players nfl most pass attempts in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing attempts, with 2,247 attempts.

	NAME	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	2,247	106	1,319	58.7	17,002	7.6	160.4	149	140	78.7	6.6	6.2
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	1,656	106	868	52.4	13,870	8.4	130.8	131	126	75.3	7.9	7.6
3	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	1,185	87	625	52.7	8,777	7.4	100.9	80	81	70.9	6.8	6.8
4	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	1,119	56	553	49.4	8,088	7.2	144.4	70	94	59.2	6.3	8.4
5	Paul Christman P. Christman	1,014	50	453	44.7	6,749	6.7	135.0	51	69	55.5	5.0	6.8
6	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	703	84	299	42.5	4,801	6.8	57.2	44	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
7	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	624	32	331	53.0	4,537	7.3	141.8	47	37	77.0	7.5	5.9
8	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	604	24	314	52.0	4,313	7.1	179.7	39	33	73.9	6.5	5.5
9	Jack Jacobs J. Jacobs	552	55	244	44.2	3,268	5.9	59.4	27	49	42.9	4.9	8.9
10	Irv Comp I. Comp	519	69	213	41.0	3,354	6.5	48.6	28	52	41.6	5.4	10.0
11	Parker Hall P. Hall	513	31	223	43.5	2,786	5.4	89.9	21	54	35.0	4.1	10.5
12	Paul Governali P. Governali	500	32	218	43.6	3,348	6.7	104.6	31	33	59.5	6.2	6.6
13	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	484	52	245	50.6	3,357	6.9	64.6	33	61	56.3	6.8	12.6
14	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	482	42	222	46.1	2,811	5.8	66.9	31	34	56.8	6.4	7.1
15	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	388	32	197	50.8	2,961	7.6	92.5	25	37	58.1	6.4	9.5
16	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	378	21	198	52.4	3,269	8.6	155.7	29	25	79.8	7.7	6.6
17	Fred Enke F. Enke	363	24	163	44.9	2,121	5.8	88.4	17	22	54.2	4.7	6.1
18	Bobby Layne B. Layne	351	23	171	48.7	2,028	5.8	88.2	12	20	54.4	3.4	5.7
19	Johnny Clement J. Clement	328	35	134	40.9	2,320	7.1	66.3	14	26	46.8	4.3	7.9
20	Ray Mallouf R. Mallouf	325	48	159	48.9	2,504	7.7	52.2	20	16	75.0	6.2	4.9
21	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	295	11	126	42.7	1,360	4.6	123.6	6	27	25.5	2.0	9.2
22	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	277	11	124	44.8	1,290	4.7	117.3	5	17	39.2	1.8	6.1
23	Frankie Sinkwich F. Sinkwich	274	20	108	39.4	1,759	6.4	88.0	19	40	45.2	6.9	14.6
24	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	267	80	105	39.3	1,642	6.1	20.5	16	20	49.2	6.0	7.5
25	Arnie Herber A. Herber	255	30	109	42.7	1,852	7.3	61.7	21	23	57.8	8.2	9.0

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