which nfl player has the most passing yards before 1955

Before 1955, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 21,886 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	21,886	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	7.3	132.6	187	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	14,686	128	904	1,744	51.8	8.4	114.7	137	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
3	Bobby Layne B. Layne	12,659	83	874	1,825	47.9	6.9	152.5	103	114	63.7	5.6	6.2
4	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	11,849	91	814	1,617	50.3	7.3	130.2	97	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
5	Otto Graham O. Graham	11,778	60	774	1,380	56.1	8.5	196.3	73	86	76.1	5.3	6.2
6	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	11,153	68	667	1,236	54.0	9.0	164.0	83	79	80.4	6.7	6.4
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	10,830	80	791	1,607	49.2	6.7	135.4	100	108	63.9	6.2	6.7
8	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	10,385	99	732	1,424	51.4	7.3	104.9	91	103	66.5	6.4	7.2
9	Y.A. Tittle	8,425	59	649	1,191	54.5	7.1	142.8	56	65	69.9	4.7	5.5
10	Arnie Herber A. Herber	8,041	116	481	1,175	40.9	6.8	69.3	78	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
11	Tobin Rote T. Rote	7,355	60	523	1,204	43.4	6.1	122.6	54	85	49.3	4.5	7.1
12	Paul Christman P. Christman	7,294	61	504	1,140	44.2	6.4	119.6	58	76	54.8	5.1	6.7
13	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	6,394	51	471	919	51.3	7.0	125.4	50	52	68.3	5.4	5.7
14	Jim Finks J. Finks	6,352	67	496	1,038	47.8	6.1	94.8	45	62	57.0	4.3	6.0
15	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	6,295	45	404	808	50.0	7.8	139.9	41	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
16	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	5,945	54	411	818	50.2	7.3	110.1	61	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
17	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	5,690	69	423	912	46.4	6.2	82.5	54	73	53.1	5.9	8.0
18	Adrian Burk A. Burk	5,216	58	351	769	45.6	6.8	89.9	51	66	54.7	6.6	8.6
19	George Blanda G. Blanda	4,954	68	356	796	44.7	6.2	72.9	37	56	51.5	4.6	7.0
20	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	4,921	76	342	677	50.5	7.3	64.8	47	79	58.0	6.9	11.7
21	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	4,801	84	299	703	42.5	6.8	57.2	44	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
22	Fred Enke F. Enke	4,169	68	297	689	43.1	6.1	61.3	31	53	46.2	4.5	7.7
23	Parker Hall P. Hall	4,013	42	329	721	45.6	5.6	95.5	30	67	38.5	4.2	9.3
24	Ace Parker A. Parker	3,935	56	273	603	45.3	6.5	70.3	22	47	46.7	3.6	7.8
25	Frankie Albert F. Albert	3,847	36	316	601	52.6	6.4	106.9	27	43	57.7	4.5	7.2

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Giants	1	0	1.000
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Rush Yards Leaders

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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
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Chargers	0	2	0	.000