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Note: Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career, which would place him in 44th on this list, but 4,731 of those yards came in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which the NFL does not recognize statistics and records from to date. [54] [55] Thus, Tittle's career passing yards total in the NFL stands at 28,339. [56]
The NFL rates its passers for statistical purposes against a fixed performance standard based on statistical achievements of all qualified pro passers since 1960. The current passer rating system, which was adopted in 1973, removes inequities that existed in the former method and, at the same time, provides a means of comparing passing ...
First 4,500 yard passing season: Dan Fouts, 4,715 passing yards, San Diego Chargers, 1980 [167] First 5,000 yard passing season : Dan Marino , 5,084 passing yards, Miami Dolphins , 1984 [ 167 ] First 300 completion season : Fran Tarkenton , 345 completions, Minnesota Vikings , 1978
In the National Football League (NFL), the highest official passer rating that a player can achieve is 158.3, which is called a "perfect passer rating". [1] To qualify, during a single game a player must attempt at least 10 passes, have no interceptions, have a minimum completion percentage of 77.5%, have a minimum of 11.875% of their passes score touchdowns, and have a minimum of 12.5 yards ...
Tom Brady has 649 passing touchdowns, the most in NFL history. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can throw one, provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To qualify as a passing play, the ball must ...
List of NFL career passing yards leaders This page was last edited on 28 March 2024, at 12:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Records may also refer to longest NFL streaks: List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the NFL List of most consecutive starts and games played by NFL players
Johnny Unitas, who led the league in passing four times, passed for 3,099 yards in 1960. This marked the first time that a player passed for over 3,000 in a season. [11] Joe Namath was the first player to pass for over 4,000 yards in a season, doing so in the 1967 AFL season. [12] Dan Fouts led the league in four consecutive seasons (1979 ...