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.

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