| 1956 NFL Passing
| Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | | Minimum 100 attempts | | Ed Brown, CHI | 96 | 168 | 57.1 | 1667 | 9.92 | 11 | 12 | 83.1 | | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 90 | 174 | 51.7 | 1143 | 6.57 | 10 | 7 | 75.0 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 110 | 198 | 55.6 | 1498 | 7.57 | 9 | 10 | 74.0 | | Lamar McHan, CHC | 72 | 152 | 47.4 | 1159 | 7.63 | 10 | 8 | 73.3 | | Tobin Rote, GB | 146 | 308 | 47.4 | 2203 | 7.15 | 18 | 15 | 70.6 | | Y. A. Tittle, SF | 124 | 218 | 56.9 | 1641 | 7.53 | 7 | 12 | 68.6 | | Billy Wade, LAM | 91 | 178 | 51.1 | 1461 | 8.21 | 10 | 13 | 67.2 | | Al Dorow, WAS | 55 | 112 | 49.1 | 730 | 6.52 | 8 | 8 | 64.2 | | Bobby Layne, DET | 129 | 244 | 52.9 | 1909 | 7.82 | 9 | 17 | 62.0 | | Norm Van Brocklin, LAM | 68 | 124 | 54.8 | 966 | 7.79 | 7 | 12 | 59.5 | | Ted Marchibroda, PIT | 124 | 275 | 45.1 | 1585 | 5.76 | 12 | 19 | 49.4 | | Bobby Thomason, PHI | 82 | 164 | 50.0 | 1119 | 6.82 | 4 | 21 | 40.7 | | All others | | Jack Losch, GB | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 63 | 63.00 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | | Gary Kerkorian, BAL | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 59 | 29.50 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | | Jug Girard, DET | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | | Don Schaefer, PHI | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 11 | 3.67 | 1 | 0 | 84.7 | | George Blanda, CHI | 37 | 69 | 53.6 | 439 | 6.36 | 7 | 4 | 82.9 | | Ron Waller, LAM | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | | Harry Gilmer, DET | 27 | 46 | 58.7 | 303 | 6.59 | 4 | 3 | 80.3 | | Bill McColl, CHI | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 79 | 19.75 | 1 | 2 | 79.2 | | Fred Wyant, WAS | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | | Tom Runnels, WAS | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | | George Ratterman, CLE | 39 | 57 | 68.4 | 398 | 6.98 | 1 | 3 | 72.1 | | Bart Starr, GB | 24 | 44 | 54.5 | 325 | 7.39 | 2 | 3 | 65.1 | | Frank Gifford, NYG | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 35 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 64.6 | | George Shaw, BAL | 45 | 75 | 60.0 | 645 | 8.60 | 3 | 7 | 62.4 | | Babe Parilli, CLE | 24 | 49 | 49.0 | 409 | 8.35 | 3 | 7 | 58.5 | | Don Heinrich, NYG | 37 | 88 | 42.0 | 369 | 4.19 | 5 | 5 | 49.9 | | Jim Root, CHC | 28 | 57 | 49.1 | 333 | 5.84 | 3 | 5 | 48.4 | | Earl Morrall, SF | 38 | 78 | 48.7 | 621 | 7.96 | 1 | 6 | 48.1 | | Bobby Clatterbuck, NYG | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 54 | 7.71 | 0 | 1 | 42.3 | | Tommy O'Connell, CLE | 42 | 96 | 43.8 | 551 | 5.74 | 4 | 8 | 41.6 | | Lenny Moore, BAL | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 8 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 39.6 | | Jim Haluska, CHI | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Harlon Hill, CHI | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Ollie Matson, CHC | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Kyle Rote, NYG | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Tommy Wilson, LAM | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Don McIlhenny, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Perry Jeter, CHI | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Lou Baldacci, PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Lynn Chandois, PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Adrian Burk, PHI | 39 | 82 | 47.6 | 426 | 5.20 | 1 | 6 | 36.9 | | Rudy Bukich, LAM | 10 | 23 | 43.5 | 130 | 5.65 | 1 | 3 | 36.8 | | Eddie LeBaron, WAS | 47 | 98 | 48.0 | 554 | 5.65 | 3 | 10 | 36.2 | | Jack Scarbath, PIT | 12 | 41 | 29.3 | 208 | 5.07 | 2 | 5 | 24.9 | | Jerry Reichow, DET | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1 | 17.4 | | Bill Stits, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Hugh McElhenny, SF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Rick Casares, CHI | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Dave Mann, CHC | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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