which nfl player has the most passing yards before 1958

Before 1958, 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	Bobby Layne B. Layne	17,567	118	1,233	2,518	49.0	7.0	148.9	129	160	62.6	5.1	6.4
3	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	16,114	104	1,011	1,897	53.3	8.5	154.9	118	127	74.7	6.2	6.7
4	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	14,995	116	1,107	2,215	50.0	6.8	129.3	134	139	66.0	6.0	6.3
5	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	14,686	128	904	1,744	51.8	8.4	114.7	137	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
6	Y.A. Tittle	14,408	93	1,096	1,975	55.5	7.3	154.9	93	120	69.1	4.7	6.1
7	Otto Graham O. Graham	13,499	72	872	1,565	55.7	8.6	187.5	88	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
8	Tobin Rote T. Rote	12,605	96	902	2,031	44.4	6.2	131.3	100	129	54.9	4.9	6.4
9	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	11,849	91	814	1,617	50.3	7.3	130.2	97	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
10	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	10,385	99	732	1,424	51.4	7.3	104.9	91	103	66.5	6.4	7.2
11	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	9,480	85	687	1,346	51.0	7.0	111.5	68	90	62.9	5.1	6.7
12	Jim Finks J. Finks	8,622	79	661	1,382	47.8	6.2	109.1	55	88	54.7	4.0	6.4
13	Arnie Herber A. Herber	8,041	116	481	1,175	40.9	6.8	69.3	78	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
14	Paul Christman P. Christman	7,294	61	504	1,140	44.2	6.4	119.6	58	76	54.8	5.1	6.7
15	Adrian Burk A. Burk	7,001	82	500	1,079	46.3	6.5	85.4	61	89	52.2	5.7	8.2
16	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	6,295	45	404	808	50.0	7.8	139.9	41	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
17	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	5,945	54	411	818	50.2	7.3	110.1	61	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
18	George Blanda G. Blanda	5,917	104	443	981	45.2	6.0	56.9	48	70	51.4	4.9	7.1
19	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	5,690	69	423	912	46.4	6.2	82.5	54	73	53.1	5.9	8.0
20	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	5,626	58	383	786	48.7	7.2	97.0	40	67	54.0	5.1	8.5
21	Lamar McHan L. McHan	5,287	48	342	814	42.0	6.5	110.1	38	64	47.0	4.7	7.9
22	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	4,921	76	342	677	50.5	7.3	64.8	47	79	58.0	6.9	11.7
23	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	4,801	84	299	703	42.5	6.8	57.2	44	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
24	Ed Brown E. Brown	4,578	48	275	534	51.5	8.6	95.4	29	39	68.4	5.4	7.3
25	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	4,279	53	299	565	52.9	7.6	80.7	39	41	70.5	6.9	7.3

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Packers	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
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