who led the nfl in passing in 1951

Bobby Layne had the most passing yards in 1951, with 2,403 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,403
1951
DET DET
12
152
332
45.8
7.2
200.3
26
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
2 Otto Graham
O. Graham
2,205
1951
CLE CLE
12
147
265
55.5
8.3
183.8
17
16
79.2
6.4
6.0
3 Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
1,797
1951
NYY NYY
11
102
238
42.9
7.6
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
4 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1,725
1951
LA LA
12
100
194
51.5
8.9
143.8
13
11
80.8
6.7
5.7
5 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,566
1951
LA LA
11
88
176
50.0
8.9
142.4
13
10
81.8
7.4
5.7
6 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,540
1951
GB GB
12
106
256
41.4
6.0
128.3
15
20
48.6
5.9
7.8
7 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
1,329
1951
PHI PHI
12
92
218
42.2
6.1
110.8
14
23
44.5
6.4
10.6
8 Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
1,306
1951
GB GB
11
125
221
56.6
5.9
118.7
11
9
73.5
5.0
4.1
9 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
1,295
1951
CHB CHB
12
85
176
48.3
7.4
107.9
8
8
69.2
4.5
4.5
10 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,277
1951
NYG NYG
12
93
189
49.2
6.8
106.4
10
22
49.3
5.3
11.6
11 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
1,191
1951
CHC CHC
12
88
191
46.1
6.2
99.3
8
13
52.1
4.2
6.8
12 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
1,116
1951
SF SF
12
90
166
54.2
6.7
93.0
5
10
60.2
3.0
6.0
13 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,104
1951
WAS WAS
12
67
154
43.5
7.2
92.0
7
17
43.8
4.5
11.0
14 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
809
1951
CHC CHC
7
56
114
49.1
7.1
115.6
3
10
44.8
2.6
8.8
15 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
808
1951
SF SF
12
63
114
55.3
7.1
67.3
8
9
68.2
7.0
7.9
16 Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
791
1951
CHB CHB
12
43
101
42.6
7.8
65.9
3
9
43.0
3.0
8.9
17 Chuck Ortmann
C. Ortmann
671
1951
PIT PIT
12
56
139
40.3
4.8
55.9
3
13
24.0
2.2
9.4
18 Joe Geri
J. Geri
506
1951
PIT PIT
12
29
90
32.2
5.6
42.2
2
7
27.4
2.2
7.8
19 Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
391
1951
WAS WAS
10
31
68
45.6
5.8
39.1
1
6
32.2
1.5
8.8
20 George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
340
1951
NYY NYY
6
31
67
46.3
5.1
56.7
2
6
34.4
3.0
9.0
21 Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
333
1951
PHI PHI
6
23
54
42.6
6.2
55.5
3
5
43.2
5.6
9.3
22 John Rauch
J. Rauch
288
1951
TOT
10
30
94
31.9
3.1
28.8
1
4
27.3
1.1
4.3
23 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
256
1951
PIT PIT
12
16
43
37.2
6.0
21.3
2
4
34.6
4.7
9.3
24 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
251
1951
NYY NYY
12
13
33
39.4
7.6
20.9
1
3
38.8
3.0
9.1
25 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
244
1951
CHC CHC
3
17
29
58.6
8.4
81.3
2
1
94.6
6.9
3.4
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