nfl passing yards per game leaders 1939

Davey O'Brien gained the most passing yards per game in 1939, with 120.4 per game in his rookie season.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
120.4
1939
11
99
201
49.3
1,324
6.6
6
17
45.3
3.0
8.5
2Parker Hall
P. Hall
111.5
1939
11
106
208
51.0
1,227
5.9
9
13
57.5
4.3
6.3
3Arnie Herber
A. Herber
110.7
1939
10
57
139
41.0
1,107
8.0
8
9
61.6
5.8
6.5
4Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
99.5
1939
11
55
89
61.8
1,094
12.3
11
7
111.6
12.4
7.9
5Ace Parker
A. Parker
88.8
1939
11
72
157
45.9
977
6.2
4
13
40.2
2.5
8.3
6Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
83.1
1939
11
44
113
38.9
914
8.1
8
9
58.6
7.1
8.0
7Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
68.1
1939
11
43
103
41.7
749
7.3
6
5
66.4
5.8
4.9
8Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
65.8
1939
10
45
102
44.1
658
6.5
2
3
60.0
2.0
2.9
9Jack Robbins
J. Robbins
62.4
1939
8
36
85
42.4
499
5.9
4
10
37.9
4.7
11.8
10Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
57.8
1939
11
23
51
45.1
636
12.5
5
4
91.6
9.8
7.8
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
57.6
1939
9
53
96
55.2
518
5.4
6
9
52.3
6.3
9.4
12Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
44.3
1939
10
32
100
32.0
443
4.4
2
12
14.3
2.0
12.0
13Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
39.7
1939
11
42
101
41.6
437
4.3
3
6
39.9
3.0
5.9
14Darrell Tully
D. Tully
39.6
1939
9
20
75
26.7
356
4.7
2
13
16.2
2.7
17.3
15Kelly Moan
K. Moan
38.5
1939
2
3
9
33.3
77
8.6
1
2
63.0
11.1
22.2
16Johnny Pingel
J. Pingel
38.1
1939
9
27
48
56.3
343
7.1
3
4
64.8
6.3
8.3
17Frank Patrick
F. Patrick
36.4
1939
8
22
79
27.8
291
3.7
1
13
7.1
1.3
16.5
18Coley McDonough
C. McDonough
33.2
1939
TOT
11
17
47
36.2
365
7.8
2
8
39.2
4.3
17.0
19Billy Patterson
B. Patterson
28.4
1939
8
14
38
36.8
227
6.0
3
4
44.4
7.9
10.5
20Eddie Miller
E. Miller
24.4
1939
8
13
23
56.5
195
8.5
2
2
77.3
8.7
8.7
21Bert Johnson
B. Johnson
20.8
1939
TOT
10
14
40
35.0
208
5.2
0
5
13.3
0.0
12.5
22Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
19.8
1939
10
12
26
46.2
198
7.6
0
2
40.2
0.0
7.7
23Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
16.9
1939
8
5
12
41.7
135
11.3
0
2
44.1
0.0
16.7
24Emmett Mortell
E. Mortell
16.8
1939
8
12
41
29.3
134
3.3
1
0
48.8
2.4
0.0
25Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
14.0
1939
4
7
20
35.0
56
2.8
0
4
4.2
0.0
20.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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1,140

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18.8

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119.3

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203.6

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
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@
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13

Final

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NFL 2025 Standings

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13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
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.375
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12
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12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
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8
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13
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13
3
0
.813
11
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10
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.375
2
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - x
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
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9/27
@
26-21
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9/27
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9/27
@
25-24
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1/3
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Sat
1/3
@
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Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM