| 1959 NFL Passing
| Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | | Minimum 100 attempts | | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 113 | 194 | 58.2 | 1706 | 8.79 | 14 | 4 | 102.7 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 193 | 367 | 52.6 | 2899 | 7.90 | 32 | 14 | 92.0 | | Milt Plum, CLE | 156 | 266 | 58.6 | 1992 | 7.49 | 14 | 8 | 87.2 | | Norm Van Brocklin, PHI | 191 | 340 | 56.2 | 2617 | 7.70 | 16 | 14 | 79.5 | | Ed Brown, CHI | 125 | 247 | 50.6 | 1881 | 7.62 | 13 | 10 | 76.7 | | Billy Wade, LAM | 153 | 261 | 58.6 | 2001 | 7.67 | 12 | 17 | 71.1 | | Earl Morrall, DET | 65 | 137 | 47.4 | 1102 | 8.04 | 5 | 6 | 69.1 | | Bart Starr, GB | 70 | 134 | 52.2 | 972 | 7.25 | 6 | 7 | 69.0 | | Bobby Layne, PIT | 142 | 297 | 47.8 | 1986 | 6.69 | 20 | 21 | 62.8 | | Lamar McHan, GB | 48 | 108 | 44.4 | 805 | 7.45 | 8 | 9 | 60.1 | | Y. A. Tittle, SF | 102 | 199 | 51.3 | 1331 | 6.69 | 10 | 15 | 58.0 | | Eddie LeBaron, WAS | 77 | 173 | 44.5 | 1077 | 6.23 | 8 | 11 | 54.0 | | King Hill, CHC | 82 | 181 | 45.3 | 1015 | 5.61 | 7 | 13 | 46.2 | | Tobin Rote, DET | 62 | 162 | 38.3 | 861 | 5.31 | 5 | 19 | 26.8 | | All others | | Paul Hornung, GB | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 95 | 11.88 | 2 | 0 | 143.2 | | Lenny Moore, BAL | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 25 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 | 131.9 | | Bobby Luna, PIT | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 55 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | | Ray Mathews, PIT | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 38 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | | Sonny Jurgensen, PHI | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 27 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 114.2 | | Len Dawson, PIT | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 60 | 8.57 | 1 | 0 | 113.1 | | Bobby Joe Conrad, CHC | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 82 | 27.33 | 1 | 1 | 109.7 | | George Shaw, NYG | 24 | 36 | 66.7 | 433 | 12.03 | 1 | 1 | 105.4 | | M. C. Reynolds, CHC | 19 | 39 | 48.7 | 329 | 8.44 | 4 | 1 | 101.3 | | Ed Sutton, WAS | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 51 | 7.29 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | | Frank Gifford, NYG | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 151 | 13.73 | 2 | 2 | 92.0 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | | Frank Ryan, LAM | 42 | 89 | 47.2 | 709 | 7.97 | 2 | 4 | 63.4 | | Zeke Bratkowski, CHI | 31 | 62 | 50.0 | 403 | 6.50 | 2 | 5 | 48.0 | | Ray Brown, BAL | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | | John Roach, CHC | 22 | 57 | 38.6 | 340 | 5.96 | 2 | 4 | 41.6 | | Ralph Guglielmi, WAS | 36 | 89 | 40.4 | 614 | 6.90 | 4 | 11 | 39.9 | | Tom Tracy, PIT | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 159 | 13.25 | 0 | 2 | 39.6 | | Jon Arnett, LAM | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Jim Podoley, WAS | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Don Bosseler, WAS | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Jimmy Orr, PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Yale Lary, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Terry Barr, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Alex Webster, NYG | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Dicky Moegle, SF | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | John Brodie, SF | 30 | 64 | 46.9 | 354 | 5.53 | 2 | 7 | 35.0 | | Eagle Day, WAS | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 79 | 6.08 | 0 | 1 | 33.8 | | Joe Francis, GB | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 91 | 5.06 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | | Jerry Reichow, DET | 9 | 27 | 33.3 | 168 | 6.22 | 0 | 2 | 24.9 | | Don Heinrich, NYG | 22 | 58 | 37.9 | 329 | 5.67 | 1 | 6 | 23.5 | | Jim Ninowski, CLE | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 | | Ollie Matson, LAM | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Billy Barnes, PHI | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | | Rick Casares, CHI | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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