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Leaders

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

Passes Completed

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 84

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 82

3. Irv Comp · GNB 80

4. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 71

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 58

6. John Grigas · CRD 50

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 49

8. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 39

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 36

10. George Cafego · BOS 35

Pass Attempts

1. Irv Comp · GNB 177

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 148

3. Frank Filchock · WAS 147

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 146

5. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 143

6. John Grigas · CRD 131

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 113

8. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 105

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 86

10. Tom Colella · RAM 75

Passing Yds

1. Irv Comp · GNB 1159

2. Frank Filchock · WAS 1139

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 1060

4. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 1018

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 849

6. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 785

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 777

8. John Grigas · CRD 690

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 651

10. George Cafego · BOS 454

Passing TD

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 13

2. Irv Comp · GNB 12

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 12

4. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 11

5. Gene Ronzani · CHI 9

6. Albie Reisz · RAM 8

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 8

8. John Grigas · CRD 6

Arnie Herber · NYG 6

10. Sammy Baugh · WAS 4

Tom Colella · RAM 4

Bob Westfall · DET 4

Passer Rating

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 86.0

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 63.8

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 59.4

4. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 52.0

5. Irv Comp · GNB 50.0

6. John Grigas · CRD 31.5

Long Pass

1. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 86

2. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 75

3. John Grigas · CRD 72

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 71

5. Albie Reisz · RAM 70

6. Coley McDonough · CRD 67

7. Charlie McGibbony · BKN 65

8. Frank Filchock · WAS 61

Gene Ronzani · CHI 61

10. Arnie Herber · NYG 58

Cecil Johnson · BKN 58

Passes Intercepted

1. Irv Comp · GNB 21

John Grigas · CRD 21

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 20

4. John McCarthy · CRD 13

5. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 12

6. Tom Colella · RAM 10

Charlie McGibbony · BKN 10

Albie Reisz · RAM 10

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 10

10. Frank Filchock · WAS 9

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 145.4

2. Irv Comp · GNB 115.9

3. Frank Filchock · WAS 113.9

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 106.1

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 106.0

6. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 78.5

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 77.7

8. John Grigas · CRD 76.7

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 65.1

10. Gene Ronzani · CHI 56.0

Yds/Pass Att

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 7.7

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 7.2

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 7.1

4. Irv Comp · GNB 6.5

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 5.8

6. John Grigas · CRD 5.3

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 18.3

2. Irv Comp · GNB 14.5

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 14.3

4. John Grigas · CRD 13.8

5. Frank Filchock · WAS 13.6

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 10.4

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 20.4

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 18.3

3. Irv Comp · GNB 17.7

4. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 14.8

5. Frank Filchock · WAS 14.7

6. John Grigas · CRD 14.6

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 11.3

8. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 10.5

9. John McCarthy · CRD 9.6

10. Arnie Herber · NYG 8.6

Passes Completed/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 10.3

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 10.1

3. Frank Filchock · WAS 8.4

4. Irv Comp · GNB 8.0

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 5.8

6. John Grigas · CRD 5.6

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 4.9

8. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 3.9

George Cafego · BOS 3.9

10. Arnie Herber · NYG 3.6

Pass Completion %

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 57.1%

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 56.2%

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 49.7%

4. Irv Comp · GNB 45.2%

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 39.2%

6. John Grigas · CRD 38.2%

Pass Intercept. %

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 5.5%

2. Frank Filchock · WAS 6.1%

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 8.4%

4. Irv Comp · GNB 11.9%

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 13.5%

6. John Grigas · CRD 16.0%

Passing TD %

1. Frank Filchock · WAS 8.8%

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 8.1%

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 7.7%

4. Irv Comp · GNB 6.8%

5. John Grigas · CRD 4.6%

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 2.7%

Rushing Att

1. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 196

2. John Grigas · CRD 185

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 150

4. Pug Manders · BKN 127

5. Bob Davis · BOS 95

6. Ted Fritsch · GNB 94

7. Jack Hinkle · PHI 92

Bob Seymour · WAS 92

9. Bob Margarita · CHI 88

10. Howie Livingston · NYG 84

Rushing Yds

1. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 737

2. John Grigas · CRD 610

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 563

4. Bob Margarita · CHI 463

5. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 444

6. Pug Manders · BKN 430

7. Ward Cuff · NYG 425

8. Jack Hinkle · PHI 421

9. Jim Fordham · CHI 381

10. Bob Davis · BOS 363

Rushing TD

1. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 9

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 6

3. Pug Manders · BKN 5

Ernie Steele · PHI 5

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 5

6. Mel Bleeker · PHI 4

Jim Fordham · CHI 4

Ted Fritsch · GNB 4

Elmer Hackney · DET 4

Bob Margarita · CHI 4

Bob Thurbon · CRD 4

Long Rush

1. Bob Davis · BOS 80

2. Tom Colella · RAM 75

Wilbur Moore · WAS 75

Bob Westfall · DET 75

5. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 72

6. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 70

7. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 68

8. Al Grygo · CHI 66

9. Jack Banta · PHI 60

10. Jim Gillette · RAM 58

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Ward Cuff · NYG 5.6

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 5.6

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 5.3

Mel Bleeker · PHI 5.3

5. Jim Fordham · CHI 5.2

6. Jack Hinkle · PHI 4.6

7. Gary Famiglietti · CHI 4.5

8. Bob Westfall · DET 4.3

9. Ernie Steele · PHI 4.2

10. Bob Davis · BOS 3.8

Bill Paschal+ · NYG 3.8

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 3.8

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 73.7

2. John Grigas · CRD 67.8

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 56.3

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 49.3

5. Bob Margarita · CHI 46.3

6. Pug Manders · BKN 43.0

7. Ward Cuff · NYG 42.5

8. Jack Hinkle · PHI 42.1

9. Lou Brock · GNB 40.0

10. Jim Fordham · CHI 38.1

Receptions

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 58

2. Jim Benton · RAM 39

3. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 34

4. Wilbur Moore · WAS 33

5. Les Dye · WAS 24

Bob Masterson · BKN 24

George Wilson · CHI 24

8. Jack Matheson · DET 23

9. Ed Rucinski · CRD 22

10. Connie Mack Berry · CHI 21

Receiving Yds

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 866

2. Jim Benton · RAM 505

3. Dave Diehl · DET 426

4. Wilbur Moore · WAS 424

5. Ray McLean · CHI 414

6. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 410

7. Connie Mack Berry · CHI 378

8. Jack Matheson · DET 361

9. Neal Adams · NYG 342

10. Mel Bleeker · PHI 299

Receiving TD

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 9

2. Jim Benton · RAM 6

Connie Mack Berry · CHI 6

4. Frank Liebel · NYG 5

Ray McLean · CHI 5

Wilbur Moore · WAS 5

7. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 4

Mel Bleeker · PHI 4

Dave Diehl · DET 4

Art Van Tone · DET 4

George Wilson · CHI 4

Long Reception

1. Ray McLean · CHI 86

2. Mel Bleeker · PHI 75

3. Don Currivan · CRD 72

4. Bob Seymour · WAS 71

5. Ray Hamilton · RAM 70

6. Johnny Butler · 2TM 67

Abe Croft · CHI 67

Joe Crowley · BOS 67

9. Ray Hare · BKN 65

10. Les Dye · WAS 61

Tipp Mooney · CHI 61

Yds/Reception

1. Dave Diehl · DET 23.7

2. Ray McLean · CHI 21.8

3. Connie Mack Berry · CHI 18.0

4. Steve Pritko · RAM 16.4

5. Jack Matheson · DET 15.7

6. Tony Bova · CRD 15.1

7. Don Hutson+ · GNB 14.9

8. Keith Ranspot · BOS 14.2

9. Bob Seymour · WAS 13.8

10. Jim Benton · RAM 12.9

Ed Rucinski · CRD 12.9

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 86.6

2. Ray McLean · CHI 51.8

3. Jim Benton · RAM 50.5

4. Dave Diehl · DET 42.6

5. Wilbur Moore · WAS 42.4

6. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 41.0

7. Connie Mack Berry · CHI 37.8

8. Jack Matheson · DET 36.1

9. Neal Adams · NYG 34.2

10. Mel Bleeker · PHI 33.2

Touchdowns

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 9

Bill Paschal+ · NYG 9

3. Mel Bleeker · PHI 8

4. Jim Benton · RAM 7

Ray McLean · CHI 7

Wilbur Moore · WAS 7

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 7

8. Connie Mack Berry · CHI 6

Frank Liebel · NYG 6

Bob Seymour · WAS 6

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 6

Art Van Tone · DET 6

Points Scored

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 85

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 66

3. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 62

4. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 54

5. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 51

6. Mel Bleeker · PHI 48

7. Lou Zontini · RAM 47

8. Jim Benton · RAM 42

Ray McLean · CHI 42

Wilbur Moore · WAS 42

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 42

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 9

Bill Paschal+ · NYG 9

3. Mel Bleeker · PHI 8

4. Wilbur Moore · WAS 7

5. Jim Benton · RAM 6

Connie Mack Berry · CHI 6

Ray McLean · CHI 6

Bob Seymour · WAS 6

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 6

10. Lou Brock · GNB 5

Elmer Hackney · DET 5

Frank Liebel · NYG 5

Pug Manders · BKN 5

Ernie Steele · PHI 5

Bob Thurbon · CRD 5

Non-Offensive TDs

1. John Morelli · BOS 2

Don Perkins · GNB 2

Bill Petrilas · NYG 2

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 2

5. Chuck Avedisian · NYG 1

Jim Benton · RAM 1

Victor Carroll · NYG 1

Ted Fritsch · GNB 1

Jack Hinkle · PHI 1

Frank Liebel · NYG 1

Vic Lindskog · PHI 1

Howie Livingston · NYG 1

Ray McLean · CHI 1

Tom Miller · PHI 1

Elbie Schultz · CRD 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 953

2. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 737

3. John Grigas · CRD 643

4. Mel Bleeker · PHI 614

5. Bob Margarita · CHI 593

6. Bob Seymour · WAS 578

7. Wilbur Moore · WAS 564

8. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 563

9. Ward Cuff · NYG 560

10. Pug Manders · BKN 508

All-Purpose Yds

1. John Grigas · CRD 1154

2. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 1099

3. Don Hutson+ · GNB 953

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 940

5. Bob Davis · BOS 883

6. Bob Margarita · CHI 881

7. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 855

8. Ward Cuff · NYG 738

9. Pug Manders · BKN 735

10. Wilbur Moore · WAS 719

Touches

1. John Grigas · CRD 215

2. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 212

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 167

4. Pug Manders · BKN 144

5. Bob Davis · BOS 143

6. Bob Margarita · CHI 120

7. Bob Seymour · WAS 112

8. Ted Fritsch · GNB 108

9. Jack Hinkle · PHI 104

10. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 103

Yds/Touch

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 13.6

2. Ray McLean · CHI 10.3

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 9.1

Wilbur Moore · WAS 9.1

5. Mel Bleeker · PHI 8.9

6. Tom Colella · RAM 8.4

7. Al Grygo · CHI 8.2

8. Frank Seno · WAS 7.8

9. Ernie Steele · PHI 7.6

10. Ward Cuff · NYG 7.4

Kick Returns

1. John Grigas · CRD 23

2. Bob Margarita · CHI 12

Albie Reisz · RAM 12

Bob Thurbon · CRD 12

5. Andy Farkas · WAS 11

Ted Fritsch · GNB 11

Pug Manders · BKN 11

8. Tom Colella · RAM 10

9. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 9

Art Van Tone · DET 9

Kick Return Yds

1. John Grigas · CRD 471

2. Bob Thurbon · CRD 291

3. Ted Fritsch · GNB 288

4. Albie Reisz · RAM 285

5. Bob Margarita · CHI 279

6. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 266

7. Johnny Martin · 2TM 265

8. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 260

9. Tom Colella · RAM 241

10. Andy Farkas · WAS 229

Kick Return TD

1. Elbie Schultz · CRD 1

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Art Van Tone · DET 1

Long Kick Return

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 97

2. Art Van Tone · DET 92

3. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 66

4. Johnny Martin · 2TM 55

Bob Thurbon · CRD 55

6. Al Grygo · CHI 52

7. Mike Kabealo · RAM 51

Ernie Steele · PHI 51

9. Ted Fritsch · GNB 44

Albie Reisz · RAM 44

Yds/Kick Return

1. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 28.9

2. Ted Fritsch · GNB 26.2

3. Art Van Tone · DET 25.2

4. Bob Thurbon · CRD 24.3

5. Tom Colella · RAM 24.1

6. Albie Reisz · RAM 23.8

7. Bob Margarita · CHI 23.3

8. Andy Farkas · WAS 20.8

9. Pug Manders · BKN 20.6

10. John Grigas · CRD 20.5

Punt Returns

1. Bob Davis · BOS 22

2. Joe Laws · GNB 15

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 15

4. Ward Cuff · NYG 11

Al Grygo · CHI 11

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 11

Ernie Steele · PHI 11

8. Frank Seno · WAS 10

9. Johnny Butler · 2TM 9

10. Ray McLean · CHI 8

Punt Return Yds

1. Bob Davis · BOS 271

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 230

3. Ernie Steele · PHI 181

4. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 148

5. Frank Seno · WAS 129

6. Bob Keene · DET 128

7. Joe Laws · GNB 118

8. Ward Cuff · NYG 115

9. Cecil Johnson · BKN 102

Bill Paschal+ · NYG 102

Punt Return TD

1. Victor Carroll · NYG 1

Rocky Uguccioni · BKN 1

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Long Punt Return

1. Frank Seno · WAS 60

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 55

3. Tipp Mooney · CHI 46

4. Bob Davis · BOS 32

5. Tom Colella · RAM 29

6. Victor Carroll · NYG 28

George Magulick · CRD 28

8. Scott Gudmundson · BOS 27

Cecil Johnson · BKN 27

10. Bob Keene · DET 25

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 25

Ernie Steele · PHI 25

Yds/Punt Return

1. Ernie Steele · PHI 16.5

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 15.3

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 13.5

4. Frank Seno · WAS 12.9

5. Bob Davis · BOS 12.3

6. Ward Cuff · NYG 10.5

7. Al Grygo · CHI 9.1

8. Joe Laws · GNB 7.9

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Bob Davis · BOS 29

2. John Grigas · CRD 28

3. Joe Laws · GNB 23

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 23

5. Andy Farkas · WAS 18

Al Grygo · CHI 18

Frank Seno · WAS 18

8. Bob Margarita · CHI 17

Albie Reisz · RAM 17

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 17

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. John Grigas · CRD 511

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 496

3. Bob Davis · BOS 423

4. Bill Paschal+ · NYG 362

5. Albie Reisz · RAM 353

6. Frank Seno · WAS 322

7. Andy Farkas · WAS 320

8. Johnny Martin · 2TM 315

9. Ernie Steele · PHI 309

10. Tom Colella · RAM 306

Extra Pt Made

1. Pete Gudauskas · CHI 36

2. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 32

3. Don Hutson+ · GNB 31

4. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 24

5. Ken Strong · NYG 23

6. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 15

7. Lou Zontini · RAM 14

8. Conway Baker · CRD 11

9. Augie Lio · BOS 10

10. Bruiser Kinard+ · BKN 9

Extra Pt Att

1. Pete Gudauskas · CHI 37

2. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 34

3. Don Hutson+ · GNB 33

4. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 30

5. Ken Strong · NYG 24

6. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 18

7. Lou Zontini · RAM 16

8. Conway Baker · CRD 15

9. Augie Lio · BOS 11

10. Bruiser Kinard+ · BKN 9

Total Field Goals Made

1. Ken Strong · NYG 6

2. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 4

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 4

4. Lou Zontini · RAM 3

5. Augie Lio · BOS 2

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 2

7. Tom Colella · RAM 1

Ward Cuff · NYG 1

Field Goals Att

1. Ken Strong · NYG 12

2. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 8

Augie Lio · BOS 8

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 8

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 8

6. Lou Zontini · RAM 6

7. Bob Masterson · BKN 5

8. Ward Cuff · NYG 4

9. Don Hutson+ · GNB 3

10. Marshall Robnett · CRD 2

Field Goal %

1. Joe Aguirre+ · WAS 50.000%

Ken Strong · NYG 50.000%

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 50.000%

4. Augie Lio · BOS 25.000%

Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 25.000%

Punts

1. Len Younce+ · NYG 48

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 45

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 44

4. Johnny Martin · 2TM 41

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 39

6. Tom Colella · RAM 33

7. Doug McEnulty · CHI 25

8. John McCarthy · CRD 24

Albie Reisz · RAM 24

10. Cecil Johnson · BKN 23

Punting Yds

1. Len Younce+ · NYG 1941

2. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 1845

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1787

4. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 1531

5. Johnny Martin · 2TM 1457

6. Tom Colella · RAM 1247

7. Doug McEnulty · CHI 993

8. Cecil Johnson · BKN 981

9. Albie Reisz · RAM 959

10. John McCarthy · CRD 801

Long Punt

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 76

Cecil Johnson · BKN 76

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 73

4. Len Younce+ · NYG 72

5. Kenny Fryer · BKN 66

Albie Reisz · RAM 66

7. Ben Kish · PHI 65

8. John Grigas · CRD 64

9. Tom Colella · RAM 63

Sid Luckman+ · CHI 63

Punts Blocked

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1

Johnny Butler · 2TM 1

Scott Gudmundson · BOS 1

John McCarthy · CRD 1

Bob Thurbon · CRD 1

Yds/Punt

1. Jack Banta · PHI 44.2

2. Cecil Johnson · BKN 42.7

3. Frankie Sinkwich+ · DET 41.0

4. Ted Fritsch · GNB 40.8

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 40.6

6. Len Younce+ · NYG 40.4

7. Albie Reisz · RA