who led the league in passing yards in 1940

Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards in 1940, with 1,367 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,367
1940
WAS WAS
11
111
177
62.7
7.7
124.3
12
10
85.6
6.8
5.6
2Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,290
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
3Parker Hall
P. Hall
1,108
1940
CLE CLE
11
77
183
42.1
6.1
100.7
7
16
38.7
3.8
8.7
4Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
1,037
1940
GB GB
10
68
150
45.3
6.9
103.7
8
12
53.1
5.3
8.0
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
941
1940
CHB CHB
11
48
105
45.7
9.0
85.5
4
9
54.5
3.8
8.6
6Ace Parker
A. Parker
817
1940
BKN
11
49
111
44.1
7.4
74.3
10
7
73.3
9.0
6.3
7Foster Watkins
F. Watkins
565
1940
PHI PHI
9
28
85
32.9
6.6
62.8
1
3
46.4
1.2
3.5
8Arnie Herber
A. Herber
560
1940
GB GB
10
38
89
42.7
6.3
56.0
6
7
53.6
6.7
7.9
9Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
529
1940
CHC CHC
11
43
116
37.1
4.6
48.1
4
21
23.9
3.4
18.1
10Billy Patterson
B. Patterson
529
1940
PIT PIT
11
34
117
29.1
4.5
48.1
3
15
14.9
2.6
12.8
11Eddie Miller
E. Miller
505
1940
NYG NYG
8
35
73
47.9
6.9
63.1
4
7
49.5
5.5
9.6
12Whizzer White
W. White
461
1940
DET DET
11
35
80
43.8
5.8
41.9
0
12
23.0
0.0
15.0
13Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
460
1940
WAS WAS
10
28
54
51.9
8.5
46.0
6
9
78.2
11.1
16.7
14Cotton Price
C. Price
456
1940
DET DET
9
33
66
50.0
6.9
50.7
3
7
48.1
4.5
10.6
15Beryl Clark
B. Clark
316
1940
CHC CHC
9
25
58
43.1
5.4
35.1
2
6
32.6
3.4
10.3
16Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
260
1940
DET DET
11
18
46
39.1
5.7
23.6
0
8
18.7
0.0
17.4
17Marty Slovak
M. Slovak
234
1940
CLE CLE
9
17
28
60.7
8.4
26.0
0
4
47.9
0.0
14.3
18Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
212
1940
CHB CHB
7
9
23
39.1
9.2
30.3
2
3
62.5
8.7
13.0
19Kay Eakin
K. Eakin
199
1940
NYG NYG
7
17
43
39.5
4.6
28.4
0
3
25.2
0.0
7.0
20Hal Van Every
H. Van Every
199
1940
GB GB
9
12
41
29.3
4.9
22.1
4
6
40.2
9.8
14.6
21Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
159
1940
NYG NYG
10
15
31
48.4
5.1
15.9
2
3
45.7
6.5
9.7
22Len Barnum
L. Barnum
150
1940
NYG NYG
10
9
23
39.1
6.5
15.0
3
2
65.2
13.0
8.7
23Gaylon Smith
G. Smith
150
1940
CLE CLE
11
10
18
55.6
8.3
13.6
2
2
80.6
11.1
11.1
24Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
145
1940
CHB CHB
11
5
22
22.7
6.6
13.2
1
1
50.8
4.5
4.5
25Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
145
1940
PIT PIT
11
9
28
32.1
5.2
13.2
1
3
22.8
3.6
10.7
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