most passing yards by a quarterback 1920 to 1960

Between the 1920 and 1960 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 23,877 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
23,877
154
1,623
3,318
48.9
7.2
155.0
176
210
64.1
5.3
6.3
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
17,900
124
1,387
2,509
55.3
7.1
144.4
116
153
67.9
4.6
6.1
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
16,679
136
1,212
2,428
49.9
6.9
122.6
144
146
67.0
5.9
6.0
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
6Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,050
117
881
1,693
52.0
8.3
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
7Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
13,507
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
7.6
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12,053
58
801
1,507
53.2
8.0
207.8
109
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
10Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,240
88
723
1,396
51.8
7.3
116.4
90
100
67.4
6.4
7.2
11Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
9,804
93
650
1,329
48.9
7.4
105.4
71
113
56.0
5.3
8.5
12Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9,654
67
641
1,295
49.5
7.5
144.1
83
104
62.3
6.4
8.0
13Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
14Ed Brown
E. Brown
8,673
72
551
1,131
48.7
7.7
120.5
56
76
63.1
5.0
6.7
15Billy Wade
B. Wade
8,572
69
603
1,116
54.0
7.7
124.2
56
68
70.5
5.0
6.1
16Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,064
47
618
1,278
48.4
6.3
171.6
52
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
17Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7,900
84
514
1,211
42.4
6.5
94.0
61
91
50.1
5.0
7.5
18George Blanda
G. Blanda
7,601
82
557
1,194
46.6
6.4
92.7
64
78
58.1
5.4
6.5
19Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
20Milt Plum
M. Plum
6,498
45
450
781
57.6
8.3
144.4
48
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
21Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6,440
70
463
997
46.4
6.5
92.0
57
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
22Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
23Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
24Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
5,644
45
465
946
49.2
6.0
125.4
42
73
50.6
4.4
7.7
25Bart Starr
B. Starr
5,019
57
387
722
53.6
7.0
88.1
23
40
63.3
3.2
5.5
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