most passing yards 1944 to 1958

Between the 1944 and 1958 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 20,077 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by a player 1944 to 1958
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
20,077
130
1,378
2,812
49.0
7.1
154.4
143
172
64.1
5.1
6.1
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
18,523
116
1,209
2,271
53.2
8.2
159.7
133
147
73.0
5.9
6.5
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
16,194
126
1,195
2,399
49.8
6.8
128.5
144
148
66.0
6.0
6.2
4Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
15,875
104
1,216
2,183
55.7
7.3
152.6
102
135
68.6
4.7
6.2
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
14,283
108
1,020
2,288
44.6
6.2
132.3
114
139
56.5
5.0
6.1
6Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
13,507
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
7.6
145.2
107
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
9Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
10Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
8,710
74
598
1,162
51.5
7.5
117.7
81
88
67.9
7.0
7.6
11Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,622
79
661
1,382
47.8
6.2
109.1
55
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
12Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
7,871
66
542
1,031
52.6
7.6
119.3
74
70
73.3
7.2
6.8
13Paul Christman
P. Christman
7,294
61
504
1,140
44.2
6.4
119.6
58
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
7,001
82
500
1,079
46.3
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
15Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
6,991
70
462
931
49.6
7.5
99.9
51
77
58.5
5.5
8.3
16Lamar McHan
L. McHan
6,578
60
433
1,012
42.8
6.5
109.6
50
77
49.6
4.9
7.6
17Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
18Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
6,055
34
418
762
54.9
7.9
178.1
52
34
85.1
6.8
4.5
19Ed Brown
E. Brown
5,996
60
377
752
50.1
8.0
99.9
39
56
63.3
5.2
7.4
20George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,936
116
445
988
45.0
6.0
51.2
48
70
51.3
4.9
7.1
21Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
22Billy Wade
B. Wade
5,277
46
344
673
51.1
7.8
114.7
32
40
68.4
4.8
5.9
23Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
4,392
53
282
651
43.3
6.7
82.9
34
68
44.1
5.2
10.4
24George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
4,279
53
299
565
52.9
7.6
80.7
39
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
25Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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