1950 NFL Quarterback Leaders
Every 1950 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Bobby Layne led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1950, with 2,323. Norm Van Brocklin led in passer rating (85.1), yards per attempt (8.85), completion percentage (54.5%) and touchdown percentage (7.7%). Bobby Layne also led in passing yards per game (193.6), interception percentage (5.4%) and rushing yards (250).
Passing Every NFL passing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.
Passing Yards
YDS- 1 Bobby Layne 2,323
- 2 George Ratterman 2,251
- 3 Norm Van Brocklin 2,061
- 4 Otto Graham 1,943
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 1,884
- 6 Tommy Thompson 1,608
- 7 Tobin Rote 1,231
- 8 Sammy Baugh 1,130
- 9 Charlie Conerly 1,000
- 10 Harry Gilmer 948
- 1 George Ratterman 22
- 2 Norm Van Brocklin 18
- 3 Bobby Layne 16
- 4 Otto Graham 14
- 5 Tommy Thompson 11
- 6 Sammy Baugh 10
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 8
- 7 Charlie Conerly 8
- 7 Harry Gilmer 8
- 10 Tobin Rote 7
Passer Rating
RTG- 1 Norm Van Brocklin 85.1
- 2 Otto Graham 64.7
- 3 George Ratterman 64.6
- 4 Bobby Layne 62.1
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 52.9
- 6 Tommy Thompson 44.4
- 7 Tobin Rote 26.7
- 1 Norm Van Brocklin 8.85
- 2 Otto Graham 7.68
- 3 George Ratterman 7.66
- 4 Bobby Layne 6.91
- 5 Tommy Thompson 6.73
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 5.98
- 7 Tobin Rote 5.50
- 1 Norm Van Brocklin 54.5%
- 2 Otto Graham 54.2%
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 51.1%
- 4 George Ratterman 47.6%
- 5 Bobby Layne 45.2%
- 6 Tommy Thompson 44.8%
- 7 Tobin Rote 37.1%
- 1 Bobby Layne 193.6
- 2 George Ratterman 187.6
- 3 Norm Van Brocklin 171.8
- 4 Otto Graham 161.9
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 157.0
- 6 Tommy Thompson 134.0
- 7 Tobin Rote 102.6
Completions
CMP- 1 Y.A. Tittle 161
- 2 Bobby Layne 152
- 3 George Ratterman 140
- 4 Otto Graham 137
- 5 Norm Van Brocklin 127
- 6 Tommy Thompson 107
- 7 Sammy Baugh 90
- 8 Tobin Rote 83
- 9 Harry Gilmer 63
- 10 Charlie Conerly 56
Pass Attempts
ATT- 1 Bobby Layne 336
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 315
- 3 George Ratterman 294
- 4 Otto Graham 253
- 5 Tommy Thompson 239
- 6 Norm Van Brocklin 233
- 7 Tobin Rote 224
- 8 Sammy Baugh 166
- 9 Harry Gilmer 141
- 10 Charlie Conerly 132
- 1 Norm Van Brocklin 7.7%
- 2 George Ratterman 7.5%
- 3 Otto Graham 5.5%
- 4 Bobby Layne 4.8%
- 5 Tommy Thompson 4.6%
- 6 Tobin Rote 3.1%
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 2.5%
- 1 George Ratterman 24
- 1 Tobin Rote 24
- 3 Tommy Thompson 22
- 4 Otto Graham 20
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 19
- 6 Bobby Layne 18
- 7 Norm Van Brocklin 14
- 8 Harry Gilmer 12
- 9 Sammy Baugh 11
- 10 Fred Enke 7
- 1 Bobby Layne 5.4%
- 2 Norm Van Brocklin 6.0%
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 6.0%
- 4 Otto Graham 7.9%
- 5 George Ratterman 8.2%
- 6 Tommy Thompson 9.2%
- 7 Tobin Rote 10.7%
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Bobby Layne 250
- 2 Tobin Rote 158
- 3 Otto Graham 145
- 3 Harry Gilmer 145
- 5 Travis Tidwell 133
- 6 Bill Mackrides 82
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 77
- 8 Frank Tripucka 35
- 9 Tommy Thompson 34
- 10 Sammy Baugh 27
- 1 Otto Graham 6
- 2 Bobby Layne 4
- 3 George Ratterman 3
- 4 Y.A. Tittle 2
- 4 Travis Tidwell 2
- 6 Norm Van Brocklin 1
- 6 Sammy Baugh 1
- 6 Paul Christman 1
- 6 Charlie Conerly 1
- 6 Harry Gilmer 1
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Bobby Layne 56
- 2 Otto Graham 55
- 3 Travis Tidwell 29
- 4 Tobin Rote 27
- 5 Charlie Conerly 23
- 6 Harry Gilmer 22
- 7 Bill Mackrides 21
- 8 Y.A. Tittle 20
- 9 Tommy Thompson 15
- 9 Norm Van Brocklin 15