most passing yards in a season 1936 to 1949

From 1936 through 1949, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards in a season, with 2,938 yards in 1947.

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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	2,938	1947	WAS	12	210	354	59.3	8.3	244.8	25	15	92.0	7.1	4.2
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	2,712	1947	CHB	12	176	323	54.5	8.4	226.0	24	31	67.7	7.4	9.6
3	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	2,658	1949	CHB	12	162	312	51.9	8.5	221.5	23	22	76.0	7.4	7.1
4	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	2,599	1948	WAS	12	185	315	58.7	8.3	216.6	22	23	78.3	7.0	7.3
5	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
6	Paul Christman P. Christman	2,191	1947	CHC	12	138	301	45.8	7.3	182.6	17	22	59.0	5.6	7.3
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	2,175	1948	NYG	12	162	299	54.2	7.3	181.3	22	13	84.0	7.4	4.3
8	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	2,168	1949	LA	12	154	296	52.0	7.3	180.7	17	24	61.3	5.7	8.1
9	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	2,138	1949	NYG	12	152	305	49.8	7.0	178.2	17	20	64.1	5.6	6.6
10	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
11	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,965	1948	PHI	12	141	246	57.3	8.0	163.8	25	11	98.4	10.2	4.5
12	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	1,903	1949	WAS	12	145	255	56.9	7.5	158.6	18	14	81.2	7.1	5.5
13	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
14	Bobby Layne B. Layne	1,796	1949	NYB	12	155	299	51.8	6.0	149.7	9	18	55.3	3.0	6.0
15	Paul Governali P. Governali	1,775	1947	TOT	12	108	252	42.9	7.0	147.9	17	22	53.3	6.7	8.7
16	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
17	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
18	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,727	1949	PHI	12	116	214	54.2	8.1	143.9	16	11	84.4	7.5	5.1
19	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
20	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,680	1947	PHI	12	106	201	52.7	8.4	140.0	16	15	76.3	8.0	7.5
21	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
22	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
23	Jack Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,615	1947	GB	12	108	242	44.6	6.7	134.6	16	17	59.8	6.6	7.0
24	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
25	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

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