most career passing yards before 1963

Before 1963, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 26,768 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career passing yards by a player before 1963
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
23,611
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
8.2
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
23,396
151
1,750
3,169
55.2
7.4
154.9
166
185
72.0
5.2
5.8
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
19,488
161
1,418
2,833
50.1
6.9
121.0
173
167
68.2
6.1
5.9
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
18,010
86
1,252
2,316
54.1
7.8
209.4
148
119
79.4
6.4
5.1
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
8Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,686
128
904
1,744
51.8
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
14,489
158
998
2,131
46.8
6.8
91.7
135
156
60.1
6.3
7.3
10Billy Wade
B. Wade
14,002
96
967
1,778
54.4
7.9
145.9
96
105
73.6
5.4
5.9
11Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
12Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
12,981
121
865
1,731
50.0
7.5
107.3
101
138
61.2
5.8
8.0
13Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
14Milt Plum
M. Plum
11,292
73
806
1,408
57.2
8.0
154.7
81
59
84.9
5.8
4.2
15Ed Brown
E. Brown
10,424
112
650
1,330
48.9
7.8
93.1
68
94
63.1
5.1
7.1
16Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,385
99
732
1,424
51.4
7.3
104.9
91
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
17Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
10,251
73
872
1,730
50.4
5.9
140.4
69
119
53.4
4.0
6.9
18Bart Starr
B. Starr
9,875
85
737
1,302
56.6
7.6
116.2
51
65
73.1
3.9
5.0
19Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
20Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
8,697
91
613
1,289
47.6
6.7
95.6
70
96
56.9
5.4
7.4
21Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
22Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
8,226
74
503
923
54.5
8.9
111.2
65
60
81.0
7.0
6.5
23Lamar McHan
L. McHan
8,206
101
527
1,246
42.3
6.6
81.2
65
97
49.7
5.2
7.8
24Arnie Herber
A. Herber
8,041
116
481
1,175
40.9
6.8
69.3
78
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
25John Brodie
J. Brodie
7,709
68
577
1,051
54.9
7.3
113.4
48
60
69.8
4.6
5.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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9
7
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.559
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8
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.471
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.471
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9
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.353
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