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Leaders

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

Passes Completed

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 127

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 110

3. Paul Christman · CRD 100

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 87

Frank Filchock · NYG 87

6. Paul Governali · BOS 83

7. Dave Ryan · DET 73

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 57

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 41

10. Bill Dudley · PIT 32

Pass Attempts

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 251

2. Paul Christman · CRD 229

Sid Luckman · CHI 229

4. Paul Governali · BOS 192

5. Frank Filchock · NYG 169

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 161

7. Dave Ryan · DET 154

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 103

9. Irv Comp · GNB 94

10. Bill Dudley · PIT 90

Passing Yds

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 1826

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1747

3. Paul Christman · CRD 1656

4. Paul Governali · BOS 1293

5. Frank Filchock · NYG 1262

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1163

7. Dave Ryan · DET 965

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 745

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 597

10. Bill Dudley · PIT 452

Passing TD

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 17

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 17

3. Paul Christman · CRD 13

Paul Governali · BOS 13

5. Frank Filchock · NYG 12

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 8

7. Dave Ryan · DET 6

Tommy Thompson · PHI 6

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 4

Allie Sherman · PHI 4

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 4

Passer Rating

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 71.0

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 67.6

3. Paul Governali · BOS 67.0

4. Frank Filchock · NYG 60.2

5. Paul Christman · CRD 54.8

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 54.2

7. Dave Ryan · DET 41.1

Long Pass

1. Dave Ryan · DET 88

2. Paul Christman · CRD 82

3. Merl Condit · PIT 80

4. Billy deCorrevont · DET 70

5. Jim Youel · WAS 66

6. Herm Rohrig · GNB 65

7. Paul Governali · BOS 62

8. Jim Hardy · RAM 60

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 59

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 59

Passes Intercepted

1. Frank Filchock · NYG 25

2. Paul Christman · CRD 18

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 17

Dave Ryan · DET 17

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 17

6. Sid Luckman · CHI 16

7. Paul Governali · BOS 10

8. Bill Dudley · PIT 9

Tommy Thompson · PHI 9

10. Irv Comp · GNB 8

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 8

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 166.0

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 158.8

3. Paul Christman · CRD 150.5

4. Paul Governali · BOS 117.5

5. Frank Filchock · NYG 114.7

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 105.7

7. Dave Ryan · DET 87.7

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 74.5

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 54.3

10. Bill Dudley · PIT 41.1

Yds/Pass Att

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 8.0

2. Frank Filchock · NYG 7.5

3. Paul Christman · CRD 7.2

Sammy Baugh · WAS 7.2

5. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 7.0

6. Paul Governali · BOS 6.7

7. Dave Ryan · DET 6.3

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 16.6

Paul Christman · CRD 16.6

3. Paul Governali · BOS 15.6

4. Frank Filchock · NYG 14.5

5. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 13.8

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 13.4

7. Dave Ryan · DET 13.2

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 22.8

2. Paul Christman · CRD 20.8

Sid Luckman · CHI 20.8

4. Paul Governali · BOS 17.5

5. Frank Filchock · NYG 15.4

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 14.6

7. Dave Ryan · DET 14.0

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 10.3

9. Irv Comp · GNB 8.5

10. Bill Dudley · PIT 8.2

Rushing Att

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 146

2. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 128

3. Tony Canadeo · GNB 122

4. Bill Paschal · NYG 117

5. Steve Van Buren · PHI 116

6. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 112

7. Pat Harder · CRD 106

8. Frank Filchock · NYG 98

9. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 97

10. John Grigas · BOS 84

Rushing Yds

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 604

2. Pat Harder · CRD 545

3. Steve Van Buren · PHI 529

4. Tony Canadeo · GNB 476

Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 476

6. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 444

7. John Grigas · BOS 426

8. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 379

9. Frank Filchock · NYG 371

Fred Gehrke · RAM 371

Rushing TD

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 9

2. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 6

3. Merle Hapes · NYG 5

Steve Lach · PIT 5

Bill Osmanski · CHI 5

Steve Van Buren · PHI 5

7. Gary Famiglietti · BOS 4

Pat Harder · CRD 4

Bill Paschal · NYG 4

10. Paul Christman · CRD 3

Fred Gehrke · RAM 3

Marshall Goldberg · CRD 3

Bob Hoffman · RAM 3

Mike Holovak · RAM 3

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 3

Long Rush

1. Tom Harmon · RAM 84

2. Pat West · RAM 72

3. Frank Filchock · NYG 70

4. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 68

5. Elmer Angsman · CRD 61

6. John Grigas · BOS 59

7. Steve Van Buren · PHI 58

8. Pat Harder · CRD 55

9. Fred Gehrke · RAM 53

10. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 52

Frank Reagan · NYG 52

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Fred Gehrke · RAM 5.2

2. Pat Harder · CRD 5.1

John Grigas · BOS 5.1

4. Steve Van Buren · PHI 4.6

5. Bill Osmanski · CHI 4.4

6. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 4.3

7. Bill Dudley · PIT 4.1

8. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 3.9

Tony Canadeo · GNB 3.9

10. Frank Filchock · NYG 3.8

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Steve Van Buren · PHI 58.8

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 54.9

3. Pat Harder · CRD 49.5

4. Tony Canadeo · GNB 43.3

Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 43.3

6. Frank Reagan · NYG 41.0

7. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 40.4

8. John Grigas · BOS 38.7

9. Bill Osmanski · CHI 38.1

10. Fred Gehrke · RAM 37.1

Receptions

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 63

2. Hal Crisler · BOS 32

3. Steve Bagarus · WAS 31

4. Jack Ferrante · PHI 28

5. Billy Dewell · CRD 27

Mal Kutner · CRD 27

7. Jim Poole+ · NYG 24

8. John Greene · DET 22

9. Frank Liebel · NYG 20

10. Dick Humbert · PHI 18

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 18

Steve Pritko · RAM 18

Receiving Yds

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 981

2. Billy Dewell · CRD 643

3. Mal Kutner · CRD 634

4. Jack Ferrante · PHI 451

5. Steve Bagarus · WAS 438

6. Hal Crisler · BOS 385

7. Frank Liebel · NYG 360

8. Ray McLean · CHI 348

9. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 337

10. Jim Keane · CHI 331

Receiving TD

1. Billy Dewell · CRD 7

2. Jim Benton+ · RAM 6

3. Hal Crisler · BOS 5

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 5

Mal Kutner · CRD 5

6. Bob Cifers · DET 4

Don Currivan · BOS 4

Jack Ferrante · PHI 4

Frank Liebel · NYG 4

10. Steve Bagarus · WAS 3

Red Hickey · RAM 3

Dick Humbert · PHI 3

Jim Keane · CHI 3

George McAfee · CHI 3

Jim Poole+ · NYG 3

Long Reception

1. John Greene · DET 88

2. Billy Dewell · CRD 82

3. Bill Dudley · PIT 80

4. Billy deCorrevont · DET 72

5. Bob Cifers · DET 70

Ivan Schottel · DET 70

7. Eddie Saenz · WAS 66

8. Don Wells · GNB 65

9. Mal Kutner · CRD 63

10. Hal Crisler · BOS 62

Yds/Reception

1. Billy Dewell · CRD 23.8

2. Mal Kutner · CRD 23.5

3. Jack Ferrante · PHI 16.1

4. Jim Benton+ · RAM 15.6

5. Steve Bagarus · WAS 14.1

6. John Greene · DET 13.1

7. Jim Poole+ · NYG 12.8

8. Hal Crisler · BOS 12.0

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 89.2

2. Billy Dewell · CRD 58.5

3. Mal Kutner · CRD 57.6

4. Jack Ferrante · PHI 41.0

5. Steve Bagarus · WAS 39.8

6. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 38.5

7. Hal Crisler · BOS 35.0

8. Ray McLean · CHI 34.8

9. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 33.7

10. Frank Liebel · NYG 32.7

Touchdowns

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 10

2. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 8

3. Billy Dewell · CRD 7

4. Jim Benton+ · RAM 6

Bill Paschal · NYG 6

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 6

Steve Van Buren · PHI 6

8. Hal Crisler · BOS 5

Bill Dudley · PIT 5

Fred Gehrke · RAM 5

Merle Hapes · NYG 5

Pat Harder · CRD 5

Tom Harmon · RAM 5

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 5

Mal Kutner · CRD 5

Points Scored

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 100

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 61

3. Ward Cuff · CRD 55

4. Augie Lio · PHI 51

5. Bill Dudley · PIT 48

Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 48

7. Dick Poillon · WAS 45

8. Ken Strong · NYG 44

9. Billy Dewell · CRD 42

10. Frank Maznicki · CHI 37

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 10

2. Billy Dewell · CRD 7

Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 7

4. Jim Benton+ · RAM 6

Bill Paschal · NYG 6

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 6

7. Hal Crisler · BOS 5

Fred Gehrke · RAM 5

Merle Hapes · NYG 5

Pat Harder · CRD 5

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 5

Mal Kutner · CRD 5

Steve Lach · PIT 5

Bill Osmanski · CHI 5

Dick Todd · WAS 5

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 2

Howie Livingston · NYG 2

3. Ki Aldrich · WAS 1

Bill Blackburn · CRD 1

Stu Clarkson · CHI 1

Bob B. Davis · PIT 1

Steve Filipowicz · NYG 1

Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 1

Tom Harmon · RAM 1

Abe Karnofsky · BOS 1

Ted Lapka · WAS 1

Len Levy · RAM 1

Augie Lio · PHI 1

Mike Micka · BOS 1

Dave Ryan · DET 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 981

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 713

3. Pat Harder · CRD 673

4. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 661

5. Billy Dewell · CRD 643

6. Mal Kutner · CRD 633

7. Steve Bagarus · WAS 606

8. Steve Van Buren · PHI 604

9. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 527

10. Tony Canadeo · GNB 501

All-Purpose Yds

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 1378

2. Steve Bagarus · WAS 1130

3. Steve Van Buren · PHI 1012

4. Jim Benton+ · RAM 981

5. Frank Seno · CRD 899

6. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 875

7. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 860

8. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 857

9. Pat Harder · CRD 775

10. Tony Canadeo · GNB 740

Touches

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 191

2. Bill Paschal · NYG 140

3. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 139

4. Steve Van Buren · PHI 138

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 136

6. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 133

7. Pat Harder · CRD 123

8. Steve Bagarus · WAS 115

9. Frank Filchock · NYG 109

10. Frank Seno · CRD 104

Yds/Touch

1. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 11.3

2. Steve Bagarus · WAS 9.8

3. Eddie Saenz · WAS 9.2

4. Frank Seno · CRD 8.6

5. Bob Davis · BOS 7.5

6. Babe Dimancheff · BOS 7.3

Steve Van Buren · PHI 7.3

8. Bill Dudley · PIT 7.2

9. Fred Gehrke · RAM 7.1

10. Bill Osmanski · CHI 6.5

Kick Returns

1. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 21

2. Dave Ryan · DET 16

3. Bill Dudley · PIT 14

4. Steve Bagarus · WAS 13

Frank Seno · CRD 13

6. Eddie Saenz · WAS 11

Steve Van Buren · PHI 11

8. Billy deCorrevont · DET 10

9. Duke Abbruzzi · BOS 8

Jack Banta · RAM 8

Jim Callahan · DET 8

Fred Gehrke · RAM 8

Bill Osmanski · CHI 8

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 8

Ernie Steele · PHI 8

Kick Return Yds

1. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 599

2. Frank Seno · CRD 408

3. Steve Bagarus · WAS 332

Dave Ryan · DET 332

5. Steve Van Buren · PHI 319

6. Bill Dudley · PIT 280

7. Eddie Saenz · WAS 264

8. Bill Osmanski · CHI 203

9. Fred Gehrke · RAM 186

10. Billy deCorrevont · DET 183

Kick Return TD

1. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 1

Frank Seno · CRD 1

Bob Shaw · RAM 1

Long Kick Return

1. Frank Seno · CRD 105

2. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 97

3. Tom Farmer · RAM 92

4. Jack Wilson · RAM 68

5. Steve Van Buren · PHI 63

6. Gil Steinke · PHI 56

7. Eddie Saenz · WAS 55

8. Bill Paschal · NYG 53

9. Bob Shaw · RAM 52

10. Steve Bagarus · WAS 51

Dave Ryan · DET 51

Ernie Steele · PHI 51

Yds/Kick Return

1. Frank Seno · CRD 31.4

2. Steve Van Buren · PHI 29.0

3. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 28.5

4. Steve Bagarus · WAS 25.5

5. Eddie Saenz · WAS 24.0

6. Dave Ryan · DET 20.8

7. Bill Dudley · PIT 20.0

Punt Returns

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 27

2. Steve Bagarus · WAS 18

3. Frank Seno · CRD 17

4. Bob Davis · BOS 13

Jim Youel · WAS 13

6. Bob Nussbaumer · GNB 12

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 12

8. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 10

9. Ernie Steele · PHI 9

10. Fred Gehrke · RAM 8

Bill Paschal · NYG 8

Herm Rohrig · GNB 8

Gil Steinke · PHI 8

Punt Return Yds

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 385

2. Steve Bagarus · WAS 192

3. Frank Seno · CRD 176

4. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 166

5. Jim Youel · WAS 150

6. Bob Davis · BOS 130

7. Gil Steinke · PHI 116

8. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 99

Jack Wilson · RAM 99

10. Babe Dimancheff · BOS 98

Bob Nussbaumer · GNB 98

Herm Rohrig · GNB 98

Punt Return TD

1. Steve Van Buren · PHI 1

Long Punt Return

1. Jack Wilson · RAM 70

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 52

3. Jim Gillette · BOS 51

4. Steve Van Buren · PHI 50

5. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 42

6. Hank Soar · NYG 38

7. Steve Bagarus · WAS 33

John Doolan · NYG 33

9. George Franck · NYG 32

10. Dick Todd · WAS 30

Yds/Punt Return

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 14.3

2. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 13.8

3. Jim Youel · WAS 11.5

4. Steve Bagarus · WAS 10.7

5. Frank Seno · CRD 10.4

6. Bob Davis · BOS 10.0

7. Bob Nussbaumer · GNB 8.2

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 41

2. Steve Bagarus · WAS 31

3. Frank Seno · CRD 30

4. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 23

Dave Ryan · DET 23

6. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 20

7. Bob Davis · BOS 18

Bob Nussbaumer · GNB 18

9. Ernie Steele · PHI 17

10. Billy deCorrevont · DET 16

Fred Gehrke · RAM 16

Steve Van Buren · PHI 16

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 665

2. Abe Karnofsky · BOS 637

3. Frank Seno · CRD 584

4. Steve Bagarus · WAS 524

5. Steve Van Buren · PHI 408

6. Dave Ryan · DET 389

7. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 330

8. Billy deCorrevont · DET 264

Eddie Saenz · WAS 264

10. Bob Nussbaumer · GNB 246

Extra Pt Made

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 37

2. Ken Strong · NYG 32

3. Ward Cuff · CRD 28

4. Augie Lio · PHI 27

5. Frank Maznicki · CHI 25

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 21

Nick Scollard · BOS 21

8. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 13

9. Bill Dudley · PIT 12

Joe Stydahar · CHI 12

Extra Pt Att

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 37

2. Ken Strong · NYG 32

3. Ward Cuff · CRD 30

4. Augie Lio · PHI 27

5. Frank Maznicki · CHI 26

6. Nick Scollard · BOS 24

7. Dick Poillon · WAS 21

8. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 15

9. Bill Dudley · PIT 14

10. Joe Stydahar · CHI 13

Total Field Goals Made

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 9

2. Augie Lio · PHI 6

Dick Poillon · WAS 6

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 6

5. Ward Cuff · CRD 5

6. Frank Maznicki · CHI 4

Ken Strong · NYG 4

8. Jack Helms · DET 3

9. Bill Dudley · PIT 2

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 2

Field Goals Att

1. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 17

2. Dick Poillon · WAS 16

3. Ward Cuff · CRD 12

4. Augie Lio · PHI 11

5. Frank Maznicki · CHI 9

Ken Strong · NYG 9

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 9

8. Bill Dudley · PIT 7

9. Jack Helms · DET 4

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 4

Field Goal %

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 66.667%

2. Augie Lio · PHI 54.545%

3. Ted Fritsch+ · GNB 52.941%

4. Frank Maznicki · CHI 44.444%

Ken Strong · NYG 44.444%

6. Ward Cuff · CRD 41.667%

7. Dick Poillon · WAS 37.500%

Punts

1. Roy McKay · GNB 64

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 60

Howard Maley · BOS 60

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 39

5. Bill Blackburn · CRD 35

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 33

Sid Luckman · CHI 33

8. Bob Cifers · DET 30

9. Rudy Mucha · CHI 23

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 23

Punting Yds

1. Roy McKay · GNB 2735

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 2409

3. Howard Maley · BOS 2373

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1743

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1488

6. Bill Blackburn · CRD 1465

7. Bob Cifers · DET 1369

8. Sid Luckman · CHI 1235

9. Rudy Mucha · CHI 896

10. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 890

Long Punt

1. Billy deCorrevont · DET 81

2. Bob Cifers · DET 73

3. Bill Dudley · PIT 69

Sid Luckman · CHI 69

Camp Wilson · DET 69

6. Paul Governali · BOS 65

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 65

8. Roy McKay · GNB 64

Joe Muha · PHI 64

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 64

Punts Blocked

1. Bill Dudley · PIT 1

Merle Hapes · NYG 1

Howard Maley · BOS 1

Roy McKay · GNB 1

Rudy Mucha · CHI 1

Camp Wilson · DET 1

Yds/Punt

1. Bob Cifers · DET 45.6

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 45.1

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 44.7

4. Paul Governali · BOS 43.7

5. Frank Reagan · NYG 42.9

6. Roy McKay · GNB 42.7

7. Bill Blackburn · CRD 41.9

8. Bill Dudley · PIT 40.2

9. Merle Hapes · NYG 39.9

10. Howard Maley · BOS 39.6

Fumbles

1. Paul Christman · CRD 15

2. Bill Dudley · PIT 8

Abe Karnofsky · BOS 8

Tommy Thompson · PHI 8

Steve Van Buren · PHI 8

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 7