1940 NFL Pass Attempts Leaders
Passes attempted
Davey O'Brien led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 1940 with 277, 94 ahead of Parker Hall (183).
Led the whole NFL in 1940
Davey O'Brien
PHI
277
Pass Attempts
94 clear of Parker Hall
Showing Pass Attempts and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | ATT | G | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
PHI | 277 | 11 | 1,290 | 5 |
| 2 | Parker Hall | CLR | 183 | 11 | 1,108 | 7 |
| 3 |
|
WAS | 177 | 11 | 1,367 | 12 |
| 4 | Cecil Isbell | GB | 150 | 10 | 1,037 | 8 |
| 5 | Billy Patterson | PIT | 117 | 11 | 529 | 3 |
| 6 | Hugh McCullough | CHC | 116 | 11 | 529 | 4 |
| 7 |
|
BRO | 111 | 11 | 817 | 10 |
| 8 |
|
CHI | 105 | 11 | 941 | 4 |
| 9 | Arnie Herber | GB | 89 | 10 | 560 | 6 |
| 10 | Foster Watkins | PHI | 85 | 9 | 565 | 1 |
| 11 | Whizzer White | DET | 80 | 11 | 461 | 0 |
| 12 | Eddie Miller | NYG | 73 | 8 | 505 | 4 |
| 13 | Cotton Price | DET | 66 | 9 | 456 | 3 |
| 14 | Beryl Clark | CHC | 58 | 9 | 316 | 2 |
| 15 | Frank Filchock | WAS | 54 | 10 | 460 | 6 |
| 16 | Dwight Sloan | DET | 46 | 11 | 260 | 0 |
| 17 | Kay Eakin | NYG | 43 | 7 | 199 | 0 |
| 18 | Hal Van Every | GB | 41 | 9 | 199 | 4 |
| 19 |
|
NYG | 31 | 10 | 159 | 2 |
| 20 | Dick Cassiano | BRO | 30 | 10 | 128 | 1 |
| 21 |
|
PIT | 28 | 11 | 145 | 1 |
| 22 | Marty Slovak | CLR | 28 | 9 | 234 | 0 |
| 23 | Len Barnum | NYG | 23 | 10 | 150 | 3 |
| 24 |
|
CHI | 23 | 7 | 212 | 2 |
| 25 |
|
CHI | 22 | 11 | 145 | 1 |
| 26 | Gaylon Smith | CLR | 18 | 11 | 150 | 2 |
| 27 | Bob Kellogg | CHC | 18 | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| 28 | George Cafego | BRO | 17 | 10 | 105 | 1 |
| 29 | Merl Condit | PIT | 15 | 10 | 33 | 0 |
| 30 | Coley McDonough | PIT | 14 | 4 | 92 | 0 |
| 31 | Bill Leckonby | BRO | 13 | 11 | 74 | 0 |
| 32 | Roy Zimmerman | WAS | 12 | 6 | 53 | 0 |
| 33 |
|
CHI | 11 | 10 | 50 | 2 |
| 34 | Banks McFadden | BRO | 8 | 11 | 103 | 1 |
| 35 | Ken Heineman | CLR | 8 | 3 | 74 | 1 |
| 36 | Ralph Kercheval | BRO | 7 | 10 | 38 | 1 |
| 37 | Boyd Brumbaugh | PIT | 7 | 8 | 46 | 0 |
| 38 | Lou Tomasetti | PIT | 6 | 10 | 30 | 0 |
| 39 | Johnny Drake | CLR | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
| 40 | Rhoten Shetley | BRO | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Solly Sherman | CHI | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| 42 | Jim Gillette | CLR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Harry Clarke | CHI | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Johnny Hall | CHC | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Grenny Lansdell | NYG | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| 46 | Lou Brock | GB | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 |
|
CHC | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | George Kiick | PIT | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 |
|
CHI | 2 | 11 | 38 | 0 |
| 50 | Kent Ryan | DET | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
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