quarterback passing leaders 1940 to 1945

Between the 1940 and 1945 seasons, Sid Luckman had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 8,085 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8,085
60
471
891
52.9
9.1
134.8
76
62
83.4
8.5
7.0
2Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
2,622
30
149
356
41.9
7.4
87.4
26
35
52.4
7.3
9.8
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
2,518
16
210
328
64.0
7.7
157.4
15
12
87.4
4.6
3.7
4Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
2,515
30
196
393
49.9
6.4
83.8
16
32
50.0
4.1
8.1
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,609
10
89
171
52.0
9.4
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
6Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
1,308
20
102
193
52.8
6.8
65.4
14
16
64.0
7.3
8.3
7Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,290
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
8Paul Christman
P. Christman
1,147
8
89
219
40.6
5.2
143.4
5
12
42.6
2.3
5.5
9Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
951
11
37
88
42.0
10.8
86.5
11
16
82.1
12.5
18.2
10Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
614
32
25
76
32.9
8.1
19.2
4
7
42.3
5.3
9.2
11Foster Watkins
F. Watkins
565
9
28
85
32.9
6.6
62.8
1
3
46.4
1.2
3.5
12Allie Sherman
A. Sherman
536
29
47
97
48.5
5.5
18.5
5
6
56.9
5.2
6.2
13Scott Gudmundson
S. Gudmundson
525
17
33
81
40.7
6.5
30.9
2
9
31.7
2.5
11.1
14Eddie Miller
E. Miller
505
8
35
73
47.9
6.9
63.1
4
7
49.5
5.5
9.6
15Gene Ronzani
G. Ronzani
448
8
26
56
46.4
8.0
56.0
9
5
76.5
16.1
8.9
16Young Bussey
Y. Bussey
353
10
13
40
32.5
8.8
35.3
5
3
74.3
12.5
7.5
17Len Barnum
L. Barnum
260
11
19
55
34.5
4.7
23.6
0
10
11.0
0.0
18.2
18John McCarthy
J. McCarthy
250
7
20
67
29.9
3.7
35.7
0
13
3.0
0.0
19.4
19Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
212
7
9
23
39.1
9.2
30.3
2
3
62.5
8.7
13.0
20Coley McDonough
C. McDonough
208
2
10
23
43.5
9.0
104.0
2
4
65.4
8.7
17.4
21Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
179
6
12
24
50.0
7.5
29.8
2
3
63.0
8.3
12.5
22Marion Pugh
M. Pugh
161
5
12
24
50.0
6.7
32.2
1
0
85.6
4.2
0.0
23George Cafego
G. Cafego
149
7
13
26
50.0
5.7
21.3
0
4
28.0
0.0
15.4
24Albie Reisz
A. Reisz
146
10
8
21
38.1
7.0
14.6
2
3
55.0
9.5
14.3
25Johnny Long
J. Long
128
12
9
14
64.3
9.1
10.7
1
1
87.8
7.1
7.1
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