who led the nfl in passing 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
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
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
3Parker Hall
P. Hall
1,108
1940
11
77
183
42.1
6.1
100.7
7
16
38.7
3.8
8.7
4Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
1,037
1940
10
68
150
45.3
6.9
103.7
8
12
53.1
5.3
8.0
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
941
1940
11
48
105
45.7
9.0
85.5
4
9
54.5
3.8
8.6
6Ace Parker
A. Parker
817
1940
11
49
111
44.1
7.4
74.3
10
7
73.3
9.0
6.3
7Foster Watkins
F. Watkins
565
1940
9
28
85
32.9
6.6
62.8
1
3
46.4
1.2
3.5
8Arnie Herber
A. Herber
560
1940
10
38
89
42.7
6.3
56.0
6
7
53.6
6.7
7.9
9Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
529
1940
11
43
116
37.1
4.6
48.1
4
21
23.9
3.4
18.1
10Billy Patterson
B. Patterson
529
1940
11
34
117
29.1
4.5
48.1
3
15
14.9
2.6
12.8
11Eddie Miller
E. Miller
505
1940
8
35
73
47.9
6.9
63.1
4
7
49.5
5.5
9.6
12Whizzer White
W. White
461
1940
11
35
80
43.8
5.8
41.9
0
12
23.0
0.0
15.0
13Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
460
1940
10
28
54
51.9
8.5
46.0
6
9
78.2
11.1
16.7
14Cotton Price
C. Price
456
1940
9
33
66
50.0
6.9
50.7
3
7
48.1
4.5
10.6
15Beryl Clark
B. Clark
316
1940
9
25
58
43.1
5.4
35.1
2
6
32.6
3.4
10.3
16Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
260
1940
11
18
46
39.1
5.7
23.6
0
8
18.7
0.0
17.4
17Marty Slovak
M. Slovak
234
1940
9
17
28
60.7
8.4
26.0
0
4
47.9
0.0
14.3
18Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
212
1940
7
9
23
39.1
9.2
30.3
2
3
62.5
8.7
13.0
19Kay Eakin
K. Eakin
199
1940
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
9
12
41
29.3
4.9
22.1
4
6
40.2
9.8
14.6
21Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
159
1940
10
15
31
48.4
5.1
15.9
2
3
45.7
6.5
9.7
22Len Barnum
L. Barnum
150
1940
10
9
23
39.1
6.5
15.0
3
2
65.2
13.0
8.7
23Gaylon Smith
G. Smith
150
1940
11
10
18
55.6
8.3
13.6
2
2
80.6
11.1
11.1
24Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
145
1940
11
5
22
22.7
6.6
13.2
1
1
50.8
4.5
4.5
25Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
145
1940
11
9
28
32.1
5.2
13.2
1
3
22.8
3.6
10.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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