most passing yards in 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 17,002 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 1940s
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
17,002
106
1,319
2,247
58.7
7.6
160.4
149
140
78.7
6.6
6.2
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
13,870
106
868
1,656
52.4
8.4
130.8
131
126
75.3
7.9
7.6
3Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
8,777
87
625
1,185
52.7
7.4
100.9
80
81
70.9
6.8
6.8
4Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
8,088
56
553
1,119
49.4
7.2
144.4
70
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
5Paul Christman
P. Christman
6,749
50
453
1,014
44.7
6.7
135.0
51
69
55.5
5.0
6.8
6Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
4,801
84
299
703
42.5
6.8
57.2
44
70
47.3
6.3
10.0
7Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
4,537
32
331
624
53.0
7.3
141.8
47
37
77.0
7.5
5.9
8Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
4,313
24
314
604
52.0
7.1
179.7
39
33
73.9
6.5
5.5
9Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
3,357
52
245
484
50.6
6.9
64.6
33
61
56.3
6.8
12.6
10Irv Comp
I. Comp
3,354
69
213
519
41.0
6.5
48.6
28
52
41.6
5.4
10.0
11Paul Governali
P. Governali
3,348
32
218
500
43.6
6.7
104.6
31
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
12Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
3,269
21
198
378
52.4
8.6
155.7
29
25
79.8
7.7
6.6
13Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3,268
55
244
552
44.2
5.9
59.4
27
49
42.9
4.9
8.9
14Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
15Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
2,811
42
222
482
46.1
5.8
66.9
31
34
56.8
6.4
7.1
16Parker Hall
P. Hall
2,786
31
223
513
43.5
5.4
89.9
21
54
35.0
4.1
10.5
17Ray Mallouf
R. Mallouf
2,504
48
159
325
48.9
7.7
52.2
20
16
75.0
6.2
4.9
18Johnny Clement
J. Clement
2,320
35
134
328
40.9
7.1
66.3
14
26
46.8
4.3
7.9
19Fred Enke
F. Enke
2,121
24
163
363
44.9
5.8
88.4
17
22
54.2
4.7
6.1
20Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,028
23
171
351
48.7
5.8
88.2
12
20
54.4
3.4
5.7
21Arnie Herber
A. Herber
1,852
30
109
255
42.7
7.3
61.7
21
23
57.8
8.2
9.0
22Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
1,759
20
108
274
39.4
6.4
88.0
19
40
45.2
6.9
14.6
23Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,642
80
105
267
39.3
6.1
20.5
16
20
49.2
6.0
7.5
24Ace Parker
A. Parker
1,579
30
110
237
46.4
6.7
52.6
12
20
50.2
5.1
8.4
25Boley Dancewicz
B. Dancewicz
1,551
23
96
238
40.3
6.5
67.4
12
29
40.1
5.0
12.2
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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