most passing yards season leaders from 1920 to 1939

Between the 1920 and 1939 seasons, Davey O'Brien had the most passing yards in a season, with 1,324 yards in his rookie season in 1939.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,324
1939
11
99
201
49.3
6.6
120.4
6
17
45.3
3.0
8.5
2Arnie Herber
A. Herber
1,239
1936
12
77
173
44.5
7.2
103.3
11
13
58.9
6.4
7.5
3Parker Hall
P. Hall
1,227
1939
11
106
208
51.0
5.9
111.5
9
13
57.5
4.3
6.3
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,127
1937
11
81
171
47.4
6.6
102.5
8
14
50.5
4.7
8.2
5Arnie Herber
A. Herber
1,107
1939
10
57
139
41.0
8.0
110.7
8
9
61.6
5.8
6.5
6Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
1,094
1939
11
55
89
61.8
12.3
99.5
11
7
111.6
12.4
7.9
7Ace Parker
A. Parker
977
1939
11
72
157
45.9
6.2
88.8
4
13
40.2
2.5
8.3
8Harry Newman
H. Newman
973
1933
14
53
136
39.0
7.2
69.5
11
17
51.7
8.1
12.5
9Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
914
1939
11
44
113
38.9
8.1
83.1
8
9
58.6
7.1
8.0
10Ace Parker
A. Parker
865
1938
11
63
148
42.6
5.8
78.6
5
7
53.5
3.4
4.7
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
853
1938
9
63
128
49.2
6.7
94.8
5
11
48.1
3.9
8.6
12Ed Matesic
E. Matesic
850
1936
12
64
138
46.4
6.2
70.8
4
16
36.5
2.9
11.6
13Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
848
1938
11
70
129
54.3
6.6
77.1
7
8
66.9
5.4
6.2
14Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
848
1938
11
46
112
41.1
7.6
77.1
5
9
49.3
4.5
8.0
15Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
824
1937
9
52
119
43.7
6.9
91.6
4
11
40.0
3.4
9.2
16Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
814
1937
11
66
134
49.3
6.1
74.0
8
5
72.8
6.0
3.7
17Arnie Herber
A. Herber
799
1934
11
42
115
36.5
6.9
72.6
8
12
45.1
7.0
10.4
18Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
794
1935
12
57
113
50.4
7.0
66.2
10
9
69.7
8.8
8.0
19Glenn Presnell
G. Presnell
774
1933
11
50
125
40.0
6.2
70.4
6
12
37.6
4.8
9.6
20Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
749
1939
11
43
103
41.7
7.3
68.1
6
5
66.4
5.8
4.9
21Arnie Herber
A. Herber
729
1935
11
40
109
36.7
6.7
66.3
8
14
45.4
7.3
12.8
22Arnie Herber
A. Herber
684
1937
9
47
104
45.2
6.6
76.0
7
10
50.0
6.7
9.6
23Phil Sarboe
P. Sarboe
680
1936
TOT
11
47
114
41.2
6.0
61.8
3
13
30.5
2.6
11.4
24Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
659
1938
11
37
91
40.7
7.2
59.9
8
10
55.9
8.8
11.0
25Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
658
1939
10
45
102
44.1
6.5
65.8
2
3
60.0
2.0
2.9
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