players with most career nfl passing yards before 1947

Before 1947, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 12,060 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	12,060	99	976	1,718	56.8	7.0	121.8	103	122	69.1	6.0	7.1
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	10,547	82	604	1,171	51.6	9.0	128.6	98	82	81.3	8.4	7.0
3	Arnie Herber A. Herber	8,041	116	481	1,175	40.9	6.8	69.3	78	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
4	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	5,945	54	411	818	50.2	7.3	110.1	61	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
5	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	4,920	75	341	674	50.6	7.3	65.6	47	79	58.3	7.0	11.7
6	Parker Hall P. Hall	4,013	42	329	721	45.6	5.6	95.5	30	67	38.5	4.2	9.3
7	Ace Parker A. Parker	3,935	56	273	603	45.3	6.5	70.3	22	47	46.7	3.6	7.8
8	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	3,817	71	309	637	48.5	6.0	53.8	37	44	58.1	5.8	6.9
9	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	3,405	51	262	524	50.0	6.5	66.8	23	44	50.5	4.4	8.4
10	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	3,366	72	156	409	38.1	8.2	46.8	34	38	57.2	8.3	9.3
11	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	3,356	21	216	422	51.2	8.0	159.8	31	34	68.8	7.3	8.1
12	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	3,285	63	196	458	42.8	7.2	52.1	30	48	49.9	6.6	10.5
13	Irv Comp I. Comp	3,019	39	197	469	42.0	6.4	77.4	27	44	44.0	5.8	9.4
14	Paul Christman P. Christman	2,803	19	189	448	42.2	6.3	147.5	18	30	48.8	4.0	6.7
15	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	2,614	22	223	478	46.7	5.5	118.8	11	34	41.8	2.3	7.1
16	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	2,318	80	167	383	43.6	6.1	29.0	25	32	50.6	6.5	8.4
17	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	2,227	62	158	336	47.0	6.6	35.9	28	26	64.4	8.3	7.7
18	Frankie Sinkwich F. Sinkwich	1,759	20	108	274	39.4	6.4	88.0	19	40	45.2	6.9	14.6
19	Bob Snyder B. Snyder	1,758	60	91	241	37.8	7.3	29.3	13	24	42.3	5.4	10.0
20	Glenn Presnell G. Presnell	1,670	60	110	309	35.6	5.4	27.8	12	37	27.6	3.9	12.0
21	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	1,517	44	100	251	39.8	6.0	34.5	15	19	48.8	6.0	7.6
22	Dutch Clark D. Clark	1,507	64	114	250	45.6	6.0	23.5	10	26	38.9	4.0	10.4
23	Harry Newman H. Newman	1,496	32	97	258	37.6	5.8	46.8	12	36	33.5	4.7	14.0
24	Keith Molesworth K. Molesworth	1,486	70	86	226	38.1	6.6	21.2	17	19	51.2	7.5	8.4
25	Ed Matesic E. Matesic	1,412	34	99	262	37.8	5.4	41.5	8	34	26.6	3.1	13.0

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Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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