| 1972 NFL Passing
Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Minimum 100 attempts | Earl Morrall, MIA | 83 | 150 | 55.3 | 1360 | 9.07 | 11 | 7 | 91.0 | John Brodie, SF | 70 | 110 | 63.6 | 905 | 8.23 | 9 | 8 | 86.4 | Billy Kilmer, WAS | 120 | 225 | 53.3 | 1648 | 7.32 | 19 | 11 | 84.8 | Norm Snead, NYG | 196 | 325 | 60.3 | 2307 | 7.10 | 17 | 12 | 84.0 | Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 215 | 378 | 56.9 | 2651 | 7.01 | 18 | 13 | 80.2 | Daryle Lamonica, OAK | 149 | 281 | 53.0 | 1998 | 7.11 | 18 | 12 | 79.5 | Bob Berry, ATL | 154 | 277 | 55.6 | 2158 | 7.79 | 13 | 12 | 78.5 | Marty Domres, BAL | 115 | 222 | 51.8 | 1392 | 6.27 | 11 | 6 | 76.6 | Steve Spurrier, SF | 147 | 269 | 54.6 | 1983 | 7.37 | 18 | 16 | 75.9 | Charley Johnson, DEN | 132 | 238 | 55.5 | 1783 | 7.49 | 14 | 14 | 74.6 | Ken Anderson, CIN | 171 | 301 | 56.8 | 1918 | 6.37 | 7 | 7 | 74.0 | Len Dawson, KC | 175 | 305 | 57.4 | 1835 | 6.02 | 13 | 12 | 72.8 | Joe Namath, NYJ | 162 | 324 | 50.0 | 2816 | 8.69 | 19 | 21 | 72.5 | Greg Landry, DET | 134 | 268 | 50.0 | 2066 | 7.71 | 18 | 17 | 71.8 | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 88 | 157 | 56.1 | 1111 | 7.08 | 4 | 6 | 70.8 | Jim Hart, STL | 60 | 119 | 50.4 | 857 | 7.20 | 5 | 5 | 70.6 | Craig Morton, DAL | 185 | 339 | 54.6 | 2396 | 7.07 | 15 | 21 | 65.9 | Archie Manning, NO | 230 | 448 | 51.3 | 2781 | 6.21 | 18 | 21 | 64.6 | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 147 | 308 | 47.7 | 1887 | 6.13 | 12 | 12 | 64.1 | Roman Gabriel, LAM | 165 | 323 | 51.1 | 2027 | 6.28 | 12 | 15 | 63.8 | Dennis Shaw, BUF | 136 | 258 | 52.7 | 1666 | 6.46 | 14 | 17 | 63.5 | Mike Phipps, CLE | 144 | 305 | 47.2 | 1994 | 6.54 | 13 | 16 | 61.0 | Pete Liske, PHI | 71 | 138 | 51.4 | 973 | 7.05 | 3 | 7 | 60.4 | John Reaves, PHI | 108 | 224 | 48.2 | 1508 | 6.73 | 7 | 12 | 58.4 | Dan Pastorini, HOU | 144 | 299 | 48.2 | 1711 | 5.72 | 7 | 12 | 57.1 | John Hadl, SD | 190 | 370 | 51.4 | 2449 | 6.62 | 15 | 26 | 56.7 | Scott Hunter, GB | 86 | 199 | 43.2 | 1252 | 6.29 | 6 | 9 | 55.5 | Steve Ramsey, DEN | 65 | 137 | 47.4 | 1050 | 7.66 | 3 | 9 | 53.5 | Bobby Douglass, CHI | 75 | 198 | 37.9 | 1246 | 6.29 | 9 | 12 | 49.8 | Jim Plunkett, NE | 169 | 355 | 47.6 | 2196 | 6.19 | 8 | 25 | 45.7 | Gary Cuozzo, STL | 69 | 158 | 43.7 | 897 | 5.68 | 5 | 11 | 43.7 | All others | Ron Widby, GB | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 102 | 51.00 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | Floyd Little, DEN | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 43 | 21.50 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | O. J. Simpson, BUF | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 113 | 14.13 | 1 | 0 | 145.8 | Bob Lee, MIN | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 75 | 12.50 | 1 | 0 | 135.4 | Calvin Hill, DAL | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 55 | 18.33 | 1 | 0 | 121.5 | Marlin Briscoe, MIA | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Earl McCullouch, DET | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Jerrel Wilson, KC | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Donny Anderson, STL | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 71 | 23.67 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | MacArthur Lane, GB | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 | Randy Johnson, NYG | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 230 | 13.53 | 3 | 3 | 103.2 | Jim Del Gaizo, MIA | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 165 | 18.33 | 2 | 1 | 100.5 | Bobby Anderson, DEN | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 14 | 4.67 | 1 | 0 | 88.9 | Sonny Jurgensen, WAS | 39 | 59 | 66.1 | 633 | 10.73 | 2 | 4 | 84.9 | Ken Stabler, OAK | 44 | 74 | 59.5 | 524 | 7.08 | 4 | 3 | 82.3 | Brian Dowling, NE | 29 | 54 | 53.7 | 383 | 7.09 | 2 | 1 | 81.0 | George Blanda, OAK | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 77 | 5.13 | 1 | 0 | 73.5 | Joe Gilliam, PIT | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 48 | 4.36 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | Bob Davis, NYJ | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 114 | 5.18 | 2 | 1 | 72.9 | Mike Montgomery, DAL | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 31 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | Bob Griese, MIA | 53 | 97 | 54.6 | 638 | 6.58 | 4 | 4 | 71.6 | Virgil Carter, CIN | 47 | 82 | 57.3 | 579 | 7.06 | 3 | 4 | 71.1 | Bill Munson, DET | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 194 | 5.54 | 1 | 1 | 70.4 | Terry Hanratty, PIT | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | Mike Livingston, KC | 41 | 78 | 52.6 | 480 | 6.15 | 7 | 8 | 61.9 | Spike Jones, BUF | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | Jerry Tagge, GB | 10 | 29 | 34.5 | 154 | 5.31 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 | Bobby Joe Green, CHI | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 1 | 52.1 | John Huarte, CHI | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 | Kent Nix, HOU | 33 | 63 | 52.4 | 287 | 4.56 | 3 | 6 | 41.0 | Mike Ernst, DEN | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Frank Patrick, GB | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Paul Krause, MIN | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Tom Blanchard, NYG | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ron Johnson, NYG | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Mike Garrett, SD | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bobby Walden, PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Cliff McClain, NYJ | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jackie Smith, STL | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bob Gresham, NO | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Sam Havrilak, BAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Pat Studstill, NE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ron Jessie, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Dan Reeves, DAL | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jon Staggers, GB | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Jack Mildren, BAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | John Isenbarger, SF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Larry Wilson, STL | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Wayne Clark, SD | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 67 | 11.17 | 0 | 2 | 36.8 | Mike Taliaferro, BUF | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 176 | 5.33 | 1 | 4 | 35.2 | Tim Van Galder, STL | 40 | 79 | 50.6 | 434 | 5.49 | 1 | 7 | 34.5 | Pete Beathard, LAM | 19 | 48 | 39.6 | 255 | 5.31 | 1 | 7 | 24.6 | Roger Staubach, DAL | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 98 | 4.90 | 0 | 2 | 20.4 | Bill Nelsen, CLE | 14 | 31 | 45.2 | 141 | 4.55 | 0 | 3 | 19.1 | Rick Arrington, PHI | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 46 | 3.54 | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | Ed Baker, HOU | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 4 | 15.4 | Leo Hart, BUF | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | 3 | 10.6 | Fred Willis, CIN/HOU | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | Pat Sullivan, ATL | 3 | 19 | 15.8 | 44 | 2.32 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | Carl Garrett, NE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | Bob Gladieux, NE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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