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1939 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Yards gained passing

Davey O'Brien led the NFL with 1,324 passing yards in 1939, 97 ahead of Parker Hall (1,227).

Davey O'Brien Led the whole NFL in 1939 Davey O'Brien PHI
1,324 Passing Yards 97 clear of Parker Hall
Showing Passing Yards and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team YDS G ATT TD
1 Davey O'Brien Davey O'Brien PHI 1,324 11 201 6
2 Parker Hall CLR 1,227 11 208 9
3 Arnie Herber Arnie Herber GB 1,107 10 139 8
4 Frank Filchock Frank Filchock WAS 1,094 11 89 11
5 Ace Parker Ace Parker BRO 977 11 157 4
6 Bernie Masterson Bernie Masterson CHI 914 11 113 8
7 Cecil Isbell Cecil Isbell GB 749 11 103 6
8 Dwight Sloan DET 658 10 102 2
9 Sid Luckman Sid Luckman CHI 636 11 51 5
10 Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh WAS 518 9 96 6
11 Jack Robbins CHC 499 8 85 4
12 Hugh McCullough PIT 443 10 100 2
13 Ed Danowski Ed Danowski NYG 437 11 101 3
14 Coley McDonough PIT 365 11 47 2
15 Darrell Tully DET 356 9 75 2
16 Johnny Pingel DET 343 9 48 3
17 Frank Patrick CHC 291 8 79 1
18 Billy Patterson CHI 227 8 38 3
19 Bert Johnson CHC 208 10 40 0
20 Tuffy Leemans Tuffy Leemans NYG 198 10 26 0
21 Eddie Miller NYG 195 8 23 2
22 Len Barnum Len Barnum NYG 141 11 27 3
23 Lou Tomasetti PIT 140 11 47 1
24 Bob Snyder Bob Snyder CHI 135 8 12 0
25 Emmett Mortell Emmett Mortell PHI 134 8 41 1
26 Boyd Brumbaugh PIT 121 11 9 2
27 Marty Slovak CLR 97 10 27 2
28 Jimmy German WAS 97 8 12 1
29 Ernie Wheeler PIT 94 7 17 1
30 Dick Todd Dick Todd WAS 86 10 4 0
31 Kelly Moan CLR 77 2 9 1
32 Dave Smukler PHI 56 4 20 0
33 Milt Popovich CHC 52 10 6 0
34 Solly Sherman CHI 43 7 4 0
35 Ray Carnelly BRO 35 9 14 0
36 Jimmy Lawrence GB 15 4 4 0
37 Dick Nardi BRO 12 6 5 0
38 Branko Smilanich CLR 11 2 2 0
39 Joe Maniaci Joe Maniaci CHI 10 9 2 0
40 Bob Masters PIT 9 4 3 0
41 Bill Davidson PIT 8 7 7 0
42 Ralph Kercheval BRO 7 9 1 0
43 Earl Crowder CHC 6 6 7 0
44 Ace Gutowsky Ace Gutowsky BRO 5 9 1 0
45 Marshall Goldberg Marshall Goldberg CHC 4 10 7 0
46 Gaylon Smith CLR 3 11 5 0
47 Dick Riffle Dick Riffle PHI 2 10 4 0
48 Rock Reed CHC 2 4 1 0
49 Sam Agee CHC 0 11 3 0
50 Ki Aldrich CHC 0 11 0 0
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