who led the nfl in passing in 1955

Jim Finks had the most passing yards in 1955, with 2,270 yards.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jim Finks
J. Finks
2,270
1955
12
165
344
48.0
6.6
189.2
10
26
47.7
2.9
7.6
2Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
2,185
1955
12
147
287
51.2
7.6
182.1
17
28
56.6
5.9
9.8
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
1,977
1955
12
157
342
45.9
5.8
164.8
17
19
57.8
5.0
5.6
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1,890
1955
12
144
272
52.9
6.9
157.5
8
15
62.0
2.9
5.5
5Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,830
1955
12
143
270
53.0
6.8
152.5
11
17
61.8
4.1
6.3
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
1,721
1955
12
98
185
53.0
9.3
143.4
15
8
94.0
8.1
4.3
7George Shaw
G. Shaw
1,586
1955
12
119
237
50.2
6.7
132.2
10
19
52.5
4.2
8.0
8Adrian Burk
A. Burk
1,359
1955
12
110
228
48.2
6.0
113.3
9
17
49.2
3.9
7.5
9Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
1,337
1955
10
88
171
51.5
7.8
133.7
10
7
80.0
5.8
4.1
10Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
1,310
1955
12
98
202
48.5
6.5
109.2
13
13
64.2
6.4
6.4
11Ed Brown
E. Brown
1,307
1955
12
85
164
51.8
8.0
108.9
9
10
71.4
5.5
6.1
12Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
1,270
1955
12
79
178
44.4
7.1
105.8
9
15
50.5
5.1
8.4
13Lamar McHan
L. McHan
1,085
1955
12
78
207
37.7
5.2
90.4
11
19
34.8
5.3
9.2
14Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
633
1955
8
58
122
47.5
5.2
79.1
2
4
55.1
1.6
3.3
15George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
504
1955
10
32
47
68.1
10.7
50.4
6
3
116.5
12.8
6.4
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
459
1955
12
42
97
43.3
4.7
38.3
4
7
41.6
4.1
7.2
17Don Heinrich
D. Heinrich
413
1955
10
31
67
46.3
6.2
41.3
2
2
63.8
3.0
3.0
18Ogden Compton
O. Compton
339
1955
9
22
61
36.1
5.6
37.7
1
6
21.2
1.6
9.8
19Billy Wade
B. Wade
316
1955
7
31
71
43.7
4.5
45.1
1
3
44.1
1.4
4.2
20Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
280
1955
7
24
43
55.8
6.5
40.0
2
3
62.2
4.7
7.0
21Bob Williams
B. Williams
256
1955
10
15
40
37.5
6.4
25.6
3
5
45.4
7.5
12.5
22Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
242
1955
9
20
62
32.3
3.9
26.9
2
4
29.1
3.2
6.5
23Gary Kerkorian
G. Kerkorian
209
1955
7
15
29
51.7
7.2
29.9
1
3
47.1
3.4
10.3
24Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
96
1955
11
2
6
33.3
16.0
8.7
2
0
121.5
33.3
0.0
25Bill Stits
B. Stits
62
1955
12
2
2
100.0
31.0
5.2
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0

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