who has the most passing yards in a decade 40s

From 1940 through 1949, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards, with 17,002 yards in the 1940s.

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	NAME	YDS	DECADE	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	17,002	1940s	106	1,319	2,247	58.7	7.6	160.4	149	140	78.7	6.6	6.2
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	13,870	1940s	106	868	1,656	52.4	8.4	130.8	131	126	75.3	7.9	7.6
3	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	8,777	1940s	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	1940s	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	1940s	50	453	1,014	44.7	6.7	135.0	51	69	55.5	5.0	6.8
6	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	4,801	1940s	84	299	703	42.5	6.8	57.2	44	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
7	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	4,537	1940s	32	331	624	53.0	7.3	141.8	47	37	77.0	7.5	5.9
8	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	4,313	1940s	24	314	604	52.0	7.1	179.7	39	33	73.9	6.5	5.5
9	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	3,357	1940s	52	245	484	50.6	6.9	64.6	33	61	56.3	6.8	12.6
10	Irv Comp I. Comp	3,354	1940s	69	213	519	41.0	6.5	48.6	28	52	41.6	5.4	10.0
11	Paul Governali P. Governali	3,348	1940s	32	218	500	43.6	6.7	104.6	31	33	59.5	6.2	6.6
12	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	3,269	1940s	21	198	378	52.4	8.6	155.7	29	25	79.8	7.7	6.6
13	Jack Jacobs J. Jacobs	3,268	1940s	55	244	552	44.2	5.9	59.4	27	49	42.9	4.9	8.9
14	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	2,961	1940s	32	197	388	50.8	7.6	92.5	25	37	58.1	6.4	9.5
15	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	2,811	1940s	42	222	482	46.1	5.8	66.9	31	34	56.8	6.4	7.1
16	Parker Hall P. Hall	2,786	1940s	31	223	513	43.5	5.4	89.9	21	54	35.0	4.1	10.5
17	Ray Mallouf R. Mallouf	2,504	1940s	48	159	325	48.9	7.7	52.2	20	16	75.0	6.2	4.9
18	Johnny Clement J. Clement	2,320	1940s	35	134	328	40.9	7.1	66.3	14	26	46.8	4.3	7.9
19	Fred Enke F. Enke	2,121	1940s	24	163	363	44.9	5.8	88.4	17	22	54.2	4.7	6.1
20	Bobby Layne B. Layne	2,028	1940s	23	171	351	48.7	5.8	88.2	12	20	54.4	3.4	5.7
21	Arnie Herber A. Herber	1,852	1940s	30	109	255	42.7	7.3	61.7	21	23	57.8	8.2	9.0
22	Frankie Sinkwich F. Sinkwich	1,759	1940s	20	108	274	39.4	6.4	88.0	19	40	45.2	6.9	14.6
23	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	1,642	1940s	80	105	267	39.3	6.1	20.5	16	20	49.2	6.0	7.5
24	Ace Parker A. Parker	1,579	1940s	30	110	237	46.4	6.7	52.6	12	20	50.2	5.1	8.4
25	Boley Dancewicz B. Dancewicz	1,551	1940s	23	96	238	40.3	6.5	67.4	12	29	40.1	5.0	12.2

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