most passing yards 1940 to 1954

Between the 1940 and 1954 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 19,388 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1940 to 1954
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
19,388
136
1,496
2,600
57.5
7.5
142.6
168
169
75.6
6.5
6.5
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,050
117
881
1,693
52.0
8.3
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
12,659
83
874
1,825
47.9
6.9
152.5
103
114
63.7
5.6
6.2
4Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
5Otto Graham
O. Graham
11,778
60
774
1,380
56.1
8.5
196.3
73
86
76.1
5.3
6.2
6Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
11,153
68
667
1,236
54.0
9.0
164.0
83
79
80.4
6.7
6.4
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
10,830
80
791
1,607
49.2
6.7
135.4
100
108
63.9
6.2
6.7
8Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,385
99
732
1,424
51.4
7.3
104.9
91
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
9Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
8,425
59
649
1,191
54.5
7.1
142.8
56
65
69.9
4.7
5.5
10Tobin Rote
T. Rote
7,355
60
523
1,204
43.4
6.1
122.6
54
85
49.3
4.5
7.1
11Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
12Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
6,394
51
471
919
51.3
7.0
125.4
50
52
68.3
5.4
5.7
13Jim Finks
J. Finks
6,352
67
496
1,038
47.8
6.1
94.8
45
62
57.0
4.3
6.0
14Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
15Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
16Adrian Burk
A. Burk
5,216
58
351
769
45.6
6.8
89.9
51
66
54.7
6.6
8.6
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
4,954
68
356
796
44.7
6.2
72.9
37
56
51.5
4.6
7.0
18Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
4,801
84
299
703
42.5
6.8
57.2
44
70
47.3
6.3
10.0
19Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
4,537
32
331
624
53.0
7.3
141.8
47
37
77.0
7.5
5.9
20Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
21Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
22George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
3,377
39
228
461
49.5
7.3
86.6
32
35
65.3
6.9
7.6
23Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
3,358
53
246
487
50.5
6.9
63.4
33
61
55.9
6.8
12.5
24Irv Comp
I. Comp
3,354
69
213
519
41.0
6.5
48.6
28
52
41.6
5.4
10.0
25Paul Governali
P. Governali
3,348
32
218
500
43.6
6.7
104.6
31
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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