who led the nfl in passing yards in 1948

Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards in 1948, with 2,599 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
2,599
1948
12
185
315
58.7
8.3
216.6
22
23
78.3
7.0
7.3
2Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,175
1948
12
162
299
54.2
7.3
181.3
22
13
84.0
7.4
4.3
3Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,965
1948
12
141
246
57.3
8.0
163.8
25
11
98.4
10.2
4.5
4Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
1,390
1948
12
112
211
53.1
6.6
115.8
14
7
82.1
6.6
3.3
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,354
1948
11
87
180
48.3
7.5
123.1
14
18
60.0
7.8
10.0
6Fred Enke
F. Enke
1,328
1948
12
100
221
45.2
6.0
110.7
11
17
49.4
5.0
7.7
7Ray Mallouf
R. Mallouf
1,160
1948
12
73
143
51.0
8.1
96.7
13
6
91.2
9.1
4.2
8Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,047
1948
12
89
163
54.6
6.4
87.3
13
14
65.1
8.0
8.6
9Ray Evans
R. Evans
924
1948
9
64
137
46.7
6.7
102.7
5
17
41.7
3.6
12.4
10Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
912
1948
12
50
101
49.5
9.0
76.0
9
8
77.7
8.9
7.9
11Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
848
1948
12
82
184
44.6
4.6
70.7
5
21
27.9
2.7
11.4
12Paul Christman
P. Christman
740
1948
7
51
114
44.7
6.5
105.7
5
4
66.4
4.4
3.5
13Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
649
1948
9
46
107
43.0
6.1
72.1
7
13
45.4
6.5
12.1
14Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
611
1948
9
36
66
54.5
9.3
67.9
6
3
97.5
9.1
4.5
15Irv Comp
I. Comp
335
1948
11
16
49
32.7
6.8
30.5
1
7
25.0
2.0
14.3
16Joe Gasparella
J. Gasparella
294
1948
9
23
57
40.4
5.2
32.7
0
4
28.0
0.0
7.0
17Johnny Clement
J. Clement
281
1948
5
18
58
31.0
4.8
56.2
3
7
25.8
5.2
12.1
18Paul Governali
P. Governali
280
1948
9
27
56
48.2
5.0
31.1
1
1
61.6
1.8
1.8
19Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
276
1948
10
18
53
34.0
5.2
27.6
2
4
33.2
3.8
7.5
20Bobby Layne
B. Layne
232
1948
11
16
52
30.8
4.5
21.1
3
2
49.5
5.8
3.8
21Gene Malinowski
G. Malinowski
218
1948
12
15
54
27.8
4.0
18.2
3
7
22.8
5.6
13.0
22Boley Dancewicz
B. Dancewicz
186
1948
3
17
35
48.6
5.3
62.0
0
5
25.1
0.0
14.3
23Tommy Mont
T. Mont
157
1948
11
12
28
42.9
5.6
14.3
2
2
55.2
7.1
7.1
24Phil Slosburg
P. Slosburg
119
1948
12
8
20
40.0
6.0
9.9
1
3
37.3
5.0
15.0
25Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
118
1948
12
4
8
50.0
14.8
9.8
1
0
135.4
12.5
0.0
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