passing leaders before 1960

Before 1960, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 22,063 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
22,063
142
1,520
3,109
48.9
7.1
155.4
163
193
64.0
5.2
6.2
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
21,886
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
7.3
132.6
187
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
21,140
128
1,400
2,611
53.6
8.1
165.2
149
161
73.8
5.7
6.2
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
17,900
136
1,308
2,593
50.4
6.9
131.6
158
152
68.8
6.1
5.9
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
17,206
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
7.2
149.6
112
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
7Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,686
128
904
1,744
51.8
8.4
114.7
137
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
10Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,385
99
732
1,424
51.4
7.3
104.9
91
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
11Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
8,954
46
611
1,129
54.1
7.9
194.7
84
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
13Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
14Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
8,068
82
539
1,104
48.8
7.3
98.4
59
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
15Arnie Herber
A. Herber
8,041
116
481
1,175
40.9
6.8
69.3
78
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
16Ed Brown
E. Brown
7,877
72
502
999
50.3
7.9
109.4
52
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
17Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7,383
72
481
1,120
42.9
6.6
102.5
58
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
18Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
19Billy Wade
B. Wade
7,278
58
497
934
53.2
7.8
125.5
44
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
20Adrian Burk
A. Burk
7,001
82
500
1,079
46.3
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
21Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
22Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
5,945
54
411
818
50.2
7.3
110.1
61
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,936
116
445
988
45.0
6.0
51.2
48
70
51.3
4.9
7.1
24Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
25Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
4,921
76
342
677
50.5
7.3
64.8
47
79
58.0
6.9
11.7
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