most career pass completions before 1959

Before 1959, Sammy Baugh had the most completions, with 1,693 completions.

Interpreted as:
most career pass completions by a player before 1959
NAMECMPGPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,693
165
2,995
56.5
21,886
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,378
130
2,812
49.0
20,077
7.1
154.4
143
172
64.1
5.1
6.1
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1,216
104
2,183
55.7
15,875
7.3
152.6
102
135
68.6
4.7
6.2
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1,209
116
2,271
53.2
18,523
8.2
159.7
133
147
73.0
5.9
6.5
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,195
126
2,399
49.8
16,194
6.8
128.5
144
148
66.0
6.0
6.2
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,020
108
2,288
44.6
14,283
6.2
132.3
114
139
56.5
5.0
6.1
7Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
904
128
1,744
51.8
14,686
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
872
72
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
814
91
1,617
50.3
11,849
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
10Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
732
99
1,424
51.4
10,385
7.3
104.9
91
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
11Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
687
85
1,346
51.0
9,480
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
12Jim Finks
J. Finks
661
79
1,382
47.8
8,622
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
13Paul Christman
P. Christman
504
61
1,140
44.2
7,294
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
500
82
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
15Arnie Herber
A. Herber
481
116
1,175
40.9
8,041
6.8
69.3
78
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
16Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
462
70
931
49.6
6,991
7.5
99.9
51
77
58.5
5.5
8.3
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
445
116
988
45.0
5,936
6.0
51.2
48
70
51.3
4.9
7.1
18Lamar McHan
L. McHan
433
60
1,012
42.8
6,578
6.5
109.6
50
77
49.6
4.9
7.6
19Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
423
69
912
46.4
5,690
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
20Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
418
34
762
54.9
6,055
7.9
178.1
52
34
85.1
6.8
4.5
21Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
411
54
818
50.2
5,945
7.3
110.1
61
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
22Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
404
45
808
50.0
6,295
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
23Ed Brown
E. Brown
377
60
752
50.1
5,996
8.0
99.9
39
56
63.3
5.2
7.4
24Billy Wade
B. Wade
344
46
673
51.1
5,277
7.8
114.7
32
40
68.4
4.8
5.9
25Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
342
76
677
50.5
4,921
7.3
64.8
47
79
58.0
6.9
11.7
StatMuse has season-level data for completions going back to the 1932 season.

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