most passing yards in a season 1936 to 1940

From 1936 through 1940, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards in a season, with 1,367 yards in 1940.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,367	1940	WAS	11	111	177	62.7	7.7	124.3	12	10	85.6	6.8	5.6
2	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	1,324	1939	PHI	11	99	201	49.3	6.6	120.4	6	17	45.3	3.0	8.5
3	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	1,290	1940	PHI	11	124	277	44.8	4.7	117.3	5	17	39.2	1.8	6.1
4	Arnie Herber A. Herber	1,239	1936	GB	12	77	173	44.5	7.2	103.3	11	13	58.9	6.4	7.5
5	Parker Hall P. Hall	1,227	1939	CLE	11	106	208	51.0	5.9	111.5	9	13	57.5	4.3	6.3
6	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,127	1937	WAS	11	81	171	47.4	6.6	102.5	8	14	50.5	4.7	8.2
7	Parker Hall P. Hall	1,108	1940	CLE	11	77	183	42.1	6.1	100.7	7	16	38.7	3.8	8.7
8	Arnie Herber A. Herber	1,107	1939	GB	10	57	139	41.0	8.0	110.7	8	9	61.6	5.8	6.5
9	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	1,094	1939	WAS	11	55	89	61.8	12.3	99.5	11	7	111.6	12.4	7.9
10	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	1,037	1940	GB	10	68	150	45.3	6.9	103.7	8	12	53.1	5.3	8.0
11	Ace Parker A. Parker	977	1939	BKN	11	72	157	45.9	6.2	88.8	4	13	40.2	2.5	8.3
12	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	941	1940	CHB	11	48	105	45.7	9.0	85.5	4	9	54.5	3.8	8.6
13	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	914	1939	CHB	11	44	113	38.9	8.1	83.1	8	9	58.6	7.1	8.0
14	Ace Parker A. Parker	865	1938	BKN	11	63	148	42.6	5.8	78.6	5	7	53.5	3.4	4.7
15	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	853	1938	WAS	9	63	128	49.2	6.7	94.8	5	11	48.1	3.9	8.6
16	Ed Matesic E. Matesic	850	1936	PIT	12	64	138	46.4	6.2	70.8	4	16	36.5	2.9	11.6
17	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	848	1938	NYG	11	70	129	54.3	6.6	77.1	7	8	66.9	5.4	6.2
18	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	848	1938	CHB	11	46	112	41.1	7.6	77.1	5	9	49.3	4.5	8.0
19	Pat Coffee P. Coffee	824	1937	CHC	9	52	119	43.7	6.9	91.6	4	11	40.0	3.4	9.2
20	Ace Parker A. Parker	817	1940	BKN	11	49	111	44.1	7.4	74.3	10	7	73.3	9.0	6.3
21	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	814	1937	NYG	11	66	134	49.3	6.1	74.0	8	5	72.8	6.0	3.7
22	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	749	1939	GB	11	43	103	41.7	7.3	68.1	6	5	66.4	5.8	4.9
23	Arnie Herber A. Herber	684	1937	GB	9	47	104	45.2	6.6	76.0	7	10	50.0	6.7	9.6
24	Phil Sarboe P. Sarboe	680	1936	TOT	11	47	114	41.2	6.0	61.8	3	13	30.5	2.6	11.4
25	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	659	1938	GB	11	37	91	40.7	7.2	59.9	8	10	55.9	8.8	11.0

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