quarterbacks with the most passing yards in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 20,539 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
20,539
120
1,368
2,553
53.6
8.0
171.2
143
159
73.0
5.6
6.2
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
20,035
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
7.3
168.4
151
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
3Y.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
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15,144
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
13,587
112
994
1,989
50.0
6.8
121.3
119
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,430
79
681
1,334
51.0
7.1
119.4
68
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
8Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
8,954
46
611
1,129
54.1
7.9
194.7
84
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
8,068
82
539
1,104
48.8
7.3
98.4
59
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
10Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,064
47
618
1,278
48.4
6.3
171.6
52
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
11Ed Brown
E. Brown
7,594
60
492
982
50.1
7.7
126.6
49
65
65.1
5.0
6.6
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
7,383
72
481
1,120
42.9
6.6
102.5
58
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
13Billy Wade
B. Wade
7,278
58
497
934
53.2
7.8
125.5
44
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6,440
70
463
997
46.4
6.5
92.0
57
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
15George Blanda
G. Blanda
4,991
56
379
810
46.8
6.2
89.1
40
51
57.0
4.9
6.3
16George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
4,279
53
299
565
52.9
7.6
80.7
39
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
17Milt Plum
M. Plum
4,201
33
299
531
56.3
7.9
127.3
27
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
18Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
4,086
47
267
582
45.9
7.0
86.9
22
33
58.5
3.8
5.7
19Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
20Bart Starr
B. Starr
3,661
45
289
550
52.5
6.7
81.4
19
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
21George Shaw
G. Shaw
3,253
41
234
446
52.5
7.3
79.3
22
32
62.7
4.9
7.2
22Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
3,026
24
206
430
47.9
7.0
126.1
12
29
52.5
2.8
6.7
23Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
2,976
41
205
474
43.2
6.3
72.6
21
51
39.5
4.4
10.8
24Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
2,879
27
201
430
46.7
6.7
106.6
23
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
25Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
2,588
48
176
362
48.6
7.1
53.9
18
37
49.4
5.0
10.2
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.679
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6
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8
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7
7
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.500
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9
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10
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12
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