most passing yards 1946 to 1955 by a qb

Between the 1946 and 1955 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards by a quarterback, with 14,489 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
14,489
95
1,017
2,095
48.5
6.9
152.5
114
131
63.4
5.4
6.3
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
13,043
80
811
1,508
53.8
8.6
163.0
91
94
77.1
6.0
6.2
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
10,989
77
804
1,438
55.9
7.6
142.7
92
98
73.4
6.4
6.8
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
10,610
71
796
1,478
53.9
7.2
149.4
73
93
67.1
4.9
6.3
6Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
9,965
80
727
1,510
48.1
6.6
124.6
91
108
60.0
6.0
7.2
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
9,332
72
680
1,546
44.0
6.0
129.6
71
104
51.2
4.6
6.7
8Jim Finks
J. Finks
8,064
47
618
1,278
48.4
6.3
171.6
52
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
8,045
57
552
1,124
49.1
7.2
141.1
69
87
61.0
6.1
7.7
10Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
7,731
61
559
1,090
51.3
7.1
126.7
60
59
70.2
5.5
5.4
11Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
7,725
58
527
1,003
52.5
7.7
133.2
74
68
74.3
7.4
6.8
12Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
13Paul Christman
P. Christman
6,147
53
415
921
45.1
6.7
116.0
53
64
57.7
5.8
6.9
14Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6,014
58
424
915
46.3
6.6
103.7
56
78
53.0
6.1
8.5
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
5,965
57
410
802
51.1
7.4
104.6
56
66
64.7
7.0
8.2
16Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
4,749
56
351
762
46.1
6.2
84.8
33
52
52.4
4.3
6.8
18Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
19George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
3,881
49
260
508
51.2
7.6
79.2
38
38
70.3
7.5
7.5
20Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
21Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
3,564
36
237
521
45.5
6.8
99.0
26
47
47.5
5.0
9.0
22Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
2,961
32
197
388
50.8
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
23Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
2,606
31
217
468
46.4
5.6
84.1
18
39
42.0
3.8
8.3
24Lamar McHan
L. McHan
2,560
24
183
462
39.6
5.5
106.7
17
41
33.5
3.7
8.9
25Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
2,556
38
179
433
41.3
5.9
67.3
13
36
36.5
3.0
8.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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