| 1961 NFL Passing 
 
 | Passing |  Comp |  Att |  Comp % | Yds |  Y/Att |  TD |  Int |  Rating |   | Minimum 100 attempts |   | Billy Wade, CHI |  139 |  250 |  55.6 |  2258 |  9.03 |  22 |  13 |  93.7 |    | Milt Plum, CLE |  177 |  302 |  58.6 |  2416 |  8.00 |  18 |  10 |  90.3 |    | Sonny Jurgensen, PHI |  235 |  416 |  56.5 |  3723 |  8.95 |  32 |  24 |  88.1 |    | Y. A. Tittle, NYG |  163 |  285 |  57.2 |  2272 |  7.97 |  17 |  12 |  85.3 |    | John Brodie, SF |  155 |  283 |  54.8 |  2588 |  9.14 |  14 |  12 |  84.7 |    | Bart Starr, GB |  172 |  295 |  58.3 |  2418 |  8.20 |  16 |  16 |  80.3 |    | Fran Tarkenton, MIN |  157 |  280 |  56.1 |  1997 |  7.13 |  18 |  17 |  74.7 |    | Sam Etcheverry, STL |  96 |  196 |  49.0 |  1275 |  6.51 |  14 |  11 |  70.4 |    | Frank Ryan, LAM |  72 |  142 |  50.7 |  1115 |  7.85 |  5 |  7 |  68.3 |    | Rudy Bukich, PIT |  89 |  156 |  57.1 |  1253 |  8.03 |  11 |  16 |  67.0 |    | Eddie LeBaron, DAL |  120 |  236 |  50.8 |  1741 |  7.38 |  14 |  16 |  66.7 |    | Johnny Unitas, BAL |  229 |  420 |  54.5 |  2990 |  7.12 |  16 |  24 |  66.1 |    | Zeke Bratkowski, LAM |  124 |  230 |  53.9 |  1547 |  6.73 |  8 |  13 |  63.1 |    | Don Meredith, DAL |  94 |  182 |  51.6 |  1161 |  6.38 |  9 |  11 |  63.0 |    | Bobby Layne, PIT |  75 |  149 |  50.3 |  1205 |  8.09 |  11 |  16 |  62.8 |    | Ralph Guglielmi, STL |  56 |  116 |  48.3 |  927 |  7.99 |  5 |  8 |  61.2 |    | Earl Morrall, DET |  69 |  150 |  46.0 |  909 |  6.06 |  7 |  9 |  56.2 |    | Jim Ninowski, DET |  117 |  247 |  47.4 |  1921 |  7.78 |  7 |  18 |  53.0 |    | Charlie Conerly, NYG |  44 |  106 |  41.5 |  634 |  5.98 |  7 |  8 |  52.2 |    | Norm Snead, WAS |  172 |  375 |  45.9 |  2337 |  6.23 |  11 |  22 |  51.6 |   | All others |   | Tom Moore, GB |  2 |  2 |  100.0 |  42 |  21.00 |  1 |  0 |  158.3 |    | Bob Gaiters, NYG |  3 |  3 |  100.0 |  42 |  14.00 |  2 |  0 |  158.3 |    | Paul Hornung, GB |  3 |  5 |  60.0 |  42 |  8.40 |  1 |  0 |  126.7 |    | Jim Brown, CLE |  1 |  3 |  33.3 |  37 |  12.33 |  1 |  0 |  120.8 |    | John Adams, CHI |  1 |  1 |  100.0 |  11 |  11.00 |  0 |  0 |  112.5 |    | Bobby Joe Conrad, STL |  1 |  1 |  100.0 |  5 |  5.00 |  0 |  0 |  87.5 |    | Terry Nofsinger, PIT |  7 |  11 |  63.6 |  78 |  7.09 |  0 |  0 |  84.7 |    | King Hill, PHI |  6 |  12 |  50.0 |  101 |  8.42 |  2 |  2 |  78.8 |    | Prentice Gautt, STL |  6 |  11 |  54.5 |  100 |  9.09 |  1 |  1 |  77.8 |    | Buddy Humphrey, DAL |  1 |  2 |  50.0 |  16 |  8.00 |  0 |  0 |  77.1 |    | George Shaw, MIN |  46 |  91 |  50.5 |  530 |  5.82 |  4 |  4 |  64.8 |    | Tom Tracy, PIT |  4 |  12 |  33.3 |  73 |  6.08 |  0 |  0 |  55.2 |    | Bob Waters, SF |  13 |  28 |  46.4 |  183 |  6.54 |  1 |  2 |  50.1 |    | Dick Hoak, PIT |  1 |  3 |  33.3 |  13 |  4.33 |  1 |  1 |  47.9 |    | Len Dawson, CLE |  7 |  15 |  46.7 |  85 |  5.67 |  1 |  3 |  47.2 |    | Ed Brown, CHI |  46 |  98 |  46.9 |  742 |  7.57 |  4 |  11 |  46.8 |    | Billy Kilmer, SF |  19 |  34 |  55.9 |  286 |  8.41 |  0 |  4 |  44.1 |    | John Crow, STL |  4 |  14 |  28.6 |  76 |  5.43 |  1 |  1 |  43.8 |    | Dick James, WAS |  1 |  4 |  25.0 |  15 |  3.75 |  0 |  0 |  42.7 |    | Hugh McElhenny, MIN |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Bobby Boyd, BAL |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Hopalong Cassady, DET |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Danny Villanueva, LAM |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Tommy Mason, MIN |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Clarence Peaks, PHI |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | John Roach, GB |  0 |  4 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Bobby Joe Green, PIT |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | Jamie Caleb, MIN |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | John Aveni, WAS |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | J.W. Lockett, SF/DAL |  0 |  2 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  0 |  39.6 |    | George Izo, WAS |  16 |  40 |  40.0 |  214 |  5.35 |  1 |  6 |  26.5 |    | Lamar McHan, BAL |  3 |  15 |  20.0 |  28 |  1.87 |  1 |  4 |  22.2 |    | Lee Grosscup, NYG |  5 |  22 |  22.7 |  87 |  3.95 |  1 |  3 |  19.1 |    | Charley Johnson, STL |  5 |  13 |  38.5 |  51 |  3.92 |  0 |  2 |  10.9 |    | Jon Arnett, LAM |  3 |  13 |  23.1 |  47 |  3.62 |  0 |  1 |  10.1 |    | J. D. Smith, SF |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |    | John Henry Johnson, PIT |  0 |  2 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |    | Lenny Moore, BAL |  0 |  2 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |    | Jerry Reichow, MIN |  0 |  3 |  0.0 |  0 |  0.00 |  0 |  1 |  0.0 |   
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