who has the most passing yards in a decade 50s

From 1950 through 1959, Norm Van Brocklin had the most passing yards, with 20,539 yards in the 1950s.

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	NAME	YDS	DECADE	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	20,539	1950s	120	1,368	2,553	53.6	8.0	171.2	143	159	73.0	5.6	6.2
2	Bobby Layne B. Layne	20,035	1950s	119	1,349	2,758	48.9	7.3	168.4	151	173	65.2	5.5	6.3
3	Y.A. Tittle	17,206	1950s	115	1,318	2,382	55.3	7.2	149.6	112	150	67.7	4.7	6.3
4	Tobin Rote T. Rote	15,144	1950s	118	1,082	2,450	44.2	6.2	128.3	119	158	54.0	4.9	6.4
5	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	13,587	1950s	112	994	1,989	50.0	6.8	121.3	119	119	67.2	6.0	6.0
6	Otto Graham O. Graham	13,499	1950s	72	872	1,565	55.7	8.6	187.5	88	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
7	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	9,430	1950s	79	681	1,334	51.0	7.1	119.4	68	89	63.3	5.1	6.7
8	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	8,954	1950s	46	611	1,129	54.1	7.9	194.7	84	48	87.3	7.4	4.3
9	Jim Finks J. Finks	8,300	1950s	68	637	1,311	48.6	6.3	122.1	53	80	57.0	4.0	6.1
10	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	8,068	1950s	82	539	1,104	48.8	7.3	98.4	59	88	57.8	5.3	8.0
11	Ed Brown E. Brown	7,877	1950s	72	502	999	50.3	7.9	109.4	52	66	66.6	5.2	6.6
12	Lamar McHan L. McHan	7,383	1950s	72	481	1,120	42.9	6.6	102.5	58	86	50.6	5.2	7.7
13	Billy Wade B. Wade	7,278	1950s	58	497	934	53.2	7.8	125.5	44	57	69.2	4.7	6.1
14	Adrian Burk A. Burk	7,001	1950s	82	500	1,079	46.3	6.5	85.4	61	89	52.2	5.7	8.2
15	George Blanda G. Blanda	5,739	1950s	104	436	967	45.1	5.9	55.2	48	65	52.9	5.0	6.7
16	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	4,392	1950s	53	282	651	43.3	6.7	82.9	34	68	44.1	5.2	10.4
17	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	4,279	1950s	53	299	565	52.9	7.6	80.7	39	41	70.5	6.9	7.3
18	Milt Plum M. Plum	4,201	1950s	33	299	531	56.3	7.9	127.3	27	24	80.1	5.1	4.5
19	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	4,086	1950s	47	267	582	45.9	7.0	86.9	22	33	58.5	3.8	5.7
20	Frankie Albert F. Albert	3,847	1950s	36	316	601	52.6	6.4	106.9	27	43	57.7	4.5	7.2
21	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	3,761	1950s	35	261	498	52.4	7.6	107.5	27	34	66.9	5.4	6.8
22	Bart Starr B. Starr	3,661	1950s	45	289	550	52.5	6.7	81.4	19	32	60.9	3.5	5.8
23	George Shaw G. Shaw	3,253	1950s	41	234	446	52.5	7.3	79.3	22	32	62.7	4.9	7.2
24	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	3,026	1950s	24	206	430	47.9	7.0	126.1	12	29	52.5	2.8	6.7
25	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	2,879	1950s	27	201	430	46.7	6.7	106.6	23	39	49.0	5.3	9.1

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