who threw the most interceptions in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most intercepted passes, with 173 interceptions.

NAMEINTGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
173
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
20,035
7.3
168.4
151
65.2
5.5
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
159
120
1,368
2,553
53.6
20,539
8.0
171.2
143
73.0
5.6
6.2
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
158
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
119
54.0
4.9
6.4
4Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
150
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
17,206
7.2
149.6
112
67.7
4.7
6.3
5Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
119
112
994
1,989
50.0
13,587
6.8
121.3
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
94
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
88
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
89
79
681
1,334
51.0
9,430
7.1
119.4
68
63.3
5.1
6.7
8Adrian Burk
A. Burk
89
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
61
52.2
5.7
8.2
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
88
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
59
57.8
5.3
8.0
10Lamar McHan
L. McHan
86
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
58
50.6
5.2
7.7
11Jim Finks
J. Finks
80
68
637
1,311
48.6
8,300
6.3
122.1
53
57.0
4.0
6.1
12Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
68
53
282
651
43.3
4,392
6.7
82.9
34
44.1
5.2
10.4
13Ed Brown
E. Brown
66
72
502
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
52
66.6
5.2
6.6
14George Blanda
G. Blanda
65
104
436
967
45.1
5,739
5.9
55.2
48
52.9
5.0
6.7
15Billy Wade
B. Wade
57
58
497
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
44
69.2
4.7
6.1
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
48
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
84
87.3
7.4
4.3
17Frankie Albert
F. Albert
43
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
27
57.7
4.5
7.2
18George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
41
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
39
70.5
6.9
7.3
19Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
39
27
201
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
23
49.0
5.3
9.1
20Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
37
48
176
362
48.6
2,588
7.1
53.9
18
49.4
5.0
10.2
21Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
36
38
179
433
41.3
2,556
5.9
67.3
13
36.5
3.0
8.3
22Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
34
35
261
498
52.4
3,761
7.6
107.5
27
66.9
5.4
6.8
23Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
33
47
267
582
45.9
4,086
7.0
86.9
22
58.5
3.8
5.7
24Bart Starr
B. Starr
32
45
289
550
52.5
3,661
6.7
81.4
19
60.9
3.5
5.8
25George Shaw
G. Shaw
32
41
234
446
52.5
3,253
7.3
79.3
22
62.7
4.9
7.2
StatMuse has season-level data for intercepted passes going back to the 1932 season.

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