Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | TD% | Int | Int% | Lng | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate | Yds | 4QC | GWD | Awards |
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1 | Johnny Unitas | 26 | BAL | QB | 12 | 12 | 9-3-0 | 193 | 367 | 52.6 | 2899 | 32 | 8.7 | 14 | 3.8 | 71 | 7.9 | 7.93 | 15.0 | 241.6 | 92.0 | 185 | 2 | 3 | PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1 |
2 | Norm Van Brocklin | 33 | PHI | QB | 12 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 191 | 340 | 56.2 | 2617 | 16 | 4.7 | 14 | 4.1 | 71 | 7.7 | 6.79 | 13.7 | 218.1 | 79.5 | 72 | 1 | 3 | PB |
3 | Billy Wade | 29 | RAM | QB | 12 | 9 | 2-7-0 | 153 | 261 | 58.6 | 2001 | 12 | 4.6 | 17 | 6.5 | 72 | 7.7 | 5.66 | 13.1 | 166.8 | 71.1 | 124 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Milt Plum | 24 | CLE | QB | 12 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 156 | 266 | 58.6 | 1992 | 14 | 5.3 | 8 | 3.0 | 76 | 7.5 | 7.19 | 12.8 | 166.0 | 87.2 | 157 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Bobby Layne | 33 | PIT | QB | 12 | 12 | 6-5-1 | 142 | 297 | 47.8 | 1986 | 20 | 6.7 | 21 | 7.1 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.85 | 14.0 | 165.5 | 62.8 | 219 | 3 | 2 | PB,AP-2 |
6 | Ed Brown | 31 | CHI | QB | 12 | 8 | 5-3-0 | 125 | 247 | 50.6 | 1881 | 13 | 5.3 | 10 | 4.0 | 88 | 7.6 | 6.85 | 15.0 | 156.8 | 76.7 | 162 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Charlie Conerly | 38 | NYG | QB | 10 | 9 | 8-1-0 | 113 | 194 | 58.2 | 1706 | 14 | 7.2 | 4 | 2.1 | 77 | 8.8 | 9.31 | 15.1 | 170.6 | 102.7 | 65 | 1 | 1 | AP-2,AP MVP-2 |
8 | Y.A. Tittle | 33 | SFO | QB | 11 | 10 | 6-4-0 | 102 | 199 | 51.3 | 1331 | 10 | 5.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 75 | 6.7 | 4.30 | 13.0 | 121.0 | 58.0 | 136 | 1 | 1 | PB |
9 | Earl Morrall | 25 | DET | QB | 12 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 65 | 137 | 47.4 | 1102 | 5 | 3.6 | 6 | 4.4 | 79 | 8.0 | 6.80 | 17.0 | 91.8 | 69.1 | 228 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Eddie LeBaron | 29 | WAS | QB | 12 | 7 | 2-5-0 | 77 | 173 | 44.5 | 1077 | 8 | 4.6 | 11 | 6.4 | 49 | 6.2 | 4.29 | 14.0 | 89.8 | 54.0 | 136 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | King Hill | 23 | CRD | QB | 11 | 10 | 2-8-0 | 82 | 181 | 45.3 | 1015 | 7 | 3.9 | 13 | 7.2 | 31 | 5.6 | 3.15 | 12.4 | 92.3 | 46.2 | 137 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Bart Starr | 25 | GNB | QB | 12 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 70 | 134 | 52.2 | 972 | 6 | 4.5 | 7 | 5.2 | 44 | 7.3 | 5.80 | 13.9 | 81.0 | 69.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Tobin Rote | 31 | DET | QB | 10 | 7 | 1-5-1 | 62 | 162 | 38.3 | 861 | 5 | 3.1 | 19 | 11.7 | 59 | 5.3 | 0.65 | 13.9 | 86.1 | 26.8 | 232 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Lamar McHan | 27 | GNB | QB | 12 | 7 | 3-4-0 | 48 | 108 | 44.4 | 805 | 8 | 7.4 | 9 | 8.3 | 81 | 7.5 | 5.19 | 16.8 | 67.1 | 60.1 | 94 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | Frank Ryan | 23 | RAM | QB | 10 | 3 | 0-3-0 | 42 | 89 | 47.2 | 709 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 4.5 | 67 | 8.0 | 6.39 | 16.9 | 70.9 | 63.4 | 125 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Ralph Guglielmi | 26 | WAS | QB | 9 | 5 | 1-4-0 | 36 | 89 | 40.4 | 617 | 4 | 4.5 | 11 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 2.27 | 17.1 | 68.6 | 40.1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | George Shaw | 26 | NYG | QB | 5 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 24 | 36 | 66.7 | 433 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | 46 | 12.0 | 11.33 | 18.0 | 86.6 | 105.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Zeke Bratkowski | 28 | CHI | QB | 12 | 4 | 3-1-0 | 31 | 62 | 50.0 | 403 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 36 | 6.5 | 3.52 | 13.0 | 33.6 | 48.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | John Brodie | 24 | SFO | QB | 12 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 30 | 64 | 46.9 | 354 | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 10.9 | 34 | 5.5 | 1.23 | 11.8 | 29.5 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | John Roach | 26 | CRD | QB | 12 | 5 | 0-2-0 | 22 | 57 | 38.6 | 340 | 2 | 3.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 62 | 6.0 | 3.51 | 15.5 | 28.3 | 41.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Don Heinrich | 29 | NYG | QB | 8 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 22 | 58 | 37.9 | 329 | 1 | 1.7 | 6 | 10.3 | 49 | 5.7 | 1.36 | 15.0 | 41.1 | 23.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | M.C. Reynolds | 24 | CRD | QB | 8 | 0 | 19 | 39 | 48.7 | 329 | 4 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 85 | 8.4 | 9.33 | 17.3 | 41.1 | 101.3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | Jerry Reichow | 25 | DET | E | 9 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 33.3 | 168 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.4 | 41 | 6.2 | 2.89 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 24.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | Tom Tracy | 25 | PIT | LH/FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 159 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 68 | 13.3 | 5.75 | 53.0 | 13.3 | 39.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | Frank Gifford | 29 | NYG | LH | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 151 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 43 | 13.7 | 9.18 | 30.2 | 13.7 | 92.0 | 0 | 0 | PB,AP-1 | ||
26 | Paul Hornung | 24 | GNB | LH | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 95 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 11.9 | 16.88 | 19.0 | 7.9 | 143.2 | 0 | 0 | PB,AP-2 | ||
27 | Joe Francis | 23 | GNB | QB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 24 | 5.1 | 2.56 | 18.2 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | Bobby Joe Conrad | 24 | CRD | RH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 82 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 52 | 27.3 | 19.00 | 41.0 | 6.8 | 109.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | Eagle Day | 27 | WAS | QB | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 20 | 6.1 | 2.62 | 13.2 | 19.8 | 33.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | Len Dawson | 24 | PIT | QB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 60 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 8.6 | 11.43 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 113.1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | Bobby Luna | 26 | PIT | SS | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 55.0 | 4.6 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
32 | Ed Sutton | 24 | WAS | LH | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 51 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 7.3 | 10.14 | 25.5 | 4.6 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
33 | Jim Ninowski | 23 | CLE | QB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 20 | 4.1 | -0.40 | 13.7 | 20.5 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
34 | Ray Mathews | 30 | PIT | FL | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38.00 | 38.0 | 3.2 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
35 | Sonny Jurgensen | 25 | PHI | QB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 27 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 9.40 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 114.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
36 | Lenny Moore | 26 | BAL | RH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 25 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 8.3 | 15.00 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 131.9 | 0 | 0 | PB,AP-1 | ||
37 | Ray Brown | 23 | BAL | FS | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
38 | Joe Morrison | 22 | NYG | HB | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 72.9 | 0 | 0 | |||
39 | Jon Arnett | 24 | RAM | LH | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | PB | ||
40 | Billy Ray Barnes | 24 | PHI | LH | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0.0 | -12.86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | PB | ||||
41 | Terry Barr | 24 | DET | RDH | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
42 | Don Bosseler | 23 | WAS | FB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | PB | |||
43 | Rick Casares | 28 | CHI | FB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | -45.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | PB | |||
44 | L.G. Dupre | 27 | BAL | LH | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
45 | Yale Lary | 29 | DET | RDH | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | PB,AP-2 | ||||
46 | Ollie Matson | 29 | RAM | FB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | -45.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
47 | Dicky Moegle | 25 | SFO | DB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
48 | Jimmy Orr | 24 | PIT | LE | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | PB,AP-2 | ||||
49 | Jim Podoley | 26 | WAS | HB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
50 | Alex Webster | 28 | NYG | RH | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
League Average | 50.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 5.63 | 14.5 | 50.5 | 66.9 |
Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | TD% | Int | Int% | Lng | Y/A | AY/A | Y/C | Y/G | Rate | Yds | 4QC | GWD | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Unitas | 26 | BAL | QB | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 264 | 2 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 9.1 | 10.48 | 14.7 | 264.0 | 114.7 | 57 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Charlie Conerly | 38 | NYG | QB | 1 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 226 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 5.4 | 48 | 6.1 | 4.22 | 13.3 | 226.0 | 52.3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Frank Gifford | 29 | NYG | LH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | -13.50 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 41.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | Phil King | 23 | NYG | FB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
League Average | 52.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 6.28 | 14.1 | 127.0 | 72.6 |
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