who led the nfl in passing in 1972

Joe Namath had the most passing yards in 1972, with 2,816 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joe Namath
J. Namath
2,816
1972
NYJ NYJ
13
162
324
50.0
8.7
216.6
19
21
72.5
5.9
6.5
11
101
2 Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,781
1972
NO NO
14
230
448
51.3
6.2
198.6
18
21
64.6
4.0
4.7
43
347
3 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,651
1972
MIN MIN
14
215
378
56.9
7.0
189.4
18
13
80.2
4.8
3.4
26
203
4 John Hadl
J. Hadl
2,449
1972
SD SD
14
190
370
51.4
6.6
174.9
15
26
56.7
4.1
7.0
19
187
5 Craig Morton
C. Morton
2,396
1972
DAL DAL
14
185
339
54.6
7.1
171.1
15
21
65.9
4.4
6.2
23
179
6 Norm Snead
N. Snead
2,307
1972
NYG NYG
14
196
325
60.3
7.1
164.8
17
12
84.0
5.2
3.7
8
66
7 Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
2,196
1972
NE NE
14
169
355
47.6
6.2
156.9
8
25
45.7
2.3
7.0
39
385
8 Bob Berry
B. Berry
2,158
1972
ATL ATL
14
154
277
55.6
7.8
154.1
13
12
78.5
4.7
4.3
39
255
9 Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,066
1972
DET DET
14
134
268
50.0
7.7
147.6
18
17
71.8
6.7
6.3
25
149
10 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
2,027
1972
LA LA
14
165
323
51.1
6.3
144.8
12
15
63.8
3.7
4.6
12
102
11 Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1,998
1972
OAK OAK
14
149
281
53.0
7.1
142.7
18
12
79.5
6.4
4.3
14
136
12 Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
1,994
1972
CLE CLE
14
144
305
47.2
6.5
142.4
13
16
61.0
4.3
5.2
23
183
13 Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
1,983
1972
SF SF
13
147
269
54.6
7.4
152.5
18
16
75.9
6.7
5.9
14
114
14 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1,918
1972
CIN CIN
13
171
301
56.8
6.4
147.5
7
7
74.0
2.3
2.3
18
155
15 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,887
1972
PIT PIT
14
147
308
47.7
6.1
134.8
12
12
64.1
3.9
3.9
29
237
16 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,835
1972
KC KC
14
175
305
57.4
6.0
131.1
13
12
72.8
4.3
3.9
28
255
17 Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
1,783
1972
DEN DEN
12
132
238
55.5
7.5
148.6
14
14
74.6
5.9
5.9
12
82
18 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
1,711
1972
HOU HOU
14
144
299
48.2
5.7
122.2
7
12
57.1
2.3
4.0
37
310
19 Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
1,666
1972
BUF BUF
14
136
258
52.7
6.5
119.0
14
17
63.5
5.4
6.6
38
320
20 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1,648
1972
WAS WAS
12
120
225
53.3
7.3
137.3
19
11
84.8
8.4
4.9
9
67
21 John Reaves
J. Reaves
1,508
1972
PHI PHI
11
108
224
48.2
6.7
137.1
7
12
58.4
3.1
5.4
38
322
22 Marty Domres
M. Domres
1,392
1972
BAL BAL
12
115
222
51.8
6.3
116.0
11
6
76.6
5.0
2.7
11
96
23 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1,360
1972
MIA MIA
14
83
150
55.3
9.1
97.1
11
7
91.0
7.3
4.7
14
114
24 Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
1,252
1972
GB GB
14
86
199
43.2
6.3
89.4
6
9
55.5
3.0
4.5
13
86
25 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,246
1972
CHI CHI
14
75
198
37.9
6.3
89.0
9
12
49.8
4.5
6.1
32
175
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