who was the first nfl quarterback to throw over 1000 yards in nfl season

Davey O'Brien connected for 1,290 yards in 1940.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,290
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
2 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,181
1941
CHB CHB
11
68
119
57.1
9.9
107.4
9
6
95.3
7.6
5.0
3 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,024
1942
CHB CHB
11
57
105
54.3
9.8
93.1
10
13
80.1
9.5
12.4
4 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,410
1942
PHI PHI
11
95
203
46.8
6.9
128.2
8
16
50.3
3.9
7.9
5 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
2,194
1943
CHB CHB
10
110
202
54.5
10.9
219.4
28
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
6 Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
1,139
1944
WAS WAS
10
84
147
57.1
7.7
113.9
13
9
86.0
8.8
6.1
7 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,018
1944
CHB CHB
7
71
143
49.7
7.1
145.4
11
12
63.8
7.7
8.4
8 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,669
1945
WAS WAS
8
128
182
70.3
9.2
208.6
11
4
109.9
6.0
2.2
9 Paul Christman
P. Christman
1,147
1945
CHC CHC
8
89
219
40.6
5.2
143.4
5
12
42.6
2.3
5.5
10 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,727
1945
CHB CHB
10
117
217
53.9
8.0
172.7
14
10
82.5
6.5
4.6
11 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,609
1945
CLE CLE
10
89
171
52.0
9.4
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
12 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,163
1946
WAS WAS
11
87
161
54.0
7.2
105.7
8
17
54.2
5.0
10.6
13 Paul Christman
P. Christman
1,656
1946
CHC CHC
11
100
229
43.7
7.2
150.5
13
18
54.8
5.7
7.9
14 Paul Governali
P. Governali
1,293
1946
BOS
11
83
192
43.2
6.7
117.5
13
10
67.0
6.8
5.2
15 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
1,826
1946
CHB CHB
11
110
229
48.0
8.0
166.0
17
16
71.0
7.4
7.0
16 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,747
1946
LA LA
11
127
251
50.6
7.0
158.8
17
17
67.6
6.8
6.8
17 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
2,938
1947
WAS WAS
12
210
354
59.3
8.3
244.8
25
15
92.0
7.1
4.2
18 Paul Christman
P. Christman
2,191
1947
CHC CHC
12
138
301
45.8
7.3
182.6
17
22
59.0
5.6
7.3
19 Boley Dancewicz
B. Dancewicz
1,203
1947
BOS
12
66
169
39.1
7.1
100.3
11
18
46.4
6.5
10.7
20 Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,615
1947
GB GB
12
108
242
44.6
6.7
134.6
16
17
59.8
6.6
7.0
21 Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
1,384
1947
DET DET
9
94
175
53.7
7.9
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
11.4
22 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
2,712
1947
CHB CHB
12
176
323
54.5
8.4
226.0
24
31
67.7
7.4
9.6
23 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,680
1947
PHI PHI
12
106
201
52.7
8.4
140.0
16
15
76.3
8.0
7.5
24 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
1,210
1947
LA LA
12
96
221
43.4
5.5
100.8
8
18
39.2
3.6
8.1
25 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
2,599
1948
WAS WAS
12
185
315
58.7
8.3
216.6
22
23
78.3
7.0
7.3
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