who was the first nfl qb to ever throw for 5000 yds

Sid Luckman had 14,050 passing yards in his career.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first NFL qb to ever throw for 5000 or more yds?
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
14,050
117
881
1,693
52.0
8.3
120.1
132
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
2Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
10,240
88
723
1,396
51.8
7.3
116.4
90
100
67.4
6.4
7.2
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
13,507
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
7.6
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
4Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9,654
67
641
1,295
49.5
7.5
144.1
83
104
62.3
6.4
8.0
6Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
7Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26,768
175
1,814
3,700
49.0
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
8Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
9George Blanda
G. Blanda
24,622
180
1,750
3,653
47.9
6.7
136.8
208
248
60.8
5.7
6.8
10Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
17,313
149
1,256
2,534
49.6
6.8
116.2
151
154
66.4
6.0
6.1
11Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
12Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
10,282
75
879
1,745
50.4
5.9
137.1
69
124
52.2
4.0
7.1
13Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
23,611
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
8.2
168.7
173
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6,440
70
463
997
46.4
6.5
92.0
57
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
15Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
16Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18,850
149
1,329
2,907
45.7
6.5
126.5
148
191
56.8
5.1
6.6
17Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
28,339
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
7.4
159.2
212
221
73.6
5.6
5.8
18Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,064
47
618
1,278
48.4
6.3
171.6
52
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
19Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
13,399
134
898
1,796
50.0
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
20Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
8,433
103
626
1,190
52.6
7.1
81.9
61
74
66.6
5.1
6.2
21Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
21,265
177
1,475
3,153
46.8
6.7
120.1
165
203
59.8
5.2
6.4
0
0
22Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
10,345
132
762
1,484
51.3
7.0
78.4
65
122
54.3
4.4
8.2
1
12
23Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
11,760
111
770
1,752
43.9
6.7
105.9
73
108
54.9
4.2
6.2
24Al Dorow
A. Dorow
7,708
69
572
1,207
47.4
6.4
111.7
64
93
53.8
5.3
7.7
25Lamar McHan
L. McHan
9,449
113
610
1,442
42.3
6.6
83.6
73
108
50.3
5.1
7.5
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