highest passing yards in nfl by a qb in 1950

Bobby Layne had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 1950, with 2,323 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Bobby Layne B. Layne	2,323	1950	DET	12	152	336	45.2	6.9	193.6	16	18	62.1	4.8	5.4
2	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	2,251	1950	NYY	12	140	294	47.6	7.7	187.6	22	24	64.6	7.5	8.2
3	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	2,061	1950	LA	12	127	233	54.5	8.8	171.8	18	14	85.1	7.7	6.0
4	Otto Graham O. Graham	1,943	1950	CLE	12	137	253	54.2	7.7	161.9	14	20	64.7	5.5	7.9
5	Y.A. Tittle	1,884	1950	BAL	12	161	315	51.1	6.0	157.0	8	19	52.9	2.5	6.0
6	Frankie Albert F. Albert	1,767	1950	SF	12	155	306	50.7	5.8	147.3	14	23	52.3	4.6	7.5
7	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	1,731	1950	CHB	12	121	254	47.6	6.8	144.3	4	21	41.0	1.6	8.3
8	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	1,636	1950	CHC	11	117	257	45.5	6.4	148.7	17	24	49.7	6.6	9.3
9	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,608	1950	PHI	12	107	239	44.8	6.7	134.0	11	22	44.4	4.6	9.2
10	Tobin Rote T. Rote	1,231	1950	GB	12	83	224	37.1	5.5	102.6	7	24	26.7	3.1	10.7
11	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,130	1950	WAS	11	90	166	54.2	6.8	102.7	10	11	68.1	6.0	6.6
12	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	1,000	1950	NYG	11	56	132	42.4	7.6	90.9	8	7	67.1	6.1	5.3
13	Harry Gilmer H. Gilmer	948	1950	WAS	10	63	141	44.7	6.7	94.8	8	12	50.8	5.7	8.5
14	Adrian Burk A. Burk	798	1950	BAL	12	43	119	36.1	6.7	66.5	6	12	37.4	5.0	10.1
15	Frank Tripucka F. Tripucka	720	1950	CHC	10	47	108	43.5	6.7	72.0	4	7	51.5	3.7	6.5
16	Paul Christman P. Christman	545	1950	GB	11	51	126	40.5	4.3	49.5	7	7	49.2	5.6	5.6
17	John Rauch J. Rauch	502	1950	NYY	8	29	51	56.9	9.8	62.8	6	2	113.4	11.8	3.9
18	Fred Enke F. Enke	424	1950	DET	12	22	53	41.5	8.0	35.3	5	7	61.9	9.4	13.2
19	Travis Tidwell T. Tidwell	338	1950	NYG	8	25	55	45.5	6.1	42.3	4	3	67.1	7.3	5.5
20	Bill Mackrides B. Mackrides	228	1950	PHI	8	14	46	30.4	5.0	28.5	4	6	37.5	8.7	13.0
21	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	180	1950	CHB	11	13	37	35.1	4.9	16.4	1	2	38.1	2.7	5.4
22	Tom O'Malley T. O'Malley	31	1950	GB	1	4	15	26.7	2.1	31.0	0	6	0.0	0.0	40.0
23	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	1	1950	BAL	1	1	3	33.3	0.3	1.0	0	0	42.4	0.0	0.0

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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264.8

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TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	11	5	0	.688
Packers	9	6	1	.594
Lions	8	8	0	.500
Vikings	8	8	0	.500

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Sun 1/4	DET	@	CHI	4:25 PM

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8 - 8

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,482

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,709

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1,592

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1,420

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40

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Rush TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

112.9

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22.0

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Total Yards Rankings

398.6

396.7

375.8

374.5

370.4

369.4

Rush Yards Rankings

157.8

156.4

149.4

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Pass Yards Rankings

287.0

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Sack Leaders

64.0

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Smith-Njigba

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194

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	13	3	0	.813
Bills - w	11	5	0	.688
Dolphins - e	7	9	0	.438
Jets - e	3	13	0	.188
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	9	7	0	.563
Ravens	8	8	0	.500
Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - x	12	4	0	.750
Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
Colts - e	8	8	0	.500
Titans - e	3	13	0	.188
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - y	13	3	0	.813
Chargers - w	11	5	0	.688
Chiefs - e	6	10	0	.375
Raiders - e	2	14	0	.125

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	5	0	.688
Cowboys - e	7	8	1	.469
Commanders - e	4	12	0	.250
Giants - e	3	13	0	.188
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	5	0	.688
Packers - w	9	6	1	.594
Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
Lions - e	8	8	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	8	8	0	.500
Buccaneers	7	9	0	.438
Falcons - e	6	9	0	.400
Saints - e	6	10	0	.375
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - x	13	3	0	.813
49ers - x	12	4	0	.750
Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
Cardinals - e	3	13	0	.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/27	CAR	@	NE	13-42
Sat 9/27	LAC	@	NYG	18-21
Sat 9/27	JAX	@	SF	26-21
Sat 9/27	IND	@	LAR	20-27
Sat 9/27	CHI	@	LV	25-24

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/3	CAR	@	TB	4:30 PM
Sat 1/3	SEA	@	SF	8:00 PM
Sun 1/4	TEN	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	IND	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sun 1/4	CLE	@	CIN	1:00 PM

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