who led the nfl in passing in 1950

Bobby Layne had the most passing yards in 1950, with 2,323 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,323
1950
DET DET
12
152
336
45.2
6.9
193.6
16
18
62.1
4.8
5.4
2 George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
2,251
1950
NYY NYY
12
140
294
47.6
7.7
187.6
22
24
64.6
7.5
8.2
3 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,061
1950
LA LA
12
127
233
54.5
8.8
171.8
18
14
85.1
7.7
6.0
4 Otto Graham
O. Graham
1,943
1950
CLE CLE
12
137
253
54.2
7.7
161.9
14
20
64.7
5.5
7.9
5 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1,884
1950
BAL BAL
12
161
315
51.1
6.0
157.0
8
19
52.9
2.5
6.0
6 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
1,767
1950
SF SF
12
155
306
50.7
5.8
147.3
14
23
52.3
4.6
7.5
7 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
1,731
1950
CHB CHB
12
121
254
47.6
6.8
144.3
4
21
41.0
1.6
8.3
8 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
1,636
1950
CHC CHC
11
117
257
45.5
6.4
148.7
17
24
49.7
6.6
9.3
9 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,608
1950
PHI PHI
12
107
239
44.8
6.7
134.0
11
22
44.4
4.6
9.2
10 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,540
1950
LA LA
12
122
213
57.3
7.2
128.3
11
13
71.7
5.2
6.1
11 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,231
1950
GB GB
12
83
224
37.1
5.5
102.6
7
24
26.7
3.1
10.7
12 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,130
1950
WAS WAS
11
90
166
54.2
6.8
102.7
10
11
68.1
6.0
6.6
13 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,000
1950
NYG NYG
11
56
132
42.4
7.6
90.9
8
7
67.1
6.1
5.3
14 Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
948
1950
WAS WAS
10
63
141
44.7
6.7
94.8
8
12
50.8
5.7
8.5
15 Joe Geri
J. Geri
866
1950
PIT PIT
12
41
113
36.3
7.7
72.2
6
15
42.4
5.3
13.3
16 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
798
1950
BAL BAL
12
43
119
36.1
6.7
66.5
6
12
37.4
5.0
10.1
17 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
720
1950
CHC CHC
10
47
108
43.5
6.7
72.0
4
7
51.5
3.7
6.5
18 Paul Christman
P. Christman
545
1950
GB GB
11
51
126
40.5
4.3
49.5
7
7
49.2
5.6
5.6
19 John Rauch
J. Rauch
502
1950
NYY NYY
8
29
51
56.9
9.8
62.8
6
2
113.4
11.8
3.9
20 Fred Enke
F. Enke
424
1950
DET DET
12
22
53
41.5
8.0
35.3
5
7
61.9
9.4
13.2
21 Joe Gasparella
J. Gasparella
383
1950
PIT PIT
11
23
54
42.6
7.1
34.8
3
5
47.1
5.6
9.3
22 Travis Tidwell
T. Tidwell
338
1950
NYG NYG
8
25
55
45.5
6.1
42.3
4
3
67.1
7.3
5.5
23 Bobby Gage
B. Gage
294
1950
PIT PIT
10
21
58
36.2
5.1
29.4
1
5
23.2
1.7
8.6
24 Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
228
1950
PHI PHI
8
14
46
30.4
5.0
28.5
4
6
37.5
8.7
13.0
25 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
180
1950
CHB CHB
11
13
37
35.1
4.9
16.4
1
2
38.1
2.7
5.4
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