which quarterback has the most passing yards before 1950

Before 1950, Sid Luckman had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 13,870 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
13,870
106
868
1,656
52.4
8.4
130.8
131
126
75.3
7.9
7.6
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
11,121
63
837
1,413
59.2
7.9
176.5
88
81
81.1
6.2
5.7
3Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
8,632
76
616
1,157
53.2
7.5
113.6
79
78
72.2
6.8
6.7
4Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
8,088
56
553
1,119
49.4
7.2
144.4
70
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
5Paul Christman
P. Christman
6,749
50
453
1,014
44.7
6.7
135.0
51
69
55.5
5.0
6.8
6Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
4,735
62
293
680
43.1
7.0
76.4
44
65
49.0
6.5
9.6
7Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
3,366
72
156
409
38.1
8.2
46.8
34
38
57.2
8.3
9.3
8Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
3,269
21
198
378
52.4
8.6
155.7
29
25
79.8
7.7
6.6
9Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
10Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
2,811
42
222
482
46.1
5.8
66.9
31
34
56.8
6.4
7.1
11Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
2,530
38
196
447
43.8
5.7
66.6
21
41
39.6
4.7
9.2
12Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
2,278
39
190
388
49.0
5.9
58.4
20
22
60.9
5.2
5.7
13Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,138
12
152
305
49.8
7.0
178.2
17
20
64.1
5.6
6.6
14Fred Enke
F. Enke
2,121
24
163
363
44.9
5.8
88.4
17
22
54.2
4.7
6.1
15Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,028
23
171
351
48.7
5.8
88.2
12
20
54.4
3.4
5.7
16Ray Mallouf
R. Mallouf
1,779
39
111
229
48.5
7.8
45.6
18
12
79.2
7.9
5.2
17Paul Governali
P. Governali
1,573
20
110
248
44.4
6.3
78.7
14
11
65.8
5.6
4.4
18Boley Dancewicz
B. Dancewicz
1,551
23
96
238
40.3
6.5
67.4
12
29
40.1
5.0
12.2
19Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
1,308
20
102
193
52.8
6.8
65.4
14
16
64.0
7.3
8.3
20Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,290
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
21Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
951
11
37
88
42.0
10.8
86.5
11
16
82.1
12.5
18.2
22Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
938
13
51
137
37.2
6.8
72.2
4
15
31.8
2.9
10.9
23Jug Girard
J. Girard
881
12
62
175
35.4
5.0
73.4
4
12
31.6
2.3
6.9
24Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
833
6
62
145
42.8
5.7
138.8
9
14
42.8
6.2
9.7
25Allie Sherman
A. Sherman
823
51
66
135
48.9
6.1
16.1
9
10
59.6
6.7
7.4
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