nfl passing leaders 1943 to 1957

Between the 1943 and 1957 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing yards, with 17,567 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
17,567
118
1,233
2,518
49.0
7.0
148.9
129
160
62.6
5.1
6.4
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
16,114
104
1,011
1,897
53.3
8.5
154.9
118
127
74.7
6.2
6.7
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
15,261
103
1,147
2,005
57.2
7.6
148.2
130
129
76.3
6.5
6.4
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
14,995
116
1,107
2,215
50.0
6.8
129.3
134
139
66.0
6.0
6.3
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
14,408
93
1,096
1,975
55.5
7.3
154.9
93
120
69.1
4.7
6.1
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
13,499
72
872
1,565
55.7
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
12,605
96
902
2,031
44.4
6.2
131.3
100
129
54.9
4.9
6.4
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
11,849
91
814
1,617
50.3
7.3
130.2
97
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
9Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
10,904
84
708
1,364
51.9
8.0
129.8
109
100
74.7
8.0
7.3
10Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
9,480
85
687
1,346
51.0
7.0
111.5
68
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
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
15Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
6,295
45
404
808
50.0
7.8
139.9
41
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
16George Blanda
G. Blanda
5,917
104
443
981
45.2
6.0
56.9
48
70
51.4
4.9
7.1
17Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
5,690
69
423
912
46.4
6.2
82.5
54
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
18Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
5,626
58
383
786
48.7
7.2
97.0
40
67
54.0
5.1
8.5
19Lamar McHan
L. McHan
5,287
48
342
814
42.0
6.5
110.1
38
64
47.0
4.7
7.9
20Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
4,735
62
293
680
43.1
7.0
76.4
44
65
49.0
6.5
9.6
21Ed Brown
E. Brown
4,578
48
275
534
51.5
8.6
95.4
29
39
68.4
5.4
7.3
22George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
4,279
53
299
565
52.9
7.6
80.7
39
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
23Fred Enke
F. Enke
4,169
68
297
689
43.1
6.1
61.3
31
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
24Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
4,048
24
282
499
56.5
8.1
168.7
33
27
82.5
6.6
5.4
25Frankie Albert
F. Albert
3,847
36
316
601
52.6
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
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