1955 NFL Quarterback Leaders
Every 1955 board quarterbacks are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Jim Finks led all quarterbacks in passing yards in 1955, with 2,270. Otto Graham led in passer rating (94.0), yards per attempt (9.30), completion percentage (53.0%), touchdown percentage (8.1%) and rushing touchdowns (6). Jim Finks also led in passing yards per game (189.2).
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The rate boards count qualified players only: 14 pass attempts per team game.
Passing Yards
YDS- 1 Jim Finks 2,270
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 2,185
- 3 Tobin Rote 1,977
- 4 Bobby Layne 1,830
- 5 Otto Graham 1,721
- 6 George Shaw 1,586
- 7 Bobby Thomason 1,337
- 8 Charlie Conerly 1,310
- 9 Lamar McHan 1,085
- 10 Harry Gilmer 633
- 1 Tobin Rote 17
- 1 Y.A. Tittle 17
- 3 Otto Graham 15
- 4 Charlie Conerly 13
- 5 Bobby Layne 11
- 5 Lamar McHan 11
- 7 Jim Finks 10
- 7 George Shaw 10
- 7 Bobby Thomason 10
- 10 George Ratterman 6
Passer Rating
RTG- 1 Otto Graham 94.0
- 2 Bobby Thomason 80.0
- 3 Charlie Conerly 64.2
- 4 Bobby Layne 61.8
- 5 Tobin Rote 57.8
- 6 Y.A. Tittle 56.6
- 7 George Shaw 52.5
- 8 Jim Finks 47.7
- 9 Lamar McHan 34.8
- 1 Otto Graham 9.30
- 2 Bobby Thomason 7.82
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 7.61
- 4 Bobby Layne 6.78
- 5 George Shaw 6.69
- 6 Jim Finks 6.60
- 7 Charlie Conerly 6.49
- 8 Tobin Rote 5.78
- 9 Lamar McHan 5.24
- 1 Otto Graham 53.0%
- 2 Bobby Layne 53.0%
- 3 Bobby Thomason 51.5%
- 4 Y.A. Tittle 51.2%
- 5 George Shaw 50.2%
- 6 Charlie Conerly 48.5%
- 7 Jim Finks 48.0%
- 8 Tobin Rote 45.9%
- 9 Lamar McHan 37.7%
- 1 Jim Finks 189.2
- 2 Y.A. Tittle 182.1
- 3 Tobin Rote 164.8
- 4 Bobby Layne 152.5
- 5 Otto Graham 143.4
- 6 Bobby Thomason 133.7
- 7 George Shaw 132.2
- 8 Charlie Conerly 109.2
- 9 Lamar McHan 90.4
Completions
CMP- 1 Jim Finks 165
- 2 Tobin Rote 157
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 147
- 4 Bobby Layne 143
- 5 George Shaw 119
- 6 Charlie Conerly 98
- 6 Otto Graham 98
- 8 Bobby Thomason 88
- 9 Lamar McHan 78
- 10 Harry Gilmer 58
Pass Attempts
ATT- 1 Jim Finks 344
- 2 Tobin Rote 342
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 287
- 4 Bobby Layne 270
- 5 George Shaw 237
- 6 Lamar McHan 207
- 7 Charlie Conerly 202
- 8 Otto Graham 185
- 9 Bobby Thomason 171
- 10 Harry Gilmer 122
- 1 Otto Graham 8.1%
- 2 Charlie Conerly 6.4%
- 3 Y.A. Tittle 5.9%
- 4 Bobby Thomason 5.8%
- 5 Lamar McHan 5.3%
- 6 Tobin Rote 5.0%
- 7 George Shaw 4.2%
- 8 Bobby Layne 4.1%
- 9 Jim Finks 2.9%
- 1 Y.A. Tittle 28
- 2 Jim Finks 26
- 3 Lamar McHan 19
- 3 Tobin Rote 19
- 3 George Shaw 19
- 6 Bobby Layne 17
- 7 Charlie Conerly 13
- 8 Otto Graham 8
- 9 Bobby Thomason 7
- 10 Ogden Compton 6
- 1 Bobby Thomason 4.1%
- 2 Otto Graham 4.3%
- 3 Tobin Rote 5.6%
- 4 Bobby Layne 6.3%
- 5 Charlie Conerly 6.4%
- 6 Jim Finks 7.6%
- 7 George Shaw 8.0%
- 8 Lamar McHan 9.2%
- 9 Y.A. Tittle 9.8%
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Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Tobin Rote 332
- 2 George Shaw 301
- 3 Lamar McHan 194
- 4 Otto Graham 121
- 5 Y.A. Tittle 114
- 6 Bobby Layne 111
- 7 Bob Williams 79
- 8 Jim Finks 76
- 9 Harry Gilmer 67
- 10 Ralph Guglielmi 51
- 1 Otto Graham 6
- 2 Tobin Rote 5
- 3 Jim Finks 4
- 4 George Shaw 3
- 5 Lamar McHan 2
- 5 Don Heinrich 2
- 7 George Ratterman 1
- 7 Ralph Guglielmi 1
- 7 Gary Kerkorian 1
- 7 Ted Marchibroda 1
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Tobin Rote 74
- 2 Otto Graham 68
- 2 George Shaw 68
- 4 Lamar McHan 56
- 5 Jim Finks 35
- 6 Bobby Layne 31
- 7 Y.A. Tittle 23
- 8 Ralph Guglielmi 18
- 9 Bobby Thomason 17
- 10 Harry Gilmer 15