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

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

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