nfl passing yards per game leaders 1940

Sammy Baugh averaged the most passing yards per game in 1940, with 124.3 per game.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
124.3
1940
11
111
177
62.7
1,367
7.7
12
10
85.6
6.8
5.6
2Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
117.3
1940
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
4.7
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
3Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
103.7
1940
10
68
150
45.3
1,037
6.9
8
12
53.1
5.3
8.0
4Parker Hall
P. Hall
100.7
1940
11
77
183
42.1
1,108
6.1
7
16
38.7
3.8
8.7
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
85.5
1940
11
48
105
45.7
941
9.0
4
9
54.5
3.8
8.6
6Ace Parker
A. Parker
74.3
1940
11
49
111
44.1
817
7.4
10
7
73.3
9.0
6.3
7Eddie Miller
E. Miller
63.1
1940
8
35
73
47.9
505
6.9
4
7
49.5
5.5
9.6
8Foster Watkins
F. Watkins
62.8
1940
9
28
85
32.9
565
6.6
1
3
46.4
1.2
3.5
9Arnie Herber
A. Herber
56.0
1940
10
38
89
42.7
560
6.3
6
7
53.6
6.7
7.9
10Cotton Price
C. Price
50.7
1940
9
33
66
50.0
456
6.9
3
7
48.1
4.5
10.6
11Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
48.1
1940
11
43
116
37.1
529
4.6
4
21
23.9
3.4
18.1
12Billy Patterson
B. Patterson
48.1
1940
11
34
117
29.1
529
4.5
3
15
14.9
2.6
12.8
13Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
46.0
1940
10
28
54
51.9
460
8.5
6
9
78.2
11.1
16.7
14Whizzer White
W. White
41.9
1940
11
35
80
43.8
461
5.8
0
12
23.0
0.0
15.0
15Beryl Clark
B. Clark
35.1
1940
9
25
58
43.1
316
5.4
2
6
32.6
3.4
10.3
16Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
30.3
1940
7
9
23
39.1
212
9.2
2
3
62.5
8.7
13.0
17Kay Eakin
K. Eakin
28.4
1940
7
17
43
39.5
199
4.6
0
3
25.2
0.0
7.0
18Marty Slovak
M. Slovak
26.0
1940
9
17
28
60.7
234
8.4
0
4
47.9
0.0
14.3
19Ken Heineman
K. Heineman
24.7
1940
3
3
8
37.5
74
9.3
1
1
71.9
12.5
12.5
20Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
23.6
1940
11
18
46
39.1
260
5.7
0
8
18.7
0.0
17.4
21Coley McDonough
C. McDonough
23.0
1940
4
8
14
57.1
92
6.6
0
3
37.5
0.0
21.4
22Hal Van Every
H. Van Every
22.1
1940
9
12
41
29.3
199
4.9
4
6
40.2
9.8
14.6
23Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
15.9
1940
10
15
31
48.4
159
5.1
2
3
45.7
6.5
9.7
24Len Barnum
L. Barnum
15.0
1940
10
9
23
39.1
150
6.5
3
2
65.2
13.0
8.7
25Bob Kellogg
B. Kellogg
14.0
1940
3
6
18
33.3
42
2.3
0
4
2.8
0.0
22.2
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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