1940 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Sammy Baugh led the whole NFL in passing yards in 1940 with 1,367, 77 ahead of Davey O'Brien (1,290). It was one of 4 times Sammy Baugh led in passing yards.

Led the whole NFL in 1940 Sammy Baugh WAS

1,367 Passing Yards 77 clear of Davey O'Brien

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#	Player	Team	YDS	G	ATT	TD
1	Sammy Baugh	WAS	1,367	11	177	12
2	Davey O'Brien	PHI	1,290	11	277	5
3	PH Parker Hall	CLR	1,108	11	183	7
4	CI Cecil Isbell	GB	1,037	10	150	8
5	Sid Luckman	CHI	941	11	105	4
6	Ace Parker	BRO	817	11	111	10
7	FW Foster Watkins	PHI	565	9	85	1
8	AH Arnie Herber	GB	560	10	89	6
9	HM Hugh McCullough	CHC	529	11	116	4
10	BP Billy Patterson	PIT	529	11	117	3
11	EM Eddie Miller	NYG	505	8	73	4
12	WW Whizzer White	DET	461	11	80	0
13	FF Frank Filchock	WAS	460	10	54	6
14	CP Cotton Price	DET	456	9	66	3
15	BC Beryl Clark	CHC	316	9	58	2
16	DS Dwight Sloan	DET	260	11	46	0
17	MS Marty Slovak	CLR	234	9	28	0
18	Bernie Masterson	CHI	212	7	23	2
19	HE Hal Van Every	GB	199	9	41	4
20	KE Kay Eakin	NYG	199	7	43	0
21	Tuffy Leemans	NYG	159	10	31	2
22	GS Gaylon Smith	CLR	150	11	18	2
23	LB Len Barnum	NYG	150	10	23	3
24	Bob Snyder	CHI	145	11	22	1
25	Tommy Thompson	PIT	145	11	28	1
26	DC Dick Cassiano	BRO	128	10	30	1
27	GC George Cafego	BRO	105	10	17	1
28	BM Banks McFadden	BRO	103	11	8	1
29	CM Coley McDonough	PIT	92	4	14	0
30	BL Bill Leckonby	BRO	74	11	13	0
31	KH Ken Heineman	CLR	74	3	8	1
32	RZ Roy Zimmerman	WAS	53	6	12	0
33	George McAfee	CHI	50	10	11	2
34	BB Boyd Brumbaugh	PIT	46	8	7	0
35	BK Bob Kellogg	CHC	42	3	18	0
36	Ray Nolting	CHI	38	11	2	0
37	RK Ralph Kercheval	BRO	38	10	7	1
38	MC Merl Condit	PIT	33	10	15	0
39	LT Lou Tomasetti	PIT	30	10	6	0
40	BJ Bert Johnson	CHC	25	10	1	0
41	GL Grenny Lansdell	NYG	23	2	3	0
42	JD Johnny Drake	CLR	16	11	4	2
43	SS Solly Sherman	CHI	15	7	4	1
44	Dick Todd	WAS	7	11	1	0
45	RS Rhoten Shetley	BRO	2	11	4	0
46	Chet Adams	CLR	0	11	0	0
47	KA Ki Aldrich	CHC	0	11	0	0
48	SA Stan Andersen	CLR	0	11	0	0
49	LA Lee Artoe	CHI	0	11	0	0
50	CB Conway Baker	CHC	0	11	0	0

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