nfl passing yards leader 1937 to 1941

Between the 1937 and 1941 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 5,101 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
5,101
51
414
765
54.1
6.7
100.0
41
63
58.5
5.4
8.2
2Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
3,924
43
265
550
48.2
7.1
91.3
37
38
65.6
6.7
6.9
3Ace Parker
A. Parker
3,812
48
263
579
45.4
6.6
79.4
22
42
49.8
3.8
7.3
4Parker Hall
P. Hall
3,198
32
267
581
46.0
5.5
99.9
23
48
42.1
4.0
8.3
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
2,758
33
139
275
50.5
10.0
83.6
18
19
79.0
6.5
6.9
6Arnie Herber
A. Herber
2,687
37
164
387
42.4
6.9
72.6
24
30
54.7
6.2
7.8
7Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
2,614
22
223
478
46.7
5.5
118.8
11
34
41.8
2.3
7.1
8Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
2,589
39
125
320
39.1
8.1
66.4
24
28
56.9
7.5
8.8
9Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
2,350
44
152
312
48.7
7.5
53.4
21
38
56.9
6.7
12.2
10Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
2,278
39
190
388
49.0
5.9
58.4
20
22
60.9
5.2
5.7
11Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
1,642
50
84
215
39.1
7.6
32.8
13
20
47.9
6.0
9.3
12Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
1,251
31
100
227
44.1
5.5
40.4
3
18
33.1
1.3
7.9
13Whizzer White
W. White
1,192
33
86
215
40.0
5.5
36.1
4
35
25.1
1.9
16.3
14Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
1,145
50
82
185
44.3
6.2
22.9
10
17
44.5
5.4
9.2
15Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
1,105
28
87
248
35.1
4.5
39.5
6
38
18.4
2.4
15.3
16Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,104
22
95
190
50.0
5.8
50.2
9
17
46.5
4.7
8.9
17Jack Robbins
J. Robbins
1,076
17
88
182
48.4
5.9
63.3
6
19
38.4
3.3
10.4
18Bob Monnett
B. Monnett
1,045
18
68
130
52.3
8.0
58.1
17
12
80.3
13.1
9.2
19Pat Coffee
P. Coffee
1,024
19
68
158
43.0
6.5
53.9
4
15
33.8
2.5
9.5
20Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
1,012
26
91
240
37.9
4.2
38.9
12
26
28.3
5.0
10.8
21Billy Patterson
B. Patterson
756
19
48
155
31.0
4.9
39.8
6
19
21.5
3.9
12.3
22Ray Mallouf
R. Mallouf
725
9
48
96
50.0
7.6
80.6
2
4
64.8
2.1
4.2
23Eddie Miller
E. Miller
700
16
48
96
50.0
7.3
43.8
6
9
55.9
6.3
9.4
24Johnny Clement
J. Clement
690
9
48
100
48.0
6.9
76.7
3
7
51.7
3.0
7.0
25Coley McDonough
C. McDonough
657
21
37
102
36.3
6.4
31.3
3
18
29.4
2.9
17.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
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10
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12
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4
13
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.235
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9
7
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8
9
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9
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8
9
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11
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14
3
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12
5
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5
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