who led the nfl in passing in 1955

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

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

24.0

12th

OPP PPG

25.7

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

63.0

31st

PASS YDS/G

199.3

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Browns Browns
1
2
0
.333
Ravens Ravens
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM