who had the most career passing yards prior to 1950

Before 1950, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 19,500 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	19,500	135	1,516	2,642	57.4	7.4	144.4	168	174	74.4	6.4	6.6
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	14,506	117	891	1,707	52.2	8.5	124.0	136	130	75.8	8.0	7.6
3	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	8,777	87	625	1,185	52.7	7.4	100.9	80	81	70.9	6.8	6.8
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	Arnie Herber A. Herber	8,041	116	481	1,175	40.9	6.8	69.3	78	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
6	Paul Christman P. Christman	6,749	50	453	1,014	44.7	6.7	135.0	51	69	55.5	5.0	6.8
7	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	5,945	54	411	818	50.2	7.3	110.1	61	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
8	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	4,920	75	341	674	50.6	7.3	65.6	47	79	58.3	7.0	11.7
9	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	4,801	84	299	703	42.5	6.8	57.2	44	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
10	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	4,313	24	314	604	52.0	7.1	179.7	39	33	73.9	6.5	5.5
11	Parker Hall P. Hall	4,013	42	329	721	45.6	5.6	95.5	30	67	38.5	4.2	9.3
12	Ace Parker A. Parker	3,935	56	273	603	45.3	6.5	70.3	22	47	46.7	3.6	7.8
13	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	3,817	71	309	637	48.5	6.0	53.8	37	44	58.1	5.8	6.9
14	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	3,366	72	156	409	38.1	8.2	46.8	34	38	57.2	8.3	9.3
15	Irv Comp I. Comp	3,354	69	213	519	41.0	6.5	48.6	28	52	41.6	5.4	10.0
16	Paul Governali P. Governali	3,348	32	218	500	43.6	6.7	104.6	31	33	59.5	6.2	6.6
17	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	3,269	21	198	378	52.4	8.6	155.7	29	25	79.8	7.7	6.6
18	Jack Jacobs J. Jacobs	3,268	55	244	552	44.2	5.9	59.4	27	49	42.9	4.9	8.9
19	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	2,961	32	197	388	50.8	7.6	92.5	25	37	58.1	6.4	9.5
20	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	2,811	42	222	482	46.1	5.8	66.9	31	34	56.8	6.4	7.1
21	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	2,614	22	223	478	46.7	5.5	118.8	11	34	41.8	2.3	7.1
22	Ray Mallouf R. Mallouf	2,504	48	159	325	48.9	7.7	52.2	20	16	75.0	6.2	4.9
23	Johnny Clement J. Clement	2,320	35	134	328	40.9	7.1	66.3	14	26	46.8	4.3	7.9
24	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	2,318	80	167	383	43.6	6.1	29.0	25	32	50.6	6.5	8.4
25	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	2,227	62	158	336	47.0	6.6	35.9	28	26	64.4	8.3	7.7

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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