Johnny Unitas is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned a modest career value score of 31 in the Knox value model. Unitas's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1956 | 23 | BAL | — | — | 110 | 198 | 55.6% | 1,498 | 9 | 10 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 74.0 | — | 28 | 155 | 1 | 5.5 | 3.6 | — | — | — |
| 1957 | 24 | BAL | — | — | 172 | 301 | 57.1% | 2,550 | 24 | 17 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 88.0 | — | 42 | 171 | 1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | — | — | — |
| 1958 | 25 | BAL | — | — | 136 | 263 | 51.7% | 2,007 | 19 | 7 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 90.0 | — | 33 | 139 | 3 | 4.2 | 9.1 | — | — | — |
| 1959 | 26 | BAL | — | — | 193 | 367 | 52.6% | 2,899 | 32 | 14 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 92.0 | — | 29 | 145 | 2 | 5.0 | 6.9 | — | — | — |
| 1960 | 27 | BAL | — | — | 190 | 378 | 50.3% | 3,099 | 25 | 24 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 73.7 | — | 36 | 195 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | 28 | BAL | — | — | 229 | 420 | 54.5% | 2,990 | 16 | 24 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 66.1 | — | 54 | 190 | 2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | — | — | — |
| 1962 | 29 | BAL | — | — | 222 | 389 | 57.1% | 2,967 | 23 | 23 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 76.5 | — | 50 | 137 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1963 | 30 | BAL | — | — | 237 | 410 | 57.8% | 3,481 | 20 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 89.7 | — | 47 | 224 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1964 | 31 | BAL | — | — | 158 | 305 | 51.8% | 2,824 | 19 | 6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 96.4 | — | 37 | 162 | 2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | — | — | — |
| 1965 | 32 | BAL | — | — | 164 | 282 | 58.2% | 2,530 | 23 | 12 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 1.9 | 97.4 | — | 17 | 68 | 1 | 4.0 | 5.9 | — | — | — |
| 1966 | 33 | BAL | — | — | 195 | 348 | 56.0% | 2,748 | 22 | 24 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 74.0 | — | 20 | 44 | 1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | — | — | — |
| 1967 | 34 | BAL | — | — | 255 | 436 | 58.5% | 3,428 | 20 | 16 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 83.6 | — | 22 | 89 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1968 | 35 | BAL | — | — | 11 | 32 | 34.4% | 139 | 2 | 4 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 4.3 | -0.0 | 0.5 | 30.1 | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1969 | 36 | BAL | — | — | 178 | 327 | 54.4% | 2,342 | 12 | 20 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 64.0 | — | 11 | 23 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1970 | 37 | BAL | — | — | 166 | 321 | 51.7% | 2,213 | 14 | 18 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 65.1 | — | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1971 | 38 | BAL | — | — | 92 | 176 | 52.3% | 942 | 3 | 9 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 52.3 | — | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 39 | BAL | 8 | — | 88 | 157 | 56.1% | 1,111 | 4 | 6 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 70.8 | — | 3 | 15 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 40 | SD | 5 | — | 34 | 76 | 44.7% | 471 | 3 | 7 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 40.0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 2,830 | 5,186 | 54.6% | 40,239 | 290 | 253 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 78.2 | 0 | 450 | 1,779 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
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