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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | |||||
| 1957 | 22 | PIT | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | — | 69.8 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | PIT | — | — | 1 | 6 | 16.7% | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.8 | -13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1959 | 24 | PIT | — | — | 3 | 7 | 42.9% | 60 | 1 | 0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 11.4 | — | 113.1 | — |
| 1960 | 25 | CLE | — | — | 8 | 13 | 61.5% | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | — | 65.9 | — |
| 1961 | 26 | CLE | 7 | — | 7 | 15 | 46.7% | 85 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 5.7 | -2.0 | 0.3 | 47.2 | — |
| 1962 | 27 | DAL | — | — | 189 | 310 | 61.0% | 2,759 | 29 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 98.3 | — |
| 1963 | 28 | KC | — | — | 190 | 352 | 54.0% | 2,389 | 19 | 19 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 70.8 | — |
| 1964 | 29 | KC | — | — | 199 | 354 | 56.2% | 2,879 | 30 | 18 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 89.9 | — |
| 1965 | 30 | KC | — | — | 163 | 305 | 53.4% | 2,262 | 21 | 14 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 81.3 | — |
| 1966 | 31 | KC | — | — | 159 | 284 | 56.0% | 2,527 | 26 | 10 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 101.7 | — |
| 1967 | 32 | KC | — | — | 206 | 357 | 57.7% | 2,651 | 24 | 17 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 83.7 | — |
| 1968 | 33 | KC | — | — | 131 | 224 | 58.5% | 2,109 | 17 | 9 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 98.6 | — |
| 1969 | 34 | KC | — | — | 98 | 166 | 59.0% | 1,323 | 9 | 13 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 69.9 | — |
| 1970 | 35 | KC | — | — | 141 | 262 | 53.8% | 1,876 | 13 | 14 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 71.0 | — |
| 1971 | 36 | KC | — | — | 167 | 301 | 55.5% | 2,504 | 15 | 13 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 81.6 | — |
| 1972 | 37 | KC | — | — | 175 | 305 | 57.4% | 1,835 | 13 | 12 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 72.8 | — |
| 1973 | 38 | KC | — | — | 66 | 101 | 65.3% | 725 | 2 | 5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 72.4 | — |
| 1974 | 39 | KC | — | — | 138 | 235 | 58.7% | 1,573 | 7 | 13 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 65.8 | — |
| 1975 | 40 | KC | 12 | — | 93 | 140 | 66.4% | 1,095 | 5 | 4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 90.0 | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 2,136 | 3,741 | 57.1% | 28,711 | 232 | 183 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 81.9 | 0 | |
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