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Leaders

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

Passes Completed

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 185

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 162

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 141

4. Jim Hardy · RAM 112

5. Fred Enke · DET 100

6. Sid Luckman · CHI 89

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 87

8. Jack Jacobs · GNB 82

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 73

10. Ray Evans · PIT 64

Pass Attempts

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 315

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 299

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 246

4. Fred Enke · DET 221

5. Jim Hardy · RAM 211

6. Jack Jacobs · GNB 184

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 180

8. Sid Luckman · CHI 163

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 143

10. Ray Evans · PIT 137

Passing Yds

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 2599

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 2175

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 1965

4. Jim Hardy · RAM 1390

5. Bob Waterfield · RAM 1354

6. Fred Enke · DET 1328

7. Ray Mallouf · CRD 1160

8. Sid Luckman · CHI 1047

9. Ray Evans · PIT 924

10. Clyde LeForce · DET 912

Passing TD

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 25

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 22

Charlie Conerly · NYG 22

4. Jim Hardy · RAM 14

Bob Waterfield · RAM 14

6. Sid Luckman · CHI 13

Ray Mallouf · CRD 13

8. Fred Enke · DET 11

9. Clyde LeForce · DET 9

10. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 7

Passer Rating

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 98.4

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 84.0

3. Jim Hardy · RAM 82.1

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 78.3

5. Bob Waterfield · RAM 60.0

6. Fred Enke · DET 49.4

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 27.9

Long Pass

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 86

2. Clyde LeForce · DET 83

3. Bob Waterfield · RAM 80

4. Paul Christman · CRD 71

5. Tommy Thompson · PHI 70

6. Jim Hardy · RAM 69

Roy Zimmerman · BOS 69

8. Gene Malinowski · BOS 68

Phil Slosburg · BOS 68

10. Ray Evans · PIT 66

Passes Intercepted

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 23

2. Jack Jacobs · GNB 21

3. Bob Waterfield · RAM 18

4. Fred Enke · DET 17

Ray Evans · PIT 17

6. Sid Luckman · CHI 14

7. Charlie Conerly · NYG 13

Roy Zimmerman · BOS 13

9. Tommy Thompson · PHI 11

10. Clyde LeForce · DET 8

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 216.6

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 181.3

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 163.8

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 123.1

5. Jim Hardy · RAM 115.8

6. Fred Enke · DET 110.7

7. Paul Christman · CRD 105.7

8. Ray Evans · PIT 102.7

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 96.7

10. Sid Luckman · CHI 87.3

Yds/Pass Att

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 8.3

2. Tommy Thompson · PHI 8.0

3. Bob Waterfield · RAM 7.5

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 7.3

5. Jim Hardy · RAM 6.6

6. Fred Enke · DET 6.0

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 4.6

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Bob Waterfield · RAM 15.6

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 14.0

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 13.9

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 13.4

5. Fred Enke · DET 13.3

6. Jim Hardy · RAM 12.4

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 10.3

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 26.3

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 24.9

3. Tommy Thompson · PHI 20.5

4. Fred Enke · DET 18.4

5. Jim Hardy · RAM 17.6

6. Bob Waterfield · RAM 16.4

7. Paul Christman · CRD 16.3

8. Jack Jacobs · GNB 15.3

9. Ray Evans · PIT 15.2

10. Sid Luckman · CHI 13.6

Rushing Att

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 201

2. Camp Wilson · DET 157

3. Gene Roberts · NYG 145

4. Elmer Angsman · CRD 131

5. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 128

6. Pat Harder · CRD 126

7. Tony Canadeo · GNB 123

8. George Gulyanics · CHI 119

9. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 117

10. Bob Cifers · PIT 112

Rushing Yds

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 945

2. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 690

3. Elmer Angsman · CRD 638

4. Camp Wilson · DET 612

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 589

6. Pat Harder · CRD 554

7. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 517

8. Gene Roberts · NYG 491

9. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 441

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 439

Rushing TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 10

2. Elmer Angsman · CRD 8

Jerry Shipkey · PIT 8

4. Pat Harder · CRD 6

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 6

6. J.R. Boone · CHI 5

Charlie Conerly · NYG 5

George McAfee · CHI 5

9. Tony Canadeo · GNB 4

George Gulyanics · CHI 4

Dick Hoerner · RAM 4

Bob Hoffman · RAM 4

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 4

Ed Quirk · WAS 4

Walt Schlinkman · GNB 4

Long Rush

1. Noah Mullins · CHI 74

2. Elmer Angsman · CRD 72

Ralph Earhart · GNB 72

4. Pat Harder · CRD 71

5. Don Kindt · CHI 66

Ben Kish · PHI 66

7. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 65

8. Ernie Steele · PHI 56

9. Joe Glamp · PIT 55

10. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 50

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 5.4

2. Elmer Angsman · CRD 4.9

3. Tony Canadeo · GNB 4.8

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 4.7

Dick Hoerner · RAM 4.7

6. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 4.4

Pat Harder · CRD 4.4

8. George McAfee · CHI 4.3

Ed Quirk · WAS 4.3

10. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 4.2

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 85.9

2. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 57.5

3. Camp Wilson · DET 55.6

4. Elmer Angsman · CRD 53.2

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 49.1

6. Pat Harder · CRD 46.2

7. Gene Roberts · NYG 44.6

8. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 43.1

9. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 40.1

10. Ray Evans · PIT 38.1

Receptions

1. Tom Fears · RAM 51

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 46

3. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 41

4. Val Jansante · PIT 39

Bill Swiacki · NYG 39

6. Dick Todd · WAS 37

7. Joe Margucci · DET 36

8. Ray Poole · NYG 35

9. Hal Crisler · WAS 33

Billy Dewell · CRD 33

Bob Mann · DET 33

Receiving Yds

1. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 943

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 766

3. Tom Fears · RAM 698

4. Val Jansante · PIT 623

5. Hal Crisler · WAS 599

6. John Greene · DET 595

7. Bob Mann · DET 560

8. Bill Swiacki · NYG 550

Dick Todd · WAS 550

10. Red Hickey · RAM 509

Receiving TD

1. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 14

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 11

3. Bill Swiacki · NYG 10

4. Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

Red Hickey · RAM 7

6. Hal Crisler · WAS 6

Bill Dudley · DET 6

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 6

Dick Todd · WAS 6

10. John Greene · DET 5

Long Reception

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 86

2. John Greene · DET 83

3. Tom Fears · RAM 80

4. Hal Crisler · WAS 79

5. Dick Todd · WAS 78

6. Joe Tereshinski · WAS 76

7. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 71

8. Russ Craft · PHI 70

9. Red Hickey · RAM 69

Frank Seno · BOS 69

Yds/Reception

1. John Greene · DET 23.8

2. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 23.0

3. Hal Crisler · WAS 18.2

4. Bob Mann · DET 17.0

Red Hickey · RAM 17.0

6. Pete Pihos · PHI 16.7

7. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 16.0

Val Jansante · PIT 16.0

9. Jack Ferrante · PHI 15.9

10. Dick Todd · WAS 14.9

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 78.6

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 63.8

3. Tom Fears · RAM 58.2

4. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 56.0

5. Hal Crisler · WAS 54.5

6. Val Jansante · PIT 51.9

7. John Greene · DET 49.6

8. Bob Mann · DET 46.7

9. Bill Swiacki · NYG 45.8

Dick Todd · WAS 45.8

Touchdowns

1. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 15

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 11

3. Bill Swiacki · NYG 10

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 10

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 10

6. Elmer Angsman · CRD 9

7. George McAfee · CHI 8

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 8

Jerry Shipkey · PIT 8

10. J.R. Boone · CHI 7

Bill Dudley · DET 7

Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

Red Hickey · RAM 7

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 7

Dick Todd · WAS 7

Points Scored

1. Pat Harder · CRD 110

2. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 90

3. Cliff Patton · PHI 74

4. Pete Pihos · PHI 66

Dick Poillon · WAS 66

6. Bill Swiacki · NYG 60

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 60

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 60

9. Joe Glamp · PIT 56

Bob Waterfield · RAM 56

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 15

2. Pete Pihos · PHI 11

3. Bill Swiacki · NYG 10

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 10

5. Elmer Angsman · CRD 9

6. Jerry Shipkey · PIT 8

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 8

8. J.R. Boone · CHI 7

Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

Red Hickey · RAM 7

George McAfee · CHI 7

Dick Todd · WAS 7

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 3

2. Bill Blackburn · CRD 2

Jerry Davis · CRD 2

Fred Evans · CHI 2

Joe Golding · BOS 2

Ralph Heywood · 2TM 2

Frank Minini · CHI 2

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 2

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 2

10. Bill Chipley · BOS 1

Tony Compagno · PIT 1

Don Currivan · 2TM 1

Bob Dobelstein · NYG 1

Bill Dudley · DET 1

Tom Fears · RAM 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1041

2. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 993

3. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 918

4. Elmer Angsman · CRD 780

5. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 769

6. Pete Pihos · PHI 763

7. Dick Todd · WAS 751

8. Gene Roberts · NYG 713

9. Tom Fears · RAM 706

10. Tony Canadeo · GNB 670

All-Purpose Yds

1. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 1485

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1333

3. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 1300

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 1100

5. Dan Sandifer · WAS 1078

6. George McAfee · CHI 1061

7. Joe Scott · NYG 1027

8. Mal Kutner+ · CRD 993

9. Bill Paschal · BOS 919

10. Tony Canadeo · GNB 891

Touches

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 225

2. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 177

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 177

4. Camp Wilson · DET 169

5. Gene Roberts · NYG 167

6. Tony Canadeo · GNB 145

7. Elmer Angsman · CRD 140

George McAfee · CHI 140

9. Pat Harder · CRD 139

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 127

Yds/Touch

1. Joe Scott · NYG 11.7

2. Fred Gehrke · RAM 10.2

3. Joe Margucci · DET 8.5

4. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 8.4

5. Dick Todd · WAS 8.2

6. Bill Paschal · BOS 8.0

7. Frank Seno · BOS 7.9

8. George McAfee · CHI 7.6

9. Tom Farmer · WAS 7.4

10. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 7.3

Kick Returns

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 26

2. Bill Paschal · BOS 24

3. Joe Scott · NYG 20

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 17

5. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 16

6. Jerry Davis · CRD 15

7. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 14

8. Frank Minini · CHI 12

Ed Smith · GNB 12

Joe Watt · DET 12

Kick Return Yds

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 594

2. Joe Scott · NYG 569

3. Bill Paschal · BOS 498

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 464

5. Jerry Davis · CRD 437

6. Frank Minini · CHI 370

7. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 354

8. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 292

9. Ed Smith · GNB 287

10. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 249

Kick Return TD

1. Fred Gehrke · RAM 1

Frank Minini · CHI 1

Dan Sandifer · WAS 1

Joe Scott · NYG 1

Long Kick Return

1. Joe Scott · NYG 99

2. Dan Sandifer · WAS 96

3. Frank Minini · CHI 95

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 92

5. Jerry Davis · CRD 83

6. Billy deCorrevont · CHI 67

7. Bob Cifers · PIT 55

8. Joe Golding · BOS 53

9. Frank Seno · BOS 52

10. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 50

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 50

Yds/Kick Return

1. Frank Minini · CHI 30.8

2. Jerry Davis · CRD 29.1

3. Joe Scott · NYG 28.5

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 27.3

5. Ed Smith · GNB 23.9

6. Dan Sandifer · WAS 22.8

7. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 22.1

8. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 20.9

9. Bill Paschal · BOS 20.8

10. Joe Watt · DET 15.0

Punt Returns

1. George McAfee · CHI 30

2. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 24

3. Dan Sandifer · WAS 20

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 19

5. Pat McHugh · PHI 18

Fred Provo · GNB 18

7. Jerry Davis · CRD 16

8. Les Horvath · RAM 13

Frank Seno · BOS 13

10. Emlen Tunnell · NYG 12

Punt Return Yds

1. George McAfee · CHI 417

2. Jerry Davis · CRD 334

3. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 282

4. Dan Sandifer · WAS 236

5. Pat McHugh · PHI 220

6. Fred Gehrke · RAM 217

7. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 213

8. Fred Provo · GNB 208

9. Les Horvath · RAM 203

10. Phil Slosburg · BOS 141

Punt Return TD

1. Jerry Davis · CRD 2

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 2

3. George McAfee · CHI 1

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 1

Long Punt Return

1. Jerry Davis · CRD 70

2. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 67

3. George McAfee · CHI 60

4. Al Lawler · CHI 57

5. Pat McHugh · PHI 55

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 55

7. Fred Gehrke · RAM 48

8. Billy deCorrevont · CHI 44

9. J.R. Boone · CHI 40

Fred Provo · GNB 40

Yds/Punt Return

1. Jerry Davis · CRD 20.9

2. Les Horvath · RAM 15.6

3. George McAfee · CHI 13.9

4. Pat McHugh · PHI 12.2

5. Dan Sandifer · WAS 11.8

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 11.8

7. Fred Provo · GNB 11.6

8. Fred Gehrke · RAM 11.4

9. Emlen Tunnell · NYG 9.6

10. Frank Seno · BOS 7.6

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 46

2. Fred Gehrke · RAM 36

3. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 33

4. Jerry Davis · CRD 31

George McAfee · CHI 31

6. Fred Provo · GNB 28

7. Bill Paschal · BOS 27

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 27

9. Joe Scott · NYG 23

10. Frank Seno · BOS 21

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 830

2. Jerry Davis · CRD 771

3. Fred Gehrke · RAM 681

4. Joe Scott · NYG 594

5. Bill Paschal · BOS 577

6. Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 567

7. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 531

8. George McAfee · CHI 442

9. Fred Provo · GNB 413

10. Frank Minini · CHI 370

Extra Pt Made

1. Pat Harder · CRD 53

2. Cliff Patton · PHI 50

3. Johnny Lujack · CHI 44

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 38

5. Len Younce · NYG 36

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 33

7. Joe Glamp · PIT 26

Merv Pregulman · DET 26

9. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 13

10. Ed Cody · GNB 11

Extra Pt Att

1. Pat Harder · CRD 53

2. Cliff Patton · PHI 50

3. Johnny Lujack · CHI 46

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 44

5. Dick Poillon · WAS 38

6. Len Younce · NYG 37

7. Joe Glamp · PIT 27

Merv Pregulman · DET 27

9. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 15

10. Ed Cody · GNB 13

Total Field Goals Made

1. Cliff Patton · PHI 8

2. Pat Harder · CRD 7

3. Ted Fritsch · GNB 6

Bob Waterfield · RAM 6

5. Dick Poillon · WAS 5

6. Joe Glamp · PIT 4

7. Merv Pregulman · DET 2

Nick Scollard · BOS 2

9. Al Lawler · CHI 1

Fred Venturelli · CHI 1

Vinnie Yablonski · CRD 1

Len Younce · NYG 1

Roy Zimmerman · BOS 1

Field Goals Att

1. Pat Harder · CRD 17

2. Ted Fritsch · GNB 16

3. Cliff Patton · PHI 12

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 11

5. Joe Glamp · PIT 10

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 7

Len Younce · NYG 7

8. Merv Pregulman · DET 6

9. Joe Muha · PHI 5

10. Vinnie Yablonski · CRD 4

Roy Zimmerman · BOS 4

Field Goal %

1. Cliff Patton · PHI 66.667%

2. Bob Waterfield · RAM 54.545%

3. Pat Harder · CRD 41.176%

4. Joe Glamp · PIT 40.000%

5. Ted Fritsch · GNB 37.500%

Punts

1. Jack Jacobs · GNB 69

2. Bob Cifers · PIT 62

3. Frank Reagan · NYG 61

4. Joe Muha · PHI 57

5. George Gulyanics · CHI 55

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 51

Roy Zimmerman · BOS 51

8. Ralph Heywood · 2TM 46

9. Ray Mallouf · CRD 45

10. Bob Waterfield · RAM 43

Punting Yds

1. Jack Jacobs · GNB 2782

2. Joe Muha · PHI 2694

3. Bob Cifers · PIT 2454

4. George Gulyanics · CHI 2432

5. Frank Reagan · NYG 2331

6. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 2215

7. Dick Poillon · WAS 2150

8. Bob Waterfield · RAM 1833

9. Ralph Heywood · 2TM 1768

10. Ray Mallouf · CRD 1754

Long Punt

1. Bob Waterfield · RAM 88

2. Joe Muha · PHI 82

3. Jack Jacobs · GNB 78

4. Jim Hardy · RAM 77

5. Dick Poillon · WAS 76

6. George Gulyanics · CHI 70

7. Bill Dudley · DET 68

Robert Hazelhurst · BOS 68

9. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 67

10. Bob Cifers · PIT 66

Punts Blocked

1. Ray Evans · PIT 1

George Grimes · DET 1

Jack Jacobs · GNB 1

Al Johnson · PHI 1

Dick Poillon · WAS 1

Frank Reagan · NYG 1

Yds/Punt

1. Joe Muha · PHI 47.3

2. George Gulyanics · CHI 44.2

3. Roy Zimmerman · BOS 43.4

Charlie Trippi+ · CRD 43.4

5. Bob Waterfield · RAM 42.6

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 42.2

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 40.3

8. Ralph Heywood · BOS 39.9

Charlie Conerly · NYG 39.9

10. Bob Cifers · PIT 39.6

Fumbles

1. George McAfee · CHI 11

2. Ray Evans · PIT 9

Bill Paschal · BOS 9

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 9

Gene Roberts · NYG 9

6. Fred Enke · DET 8

7. Sammy Baugh · WAS 7

8. Bill Dudley · DET 6

Joe Scott · NYG 6

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 6

Camp Wilson · DET 6

Fumbles Recovered

1. Charlie Conerly · NYG 5

Fred Enke · DET 5

Joe Golding · BOS 5

George McAfee · CHI 5

Bill Paschal · BOS 5

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 5

7. Tony Compagn