most passing yards from 1946 to 1956

Between the 1946 and 1956 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 16,398 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player from 1946 to 1956
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
16,398
107
1,146
2,339
49.0
7.0
153.3
123
148
63.3
5.3
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
14,009
92
879
1,632
53.9
8.6
152.3
98
106
75.7
6.0
6.5
3Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
13,283
104
979
1,983
49.4
6.7
127.7
123
128
64.9
6.2
6.5
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
12,251
81
920
1,696
54.2
7.2
151.2
80
105
67.3
4.7
6.2
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
11,535
84
826
1,854
44.6
6.2
137.3
89
119
54.4
4.8
6.4
7Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10,989
77
804
1,438
55.9
7.6
142.7
92
98
73.4
6.4
6.8
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
10,240
81
725
1,446
50.1
7.1
126.4
83
111
60.5
5.7
7.7
9Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
8,850
73
641
1,254
51.1
7.1
121.2
64
80
64.5
5.1
6.4
10Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
11Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
7,725
58
527
1,003
52.5
7.7
133.2
74
68
74.3
7.4
6.8
12Adrian Burk
A. Burk
7,001
82
500
1,079
46.3
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
13Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
14Paul Christman
P. Christman
6,147
53
415
921
45.1
6.7
116.0
53
64
57.7
5.8
6.9
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
5,965
57
410
802
51.1
7.4
104.6
56
66
64.7
7.0
8.2
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,852
92
435
962
45.2
6.1
63.6
48
67
52.7
5.0
7.0
17Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
18George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
4,279
53
299
565
52.9
7.6
80.7
39
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
19Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
20Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
4,118
46
284
619
45.9
6.7
89.5
29
57
45.3
4.7
9.2
21Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
22Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
3,786
76
263
579
45.4
6.5
49.8
23
45
48.0
4.0
7.8
23Lamar McHan
L. McHan
3,719
36
255
614
41.5
6.1
103.3
27
49
43.3
4.4
8.0
24Paul Governali
P. Governali
3,348
32
218
500
43.6
6.7
104.6
31
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
25Ed Brown
E. Brown
3,257
36
191
349
54.7
9.3
90.5
23
23
81.1
6.6
6.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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