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1965 NFL Quarterback Leaders

Every 1965 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.

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John Brodie led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1965, with 3,112. John Brodie also led in passing touchdowns (30), completion percentage (61.9%) and passing yards per game (239.4). Johnny Unitas led in passer rating (97.4), yards per attempt (8.97) and touchdown percentage (8.2%).

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

Passing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 John Brodie 3,112
  2. 2 Rudy Bukich 2,641
  3. 3 Fran Tarkenton 2,609
  4. 4 Babe Parilli 2,597
  5. 5 Johnny Unitas 2,530
  6. 6 Earl Morrall 2,446
  7. 7 Charley Johnson 2,439
  8. 8 Don Meredith 2,415
  9. 9 Jack Kemp 2,368
  10. 10 Sonny Jurgensen 2,367

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Passing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 John Brodie 30
  2. 2 Johnny Unitas 23
  3. 3 Don Meredith 22
  4. 3 Earl Morrall 22
  5. 5 Len Dawson 21
  6. 6 Rudy Bukich 20
  7. 7 Fran Tarkenton 19
  8. 8 Babe Parilli 18
  9. 8 Joe Namath 18
  10. 8 Frank Ryan 18

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Passer Rating

RTG
  1. 1 Johnny Unitas 97.4
  2. 2 John Brodie 95.3
  3. 3 Rudy Bukich 93.7
  4. 4 Bart Starr 89.0
  5. 5 Earl Morrall 86.3
  6. 6 Fran Tarkenton 83.8
  7. 7 Len Dawson 81.3
  8. 8 Don Meredith 79.9
  9. 9 Norm Snead 78.0
  10. 10 Frank Ryan 75.3

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Yards per Attempt

Y/A
  1. 1 Johnny Unitas 8.97
  2. 2 Rudy Bukich 8.46
  3. 3 Bart Starr 8.19
  4. 4 Norm Snead 8.15
  5. 5 Earl Morrall 8.10
  6. 6 John Brodie 7.96
  7. 7 Fran Tarkenton 7.93
  8. 8 Don Meredith 7.92
  9. 9 Charley Johnson 7.57
  10. 10 Len Dawson 7.42

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Completion Percentage

CMP%
  1. 1 John Brodie 61.9%
  2. 2 Johnny Unitas 58.2%
  3. 3 Rudy Bukich 56.4%
  4. 4 Bart Starr 55.8%
  5. 5 Bill Munson 53.9%
  6. 6 Len Dawson 53.4%
  7. 7 Sonny Jurgensen 53.4%
  8. 8 Norm Snead 52.1%
  9. 9 Fran Tarkenton 52.0%
  10. 10 Earl Morrall 51.3%

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Passing Yards per Game

Y/G
  1. 1 John Brodie 239.4
  2. 2 Johnny Unitas 230.0
  3. 3 Charley Johnson 221.7
  4. 4 Norm Snead 213.3
  5. 5 Rudy Bukich 188.6
  6. 6 Fran Tarkenton 186.4
  7. 7 Babe Parilli 185.5
  8. 8 Sonny Jurgensen 182.1
  9. 9 Earl Morrall 174.7
  10. 10 Don Meredith 172.5

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Completions

CMP
  1. 1 John Brodie 242
  2. 2 Sonny Jurgensen 190
  3. 3 Jack Kemp 179
  4. 4 Rudy Bukich 176
  5. 5 Babe Parilli 173
  6. 6 Fran Tarkenton 171
  7. 7 Joe Namath 164
  8. 7 Johnny Unitas 164
  9. 9 Len Dawson 163
  10. 10 Earl Morrall 155

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Pass Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Babe Parilli 426
  2. 2 Jack Kemp 391
  3. 2 John Brodie 391
  4. 4 Sonny Jurgensen 356
  5. 5 Joe Namath 340
  6. 6 Fran Tarkenton 329
  7. 7 Charley Johnson 322
  8. 8 Rudy Bukich 312
  9. 9 Milt Plum 308
  10. 10 Len Dawson 305

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Touchdown Percentage

TD%
  1. 1 Johnny Unitas 8.2%
  2. 2 John Brodie 7.7%
  3. 3 Frank Ryan 7.4%
  4. 4 Earl Morrall 7.3%
  5. 5 Don Meredith 7.2%
  6. 6 Len Dawson 6.9%
  7. 7 Rudy Bukich 6.4%
  8. 8 Bart Starr 6.4%
  9. 9 Fran Tarkenton 5.8%
  10. 10 Charley Johnson 5.6%

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Interceptions Thrown

INT
  1. 1 Babe Parilli 26
  2. 2 Milt Plum 19
  3. 3 Jack Kemp 18
  4. 4 Bill Nelsen 17
  5. 5 John Brodie 16
  6. 5 Sonny Jurgensen 16
  7. 7 Joe Namath 15
  8. 7 Charley Johnson 15
  9. 9 Len Dawson 14
  10. 9 John McCormick 14

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Interception Percentage

INT%
  1. 1 Rudy Bukich 2.9%
  2. 2 Fran Tarkenton 3.3%
  3. 3 Bart Starr 3.6%
  4. 4 Earl Morrall 4.0%
  5. 5 Tom Flores 4.1%
  6. 6 John Brodie 4.1%
  7. 7 Johnny Unitas 4.3%
  8. 8 Don Meredith 4.3%
  9. 9 Joe Namath 4.4%
  10. 10 Sonny Jurgensen 4.5%

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Rushing Yards

YDS
  1. 1 Fran Tarkenton 356
  2. 2 Don Meredith 247
  3. 3 Tom Matte 235
  4. 4 Babe Parilli 200
  5. 5 Bart Starr 169
  6. 6 Bill Munson 157
  7. 7 Don Trull 145
  8. 8 Len Dawson 142
  9. 9 Pete Beathard 138
  10. 10 Jack Concannon 104

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Rushing Touchdowns

TD
  1. 1 Pete Beathard 4
  2. 1 Jack Kemp 4
  3. 3 Rudy Bukich 3
  4. 3 Milt Plum 3
  5. 3 Norm Snead 3
  6. 6 Len Dawson 2
  7. 6 Don Trull 2
  8. 6 Sonny Jurgensen 2
  9. 6 Roman Gabriel 2
  10. 6 King Hill 2

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Rushing Attempts

ATT
  1. 1 Tom Matte 69
  2. 2 Fran Tarkenton 56
  3. 3 Babe Parilli 50
  4. 4 Len Dawson 43
  5. 5 Jack Kemp 36
  6. 6 Don Meredith 35
  7. 7 Don Trull 29
  8. 8 Rudy Bukich 28
  9. 9 Bill Nelsen 26
  10. 9 Bill Munson 26

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