Y.A. Tittle 33
  2. 2 Len Dawson 29
  3. 3 Johnny Unitas 23
  4. 4 Sonny Jurgensen 22
  5. 4 Norm Snead 22
  6. 4 Fran Tarkenton 22
  7. 7 John Brodie 18
  8. 7 Billy Wade 18
  9. 7 Babe Parilli 18
  10. 10 Frank Tripucka 17

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Len Dawson 98.3
  2. 2 Babe Parilli 91.5
  3. 3 Bart Starr 90.7
  4. 4 Y.A. Tittle 89.5
  5. 5 Don Meredith 84.2
  6. 6 John Brodie 79.0
  7. 7 Johnny Unitas 76.5
  8. 8 Norm Snead 74.7
  9. 9 Sonny Jurgensen 74.3
  10. 10 Billy Wade 70.0

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Sonny Jurgensen 8.91
  2. 2 Len Dawson 8.90
  3. 3 Y.A. Tittle 8.60
  4. 4 Bart Starr 8.55
  5. 5 Norm Snead 8.27
  6. 6 Charley Johnson 7.92
  7. 7 Don Meredith 7.92
  8. 8 Fran Tarkenton 7.89
  9. 9 Babe Parilli 7.86
  10. 10 Billy Wade 7.70

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 Bart Starr 62.5%
  2. 2 Len Dawson 61.0%
  3. 3 John Brodie 57.6%
  4. 4 Johnny Unitas 57.1%
  5. 5 Babe Parilli 55.3%
  6. 6 Milt Plum 55.1%
  7. 7 Billy Wade 54.6%
  8. 8 Frank Tripucka 54.5%
  9. 9 Sonny Jurgensen 53.6%
  10. 10 Y.A. Tittle 53.3%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 Sonny Jurgensen 232.9
  2. 2 Y.A. Tittle 230.3
  3. 3 Billy Wade 226.6
  4. 4 Charley Johnson 221.8
  5. 5 Johnny Unitas 211.9
  6. 6 Norm Snead 209.0
  7. 7 Frank Tripucka 208.4
  8. 8 Babe Parilli 198.8
  9. 9 Len Dawson 197.1
  10. 10 Fran Tarkenton 185.4

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 Frank Tripucka 240
  2. 2 Billy Wade 225
  3. 3 Johnny Unitas 222
  4. 4 Y.A. Tittle 200
  5. 5 Sonny Jurgensen 196
  6. 6 Len Dawson 189
  7. 7 Norm Snead 184
  8. 8 Milt Plum 179
  9. 9 Bart Starr 178
  10. 10 John Brodie 175

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Frank Tripucka 440
  2. 2 Billy Wade 412
  3. 3 Johnny Unitas 389
  4. 4 Y.A. Tittle 375
  5. 5 Sonny Jurgensen 366
  6. 6 Norm Snead 354
  7. 7 Fran Tarkenton 329
  8. 8 Milt Plum 325
  9. 9 Cotton Davidson 321
  10. 10 Len Dawson 310

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Len Dawson 9.4%
  2. 2 Y.A. Tittle 8.8%
  3. 3 Babe Parilli 7.1%
  4. 4 Don Meredith 7.1%
  5. 5 Fran Tarkenton 6.7%
  6. 6 Norm Snead 6.2%
  7. 7 Sonny Jurgensen 6.0%
  8. 8 John Brodie 5.9%
  9. 9 Johnny Unitas 5.9%
  10. 10 John Hadl 5.8%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Sonny Jurgensen 26
  2. 2 Fran Tarkenton 25
  3. 2 Frank Tripucka 25
  4. 4 John Hadl 24
  5. 4 Billy Wade 24
  6. 6 Cotton Davidson 23
  7. 6 Johnny Unitas 23
  8. 8 Norm Snead 22
  9. 9 Milt Plum 20
  10. 9 Y.A. Tittle 20

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Bart Starr 3.2%
  2. 2 Babe Parilli 3.2%
  3. 3 Don Meredith 3.8%
  4. 4 John Brodie 5.3%
  5. 5 Y.A. Tittle 5.3%
  6. 6 Len Dawson 5.5%
  7. 7 Frank Tripucka 5.7%
  8. 8 Billy Wade 5.8%
  9. 9 Johnny Unitas 5.9%
  10. 10 Milt Plum 6.2%

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Fran Tarkenton 361
  2. 2 John Brodie 258
  3. 3 Len Dawson 252
  4. 4 Frank Ryan 242
  5. 5 Milt Plum 170
  6. 6 Babe Parilli 169
  7. 7 Billy Wade 146
  8. 8 John Hadl 139
  9. 9 Charley Johnson 138
  10. 10 Johnny Unitas 137

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Billy Wade 5
  2. 2 John Brodie 4
  3. 3 Cotton Davidson 3
  4. 3 Len Dawson 3
  5. 3 Warren Rabb 3
  6. 3 Norm Snead 3
  7. 3 Johnny Green 3
  8. 3 Charley Johnson 3
  9. 9 Sonny Jurgensen 2
  10. 9 Fran Tarkenton 2

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Johnny Unitas 50
  2. 2 Frank Ryan 42
  3. 3 Fran Tarkenton 41
  4. 4 John Hadl 40
  5. 4 Billy Wade 40
  6. 6 Len Dawson 38
  7. 7 John Brodie 37
  8. 7 Warren Rabb 37
  9. 9 Milt Plum 29
  10. 10 Babe Parilli 28

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