| 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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