nfl passing yards leader 1937 to 1945

Between the 1937 and 1945 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 10,897 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10,897
88
889
1,557
57.1
7.0
123.8
95
105
71.1
6.1
6.7
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8,721
71
494
942
52.4
9.3
122.8
81
66
83.8
8.6
7.0
3Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
5,945
54
411
818
50.2
7.3
110.1
61
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
4Parker Hall
P. Hall
4,013
42
329
721
45.6
5.6
95.5
30
67
38.5
4.2
9.3
5Arnie Herber
A. Herber
3,979
57
235
553
42.5
7.2
69.8
39
46
56.3
7.1
8.3
6Ace Parker
A. Parker
3,935
56
273
603
45.3
6.5
70.3
22
47
46.7
3.6
7.8
7Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
3,658
64
254
505
50.3
7.2
57.2
35
54
57.7
6.9
10.7
8Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
2,688
52
155
379
40.9
7.1
51.7
26
40
49.0
6.9
10.6
9Irv Comp
I. Comp
2,686
28
170
375
45.3
7.2
95.9
26
36
53.2
6.9
9.6
10Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
2,660
41
205
421
48.7
6.3
64.9
17
35
47.8
4.0
8.3
11Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
2,614
22
223
478
46.7
5.5
118.8
11
34
41.8
2.3
7.1
12Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
2,589
39
125
320
39.1
8.1
66.4
24
28
56.9
7.5
8.8
13Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
2,278
39
190
388
49.0
5.9
58.4
20
22
60.9
5.2
5.7
14Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
2,060
68
154
341
45.2
6.0
30.3
22
26
54.6
6.5
7.6
15Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
1,759
20
108
274
39.4
6.4
88.0
19
40
45.2
6.9
14.6
16Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
1,758
60
91
241
37.8
7.3
29.3
13
24
42.3
5.4
10.0
17Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,609
10
89
171
52.0
9.4
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
18Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
1,360
11
126
295
42.7
4.6
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
9.2
19Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,328
33
93
224
41.5
5.9
40.2
14
16
52.5
6.3
7.1
20Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
1,251
31
100
227
44.1
5.5
40.4
3
18
33.1
1.3
7.9
21Whizzer White
W. White
1,192
33
86
215
40.0
5.5
36.1
4
35
25.1
1.9
16.3
22Paul Christman
P. Christman
1,147
8
89
219
40.6
5.2
143.4
5
12
42.6
2.3
5.5
23Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
1,105
36
87
254
34.3
4.4
30.7
6
41
17.0
2.4
16.1
24Chuck Fenenbock
C. Fenenbock
1,092
20
65
168
38.7
6.5
54.6
10
20
41.7
6.0
11.9
25Jack Robbins
J. Robbins
1,076
17
88
182
48.4
5.9
63.3
6
19
38.4
3.3
10.4
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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