nfl passing leaders from 1929 to 1960

From 1929 through 1960, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 23,877 yards.

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NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
23,877
154
1,623
3,318
48.9
7.2
155.0
176
210
64.1
5.3
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
23,611
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
8.2
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
18,854
148
1,374
2,727
50.4
6.9
127.4
166
159
68.9
6.1
5.8
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
17,900
124
1,387
2,509
55.3
7.1
144.4
116
153
67.9
4.6
6.1
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
7Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,686
128
904
1,744
51.8
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
12,053
58
801
1,507
53.2
8.0
207.8
109
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
10Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
11Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,385
99
732
1,424
51.4
7.3
104.9
91
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
12Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
9,804
93
650
1,329
48.9
7.4
105.4
71
113
56.0
5.3
8.5
13Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
14Ed Brown
E. Brown
8,956
84
561
1,148
48.9
7.8
106.6
59
77
64.5
5.1
6.7
15Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
16Billy Wade
B. Wade
8,572
69
603
1,116
54.0
7.7
124.2
56
68
70.5
5.0
6.1
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
8,349
130
614
1,351
45.4
6.2
64.2
72
92
55.1
5.3
6.8
18Arnie Herber
A. Herber
8,041
116
481
1,175
40.9
6.8
69.3
78
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
19Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7,900
84
514
1,211
42.4
6.5
94.0
61
91
50.1
5.0
7.5
20Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
21Adrian Burk
A. Burk
7,001
82
500
1,079
46.3
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
22Milt Plum
M. Plum
6,498
45
450
781
57.6
8.3
144.4
48
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
23Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
24Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
5,945
54
411
818
50.2
7.3
110.1
61
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
25Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0

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