most passing yards in 1950s

From 1950 through 1959, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards, with 20,539 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
20,539
120
1,368
2,553
53.6
8.0
171.2
143
159
73.0
5.6
6.2
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
20,035
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
7.3
168.4
151
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
17,206
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
7.2
149.6
112
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
13,587
112
994
1,989
50.0
6.8
121.3
119
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,430
79
681
1,334
51.0
7.1
119.4
68
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
8Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
8,954
46
611
1,129
54.1
7.9
194.7
84
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
9Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,300
68
637
1,311
48.6
6.3
122.1
53
80
57.0
4.0
6.1
10Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
8,068
82
539
1,104
48.8
7.3
98.4
59
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
11Ed Brown
E. Brown
7,877
72
502
999
50.3
7.9
109.4
52
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7,383
72
481
1,120
42.9
6.6
102.5
58
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
13Billy Wade
B. Wade
7,278
58
497
934
53.2
7.8
125.5
44
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
7,001
82
500
1,079
46.3
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
15George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,739
104
436
967
45.1
5.9
55.2
48
65
52.9
5.0
6.7
16Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
4,392
53
282
651
43.3
6.7
82.9
34
68
44.1
5.2
10.4
17George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
4,279
53
299
565
52.9
7.6
80.7
39
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
4,201
33
299
531
56.3
7.9
127.3
27
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
19Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
4,086
47
267
582
45.9
7.0
86.9
22
33
58.5
3.8
5.7
20Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
21Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
3,761
35
261
498
52.4
7.6
107.5
27
34
66.9
5.4
6.8
22Bart Starr
B. Starr
3,661
45
289
550
52.5
6.7
81.4
19
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
23George Shaw
G. Shaw
3,253
41
234
446
52.5
7.3
79.3
22
32
62.7
4.9
7.2
24Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
3,026
24
206
430
47.9
7.0
126.1
12
29
52.5
2.8
6.7
25Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
2,879
27
201
430
46.7
6.7
106.6
23
39
49.0
5.3
9.1

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