who led the nfl in passing in 1970

John Brodie had the most passing yards in 1970, with 2,941 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 John Brodie
J. Brodie
2,941
1970
SF SF
14
223
378
59.0
7.8
210.1
24
10
93.8
6.3
2.6
8
67
2 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,777
1970
NYG NYG
14
219
389
56.3
7.1
198.4
19
12
82.2
4.9
3.1
36
249
3 Jim Hart
J. Hart
2,575
1970
STL STL
14
171
373
45.8
6.9
183.9
14
18
61.5
3.8
4.8
26
216
4 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,552
1970
LA LA
14
211
407
51.8
6.3
182.3
16
12
72.2
3.9
2.9
20
134
5 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
2,516
1970
OAK OAK
14
179
356
50.3
7.1
179.7
22
15
76.5
6.2
4.2
15
127
6 Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
2,507
1970
BUF BUF
14
178
321
55.5
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
7 John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,388
1970
SD SD
14
162
327
49.5
7.3
170.6
22
15
77.1
6.7
4.6
42
327
8 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
2,354
1970
WAS WAS
14
202
337
59.9
7.0
168.1
23
10
91.5
6.8
3.0
25
214
9 Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,323
1970
PHI PHI
14
181
335
54.0
6.9
165.9
15
20
66.1
4.5
6.0
21
181
10 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
2,213
1970
BAL BAL
14
166
321
51.7
6.9
158.1
14
18
65.1
4.4
5.6
19
158
11 Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
2,156
1970
CLE CLE
12
159
313
50.8
6.9
179.7
16
16
68.9
5.1
5.1
8
79
12 Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
2,130
1970
CHI CHI
14
194
385
50.4
5.5
152.1
16
18
61.5
4.2
4.7
24
206
13 Bob Griese
B. Griese
2,019
1970
MIA MIA
14
142
245
58.0
8.2
144.2
12
17
72.1
4.9
6.9
31
282
14 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,876
1970
KC KC
14
141
262
53.8
7.2
134.0
13
14
71.0
5.0
5.3
34
277
15 Craig Morton
C. Morton
1,819
1970
DAL DAL
12
102
207
49.3
8.8
151.6
15
7
89.8
7.2
3.4
20
166
16 Bob Berry
B. Berry
1,806
1970
ATL ATL
12
156
269
58.0
6.7
150.5
16
13
78.1
5.9
4.8
36
274
17 Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
1,720
1970
MIN MIN
12
128
257
49.8
6.7
143.3
7
10
64.3
2.7
3.9
23
161
18 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,652
1970
HOU HOU
10
144
281
51.2
5.9
165.2
7
12
59.8
2.5
4.3
15
124
19 Virgil Carter
V. Carter
1,647
1970
CIN CIN
13
143
278
51.4
5.9
126.7
9
9
66.9
3.2
3.2
21
154
20 Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,645
1970
GB GB
14
140
255
54.9
6.5
117.5
8
13
63.9
3.1
5.1
29
252
21 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1,557
1970
NO NO
13
135
237
57.0
6.6
119.8
6
17
55.5
2.5
7.2
19
155
22 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,410
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
23 Pete Liske
P. Liske
1,340
1970
DEN DEN
11
112
238
47.1
5.6
121.8
7
11
55.3
2.9
4.6
28
228
24 Al Woodall
A. Woodall
1,265
1970
NYJ NYJ
10
96
188
51.1
6.7
126.5
9
9
68.7
4.8
4.8
29
222
25 Joe Namath
J. Namath
1,259
1970
NYJ NYJ
5
90
179
50.3
7.0
251.8
5
12
54.7
2.8
6.7
6
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