nfl passing yards leader 1946 to 1955

Between the 1946 and 1955 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 14,489 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
14,489
95
1,017
2,095
48.5
6.9
152.5
114
131
63.4
5.4
6.3
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
13,043
80
811
1,508
53.8
8.6
163.0
91
94
77.1
6.0
6.2
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
12,140
92
889
1,809
49.1
6.7
132.0
113
121
63.9
6.2
6.7
5Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10,989
77
804
1,438
55.9
7.6
142.7
92
98
73.4
6.4
6.8
6Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10,610
71
796
1,478
53.9
7.2
149.4
73
93
67.1
4.9
6.3
7Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
10,240
81
725
1,446
50.1
7.1
126.4
83
111
60.5
5.7
7.7
8Tobin Rote
T. Rote
9,332
72
680
1,546
44.0
6.0
129.6
71
104
51.2
4.6
6.7
9Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
10Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
7,731
61
559
1,090
51.3
7.1
126.7
60
59
70.2
5.5
5.4
11Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
7,725
58
527
1,003
52.5
7.7
133.2
74
68
74.3
7.4
6.8
12Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6,575
70
461
997
46.2
6.6
93.9
60
83
53.5
6.0
8.3
13Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
14Paul Christman
P. Christman
6,147
53
415
921
45.1
6.7
116.0
53
64
57.7
5.8
6.9
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
5,965
57
410
802
51.1
7.4
104.6
56
66
64.7
7.0
8.2
16Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,413
80
398
893
44.6
6.1
67.7
41
63
50.4
4.6
7.1
18Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
19George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
3,881
49
260
508
51.2
7.6
79.2
38
38
70.3
7.5
7.5
20Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
21Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
3,564
36
237
521
45.5
6.8
99.0
26
47
47.5
5.0
9.0
22Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
3,483
65
236
533
44.3
6.5
53.6
19
42
45.3
3.6
7.9
23Paul Governali
P. Governali
3,348
32
218
500
43.6
6.7
104.6
31
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
24Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
25Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
2,616
45
198
454
43.6
5.8
58.1
21
43
38.4
4.6
9.5
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