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1965 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

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John Brodie led the NFL and AFL combined with 3,112 passing yards in 1965, 314 ahead of John Hadl (2,798). It was one of 4 times John Brodie led in passing yards.

YDSTDRTGY/ACMP%Y/GCMPATT1DTD%INTINT%SK
John Brodie Led the whole NFL in 1965 John Brodie SF
3,112 Passing Yards 314 clear of John Hadl
Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G ATT TD
1 John Brodie John Brodie SF 3,112 13 391 30
2 John Hadl John Hadl SD 2,798 14 348 20
3 Rudy Bukich Rudy Bukich CHI 2,641 14 312 20
4 Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton MIN 2,609 14 329 19
5 Babe Parilli Babe Parilli BOS 2,597 14 426 18
6 George Blanda George Blanda HOO 2,542 14 442 20
7 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas BAC 2,530 11 282 23
8 Earl Morrall Earl Morrall NYG 2,446 14 302 22
9 Charley Johnson Charley Johnson SLC 2,439 11 322 18
10 Don Meredith Don Meredith DAL 2,415 14 305 22
11 Jack Kemp Jack Kemp BUF 2,368 14 391 10
12 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen WAS 2,367 13 356 15
13 Norm Snead Norm Snead PHI 2,346 11 288 15
14 Len Dawson Len Dawson KC 2,262 14 305 21
15 Joe Namath Joe Namath NYJ 2,220 13 340 18
16 Bart Starr Bart Starr GB 2,055 14 251 16
17 Bill Nelsen Bill Nelsen PIT 1,917 12 270 8
18 Frank Ryan Frank Ryan CLE 1,751 12 243 18
19 Milt Plum Milt Plum DET 1,710 14 308 12
20 Bill Munson Bill Munson LAN 1,701 10 267 10
21 Tom Flores Tom Flores OAK 1,593 14 269 14
22 Roman Gabriel Roman Gabriel LAN 1,321 7 173 11
23 John McCormick John McCormick DEN 1,292 14 253 7
24 Dick Wood Dick Wood OAK 1,003 14 157 8
25 Mickey Slaughter Mickey Slaughter DEN 864 10 147 6
26 King Hill King Hill PHI 857 7 113 5
27 Buddy Humphrey Buddy Humphrey SLC 736 7 105 1
28 Gary Cuozzo Gary Cuozzo BAC 700 7 105 7
29 Jacky Lee Jacky Lee DEN 692 4 80 5
30 Pete Beathard Pete Beathard KC 632 14 89 1
31 Jim Ninowski Jim Ninowski CLE 549 6 83 4
32 Mike Taliaferro Mike Taliaferro NYJ 531 14 119 3
33 Don Trull HOO 528 14 107 5
34 Dick Shiner WAS 470 14 65 3
35 Tommy Wade PIT 463 4 66 2
36 George Mira George Mira SF 460 10 58 4
37 Don Breaux SD 404 14 43 2
38 Daryle Lamonica Daryle Lamonica BUF 376 14 70 3
39 George Izo DET 357 6 59 2
40 Zeke Bratkowski Zeke Bratkowski GB 348 6 48 3
41 Eddie Wilson BOS 257 14 46 1
42 Ron Kelen MIN 252 4 40 2
43 Ed Brown Ed Brown PIT 204 14 23 1
44 Billy Wade Billy Wade CHI 204 5 41 0
45 Gary Wood NYG 190 9 36 1
46 Jack Concannon Jack Concannon PHI 176 3 29 1
47 Craig Morton Craig Morton DAL 173 4 34 2
48 Jerry Rhome DAL 157 11 21 1
49 Clem Daniels Clem Daniels OAK 95 14 2 0
50 Paul Lowe Paul Lowe SD 81 14 4 0
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