who threw for the most passing yards in a season from 1922 to 1950

Between the 1922 and 1950 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing yards in a season, with 2,938 yards in 1947.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 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
2 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
3 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
2,658
1949
CHB CHB
12
162
312
51.9
8.5
221.5
23
22
76.0
7.4
7.1
4 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
5 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,323
1950
DET DET
12
152
336
45.2
6.9
193.6
16
18
62.1
4.8
5.4
6 George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
2,251
1950
NYY NYY
12
140
294
47.6
7.7
187.6
22
24
64.6
7.5
8.2
7 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
8 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
9 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,175
1948
NYG NYG
12
162
299
54.2
7.3
181.3
22
13
84.0
7.4
4.3
10 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
2,168
1949
LA LA
12
154
296
52.0
7.3
180.7
17
24
61.3
5.7
8.1
11 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
2,138
1949
NYG NYG
12
152
305
49.8
7.0
178.2
17
20
64.1
5.6
6.6
12 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
2,061
1950
LA LA
12
127
233
54.5
8.8
171.8
18
14
85.1
7.7
6.0
13 Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
2,021
1942
GB GB
11
146
268
54.5
7.5
183.7
24
14
87.0
9.0
5.2
14 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,965
1948
PHI PHI
12
141
246
57.3
8.0
163.8
25
11
98.4
10.2
4.5
15 Otto Graham
O. Graham
1,943
1950
CLE CLE
12
137
253
54.2
7.7
161.9
14
20
64.7
5.5
7.9
16 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,903
1949
WAS WAS
12
145
255
56.9
7.5
158.6
18
14
81.2
7.1
5.5
17 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1,884
1950
BAL BAL
12
161
315
51.1
6.0
157.0
8
19
52.9
2.5
6.0
18 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
19 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,796
1949
NYB NYB
12
155
299
51.8
6.0
149.7
9
18
55.3
3.0
6.0
20 Paul Governali
P. Governali
1,775
1947
TOT
12
108
252
42.9
7.0
147.9
17
22
53.3
6.7
8.7
21 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
1,767
1950
SF SF
12
155
306
50.7
5.8
147.3
14
23
52.3
4.6
7.5
22 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
1,754
1943
WAS WAS
10
133
239
55.6
7.3
175.4
23
19
78.0
9.6
7.9
23 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
24 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
1,731
1950
CHB CHB
12
121
254
47.6
6.8
144.3
4
21
41.0
1.6
8.3
25 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
1,727
1949
PHI PHI
12
116
214
54.2
8.1
143.9
16
11
84.4
7.5
5.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.8

8th

OPP PPG

22.8

18th

RUSH YDS/G

154.8

2nd

PASS YDS/G

199.0

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

2 - 2 - 0

34

Final

27

WAS Commanders

2 - 2 - 0

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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM