most passing yards in 1951

Bobby Layne had the most passing yards in 1951, with 2,403 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player in 1951
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,403
1951
12
152
332
45.8
7.2
200.3
26
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
2,205
1951
12
147
265
55.5
8.3
183.8
17
16
79.2
6.4
6.0
3Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
1,797
1951
11
102
238
42.9
7.6
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1,725
1951
12
100
194
51.5
8.9
143.8
13
11
80.8
6.7
5.7
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,566
1951
11
88
176
50.0
8.9
142.4
13
10
81.8
7.4
5.7
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,540
1951
12
106
256
41.4
6.0
128.3
15
20
48.6
5.9
7.8
7Adrian Burk
A. Burk
1,329
1951
12
92
218
42.2
6.1
110.8
14
23
44.5
6.4
10.6
8Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
1,306
1951
11
125
221
56.6
5.9
118.7
11
9
73.5
5.0
4.1
9Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
1,295
1951
12
85
176
48.3
7.4
107.9
8
8
69.2
4.5
4.5
10Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,277
1951
12
93
189
49.2
6.8
106.4
10
22
49.3
5.3
11.6
11Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
1,191
1951
12
88
191
46.1
6.2
99.3
8
13
52.1
4.2
6.8
12Frankie Albert
F. Albert
1,116
1951
12
90
166
54.2
6.7
93.0
5
10
60.2
3.0
6.0
13Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,104
1951
12
67
154
43.5
7.2
92.0
7
17
43.8
4.5
11.0
14Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
809
1951
7
56
114
49.1
7.1
115.6
3
10
44.8
2.6
8.8
15Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
808
1951
12
63
114
55.3
7.1
67.3
8
9
68.2
7.0
7.9
16Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
791
1951
12
43
101
42.6
7.8
65.9
3
9
43.0
3.0
8.9
17Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
671
1951
12
56
139
40.3
4.8
55.9
3
13
24.0
2.2
9.4
18Joe Geri
J. Geri
506
1951
12
29
90
32.2
5.6
42.2
2
7
27.4
2.2
7.8
19Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
391
1951
10
31
68
45.6
5.8
39.1
1
6
32.2
1.5
8.8
20George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
340
1951
6
31
67
46.3
5.1
56.7
2
6
34.4
3.0
9.0
21Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
333
1951
6
23
54
42.6
6.2
55.5
3
5
43.2
5.6
9.3
22John Rauch
J. Rauch
288
1951
TOT
10
30
94
31.9
3.1
28.8
1
4
27.3
1.1
4.3
23Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
256
1951
12
16
43
37.2
6.0
21.3
2
4
34.6
4.7
9.3
24George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
251
1951
12
13
33
39.4
7.6
20.9
1
3
38.8
3.0
9.1
25Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
244
1951
3
17
29
58.6
8.4
81.3
2
1
94.6
6.9
3.4
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