who led the nfl in passing in 1953

Otto Graham had the most passing yards in 1953, with 2,722 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Otto Graham
O. Graham
2,722
1953
CLE CLE
12
167
258
64.7
10.6
226.8
11
9
99.7
4.3
3.5
2Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
2,462
1953
PHI PHI
12
162
304
53.3
8.1
205.2
21
20
75.8
6.9
6.6
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,393
1953
LA LA
12
156
286
54.5
8.4
199.4
19
14
84.1
6.6
4.9
4George Blanda
G. Blanda
2,164
1953
CHB CHB
12
169
362
46.7
6.0
180.3
14
23
52.3
3.9
6.4
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
2,121
1953
SF SF
11
149
259
57.5
8.2
192.8
20
16
84.1
7.7
6.2
6Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,088
1953
DET DET
12
125
273
45.8
7.6
174.0
16
21
59.6
5.9
7.7
7Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,711
1953
NYG NYG
12
143
303
47.2
5.6
142.6
13
25
44.9
4.3
8.3
8Jim Finks
J. Finks
1,484
1953
PIT PIT
11
131
292
44.9
5.1
134.9
8
14
49.8
2.7
4.8
9Jim Root
J. Root
1,149
1953
CHC CHC
11
80
192
41.7
6.0
104.5
8
11
51.8
4.2
5.7
10Fred Enke
F. Enke
1,054
1953
BAL BAL
8
71
169
42.0
6.2
131.8
8
15
41.9
4.7
8.9
11Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,005
1953
GB GB
12
72
185
38.9
5.4
83.8
5
15
32.4
2.7
8.1
12Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
874
1953
WAS WAS
12
62
149
41.6
5.9
72.8
3
17
28.3
2.0
11.4
13Jack Scarbath
J. Scarbath
862
1953
WAS WAS
12
45
129
34.9
6.7
71.8
9
12
43.5
7.0
9.3
14Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
830
1953
GB GB
12
74
166
44.6
5.0
69.2
4
19
28.5
2.4
11.4
15Adrian Burk
A. Burk
788
1953
PHI PHI
10
56
119
47.1
6.6
78.8
4
9
48.6
3.4
7.6
16Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
650
1953
TOT
7
51
125
40.8
5.2
92.9
4
11
31.8
3.2
8.8
17Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
506
1953
TOT
7
54
109
49.5
4.6
72.3
2
8
38.2
1.8
7.3
18Tommy O'Connell
T. O'Connell
437
1953
CHB CHB
12
33
67
49.3
6.5
36.4
1
4
50.4
1.5
6.0
19George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
301
1953
CLE CLE
9
23
41
56.1
7.3
33.4
4
0
111.9
9.8
0.0
20Jim Powers
J. Powers
259
1953
SF SF
12
22
49
44.9
5.3
21.6
1
2
51.3
2.0
4.1
21Jack Del Bello
J. Del Bello
229
1953
BAL BAL
5
27
61
44.3
3.8
45.8
1
5
25.9
1.6
8.2
22George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
211
1953
BAL BAL
11
15
55
27.3
3.8
19.2
2
5
17.3
3.6
9.1
23Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
195
1953
CHC CHC
12
20
34
58.8
5.7
16.3
2
1
82.4
5.9
2.9
24Ray Nagel
R. Nagel
192
1953
CHC CHC
4
30
62
48.4
3.1
48.0
0
5
21.7
0.0
8.1
25Tom Dublinski
T. Dublinski
174
1953
DET DET
7
14
30
46.7
5.8
24.9
0
5
25.6
0.0
16.7
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