most passing yards in a season 1936 to 1946

From 1936 through 1946, Sid Luckman had the most passing yards in a season, with 2,194 yards in 1943.

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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	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	2,194	1943	CHB	10	110	202	54.5	10.9	219.4	28	12	107.5	13.9	5.9
2	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	2,021	1942	GB	11	146	268	54.5	7.5	183.7	24	14	87.0	9.0	5.2
3	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	1,826	1946	CHB	11	110	229	48.0	8.0	166.0	17	16	71.0	7.4	7.0
4	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,754	1943	WAS	10	133	239	55.6	7.3	175.4	23	19	78.0	9.6	7.9
5	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	1,747	1946	LA	11	127	251	50.6	7.0	158.8	17	17	67.6	6.8	6.8
6	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	1,727	1945	CHB	10	117	217	53.9	8.0	172.7	14	10	82.5	6.5	4.6
7	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,669	1945	WAS	8	128	182	70.3	9.2	208.6	11	4	109.9	6.0	2.2
8	Paul Christman P. Christman	1,656	1946	CHC	11	100	229	43.7	7.2	150.5	13	18	54.8	5.7	7.9
9	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	1,609	1945	CLE	10	89	171	52.0	9.4	160.9	14	17	72.4	8.2	9.9
10	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,524	1942	WAS	11	132	225	58.7	6.8	138.5	16	11	82.5	7.1	4.9
11	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	1,479	1941	GB	11	117	206	56.8	7.2	134.5	15	11	81.4	7.3	5.3
12	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,410	1942	PHI	11	95	203	46.8	6.9	128.2	8	16	50.3	3.9	7.9
13	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
14	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	1,360	1942	CHC	11	126	295	42.7	4.6	123.6	6	27	25.5	2.0	9.2
15	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
16	Paul Governali P. Governali	1,293	1946	BOS	11	83	192	43.2	6.7	117.5	13	10	67.0	6.8	5.2
17	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
18	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	1,262	1946	NYG	11	87	169	51.5	7.5	114.7	12	25	60.2	7.1	14.8
19	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
20	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,236	1941	WAS	11	106	193	54.9	6.4	112.4	10	19	52.2	5.2	9.8
21	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
22	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	1,181	1941	CHB	11	68	119	57.1	9.9	107.4	9	6	95.3	7.6	5.0
23	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,163	1946	WAS	11	87	161	54.0	7.2	105.7	8	17	54.2	5.0	10.6
24	Irv Comp I. Comp	1,159	1944	GB	10	80	177	45.2	6.5	115.9	12	21	50.0	6.8	11.9
25	Paul Christman P. Christman	1,147	1945	CHC	8	89	219	40.6	5.2	143.4	5	12	42.6	2.3	5.5

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