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

Passes Completed

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 162

2. Bobby Layne · NYY 155

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 154

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 152

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 145

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 116

7. Paul Christman · CRD 75

8. Fred Enke · DET 63

Jim Hardy · CRD 63

10. Jug Girard · GNB 62

Frank Tripucka · DET 62

Pass Attempts

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 312

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 305

3. Bobby Layne · NYY 299

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 296

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 255

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 214

7. Jug Girard · GNB 175

8. Paul Christman · CRD 151

9. Jim Hardy · CRD 150

10. Frank Tripucka · DET 145

Passing Yds

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 2658

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 2168

3. Charlie Conerly · NYG 2138

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1903

5. Bobby Layne · NYY 1796

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 1727

7. Paul Christman · CRD 1015

8. Jug Girard · GNB 881

9. Harry Gilmer · WAS 869

10. Frank Tripucka · DET 833

Passing TD

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 23

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 18

3. Charlie Conerly · NYG 17

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 17

5. Tommy Thompson · PHI 16

6. Paul Christman · CRD 11

7. Jim Hardy · CRD 10

8. Bobby Layne · NYY 9

Frank Tripucka · DET 9

10. Fred Enke · DET 6

Norm Van Brocklin · RAM 6

Passer Rating

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 84.4

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 81.2

3. Johnny Lujack · CHI 76.0

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 64.1

5. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 61.3

6. Bobby Layne · NYY 55.3

7. Jug Girard · GNB 31.6

Long Pass

1. Charlie Conerly · NYG 85

2. Johnny Lujack · CHI 81

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 76

4. Tommy Thompson · PHI 75

5. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 71

6. Bobby Layne · NYY 69

7. Frank Tripucka · DET 64

8. Joe Geri · PIT 63

9. Harry Gilmer · WAS 61

John Rauch · NYY 61

Passes Intercepted

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 24

2. Johnny Lujack · CHI 22

3. Charlie Conerly · NYG 20

4. Bobby Layne · NYY 18

5. Harry Gilmer · WAS 15

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 14

Stan Heath · GNB 14

Frank Tripucka · DET 14

9. Paul Christman · CRD 13

Jim Hardy · CRD 13

Passing Yds/Game

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 221.5

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 180.7

3. Charlie Conerly · NYG 178.2

4. Sammy Baugh · WAS 158.6

5. Bobby Layne · NYY 149.7

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 143.9

7. Frank Tripucka · DET 138.8

8. Paul Christman · CRD 84.6

9. Norm Van Brocklin · RAM 75.1

10. Jug Girard · GNB 73.4

Yds/Pass Att

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 8.5

2. Tommy Thompson · PHI 8.1

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 7.5

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 7.3

5. Charlie Conerly · NYG 7.0

6. Bobby Layne · NYY 6.0

7. Jug Girard · GNB 5.0

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 16.4

2. Tommy Thompson · PHI 14.9

3. Jug Girard · GNB 14.2

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 14.1

Charlie Conerly · NYG 14.1

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 13.1

7. Bobby Layne · NYY 11.6

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 26.0

2. Charlie Conerly · NYG 25.4

3. Bobby Layne · NYY 24.9

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 24.7

5. Frank Tripucka · DET 24.2

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 21.3

7. Tommy Thompson · PHI 17.8

8. Jug Girard · GNB 14.6

9. Paul Christman · CRD 12.6

10. Jim Hardy · CRD 12.5

Passes Completed/Game

1. Johnny Lujack · CHI 13.5

2. Bobby Layne · NYY 12.9

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 12.8

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 12.7

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 12.1

6. Frank Tripucka · DET 10.3

7. Tommy Thompson · PHI 9.7

8. Paul Christman · CRD 6.3

9. Fred Enke · DET 5.3

Jim Hardy · CRD 5.3

Pass Completion %

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 56.9%

2. Tommy Thompson · PHI 54.2%

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 52.0%

4. Johnny Lujack · CHI 51.9%

5. Bobby Layne · NYY 51.8%

6. Charlie Conerly · NYG 49.8%

7. Jug Girard · GNB 35.4%

Pass Intercept. %

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 5.1%

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 5.5%

3. Bobby Layne · NYY 6.0%

4. Charlie Conerly · NYG 6.6%

5. Jug Girard · GNB 6.9%

6. Johnny Lujack · CHI 7.1%

7. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 8.1%

Passing TD %

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 7.5%

2. Johnny Lujack · CHI 7.4%

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 7.1%

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 5.7%

5. Charlie Conerly · NYG 5.6%

6. Bobby Layne · NYY 3.0%

7. Jug Girard · GNB 2.3%

Rushing Att

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 263

2. Tony Canadeo · GNB 208

3. Dick Hoerner · RAM 155

4. Gene Roberts · NYG 152

5. Jerry Nuzum · PIT 139

6. Joe Geri · PIT 133

7. Elmer Angsman · CRD 125

Bill Dudley · DET 125

9. Charlie Trippi · CRD 112

10. Pat Harder · CRD 106

Rushing Yds

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1146

2. Tony Canadeo · GNB 1052

3. Elmer Angsman · CRD 674

4. Gene Roberts · NYG 634

5. Jerry Nuzum · PIT 611

6. Dick Hoerner · RAM 582

7. Charlie Trippi · CRD 553

8. Joe Geri · PIT 543

9. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 506

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 452

Rushing TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 11

2. Gene Roberts · NYG 9

3. Pat Harder · CRD 7

4. Elmer Angsman · CRD 6

Dick Hoerner · RAM 6

Julie Rykovich · CHI 6

Joe Scott · NYG 6

8. Joe Geri · PIT 5

George Gulyanics · CHI 5

Jerry Nuzum · PIT 5

Jim Parmer · PHI 5

Jerry Shipkey · PIT 5

Long Rush

1. Bob Gage · PIT 97

2. Elmer Angsman · CRD 82

3. Wally Triplett · DET 80

4. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 77

5. Pete Stout · WAS 74

6. Jerry Nuzum · PIT 64

7. Gene Roberts · NYG 63

8. Charlie Trippi · CRD 55

9. Tony Canadeo · GNB 54

Rob Goode · WAS 54

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 6.0

2. Elmer Angsman · CRD 5.4

3. Tony Canadeo · GNB 5.1

4. Charlie Trippi · CRD 4.9

5. George Gulyanics · CHI 4.4

Jerry Nuzum · PIT 4.4

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 4.4

8. Pat Harder · CRD 4.2

Gene Roberts · NYG 4.2

10. George Papach · PIT 4.1

Joe Geri · PIT 4.1

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 95.5

2. Tony Canadeo · GNB 87.7

3. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 63.3

4. Elmer Angsman · CRD 56.2

5. Gene Roberts · NYG 52.8

6. Jerry Nuzum · PIT 50.9

7. Dick Hoerner · RAM 48.5

8. Charlie Trippi · CRD 46.1

9. Joe Geri · PIT 45.3

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 41.1

Receptions

1. Tom Fears · RAM 77

2. Bob Mann · DET 66

3. Bill Chipley · NYY 57

4. Jim Keane · CHI 47

Bill Swiacki · NYG 47

6. Hugh Taylor · WAS 45

7. John Greene · DET 42

8. Ralph Heywood · NYY 37

9. Gene Roberts · NYG 35

10. Jack Ferrante · PHI 34

Pete Pihos+ · PHI 34

Charlie Trippi · CRD 34

Receiving Yds

1. Bob Mann · DET 1014

2. Tom Fears · RAM 1013

3. Hugh Taylor · WAS 781

4. Gene Roberts · NYG 711

5. Jim Keane · CHI 696

6. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 655

7. Bill Swiacki · NYG 652

8. Elbie Nickel · PIT 633

9. Bill Chipley · NYY 631

10. John Greene · DET 542

Receiving TD

1. Tom Fears · RAM 9

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 9

Hugh Taylor · WAS 9

4. Gene Roberts · NYG 8

5. John Greene · DET 7

6. Jim Keane · CHI 6

Bob Shaw · RAM 6

Charlie Trippi · CRD 6

9. Neill Armstrong · PHI 5

Jack Ferrante · PHI 5

Mal Kutner · CRD 5

Long Reception

1. Gene Roberts · NYG 85

2. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 81

3. Hugh Taylor · WAS 76

4. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 75

5. Bob Shaw · RAM 71

6. Clyde Scott · PHI 70

7. Bill Chipley · NYY 69

8. Harry Dowda · WAS 67

9. Jack Ferrante · PHI 64

John Hoffman · CHI 64

Bob Mann · DET 64

Yds/Reception

1. Elbie Nickel · PIT 24.3

2. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 22.6

3. Gene Roberts · NYG 20.3

4. Bob Shaw · RAM 18.4

5. Ted Cook · GNB 17.7

6. Hugh Taylor · WAS 17.4

7. Mal Kutner · CRD 15.5

8. Bob Mann · DET 15.4

9. Val Jansante · PIT 15.3

10. Jack Ferrante · PHI 14.9

Hal Crisler · WAS 14.9

John Hoffman · CHI 14.9

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Bob Mann · DET 84.5

2. Tom Fears · RAM 84.4

3. Hugh Taylor · WAS 65.1

4. Gene Roberts · NYG 59.3

5. Jim Keane · CHI 58.0

6. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 54.6

7. Bill Swiacki · NYG 54.3

8. Elbie Nickel · PIT 52.8

9. Bill Chipley · NYY 52.6

10. Bob Shaw · RAM 48.6

Touchdowns

1. Gene Roberts · NYG 17

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 12

3. Tom Fears · RAM 9

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 9

Hugh Taylor · WAS 9

Charlie Trippi · CRD 9

7. Pat Harder · CRD 8

Julie Rykovich · CHI 8

9. John Greene · DET 7

Jerry Nuzum · PIT 7

Joe Scott · NYG 7

Points Scored

1. Pat Harder · CRD 102

Gene Roberts · NYG 102

3. Bill Dudley · DET 81

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 76

5. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 72

6. Cliff Patton · PHI 69

7. Ben Agajanian · NYG 59

8. Johnny Lujack · CHI 57

9. Tom Fears · RAM 54

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 54

Hugh Taylor · WAS 54

Charlie Trippi · CRD 54

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Gene Roberts · NYG 17

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 12

3. Tom Fears · RAM 9

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 9

Hugh Taylor · WAS 9

Charlie Trippi · CRD 9

7. Pat Harder · CRD 8

Julie Rykovich · CHI 8

9. John Greene · DET 7

Jerry Nuzum · PIT 7

Joe Scott · NYG 7

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Emlen Tunnell · NYG 3

2. Red Cochran · CRD 2

3. Vince Banonis · CRD 1

Bill Blackburn · CRD 1

Ed Cody · CHI 1

Gerry Cowhig · RAM 1

Russ Craft · PHI 1

Jerry Davis · CRD 1

Al DeRogatis · NYG 1

Don Doll · DET 1

Bill Dudley · DET 1

Ralph Earhart · GNB 1

Fred Gehrke · RAM 1

Joe Golding · NYY 1

Ralph Heywood · NYY 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Gene Roberts · NYG 1345

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1234

3. Tony Canadeo · GNB 1050

4. Bob Mann · DET 1014

5. Tom Fears · RAM 1010

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 965

7. Dick Hoerner · RAM 795

8. Hugh Taylor · WAS 781

9. Elmer Angsman · CRD 731

10. Jim Keane · CHI 696

All-Purpose Yds

1. Charlie Trippi · CRD 1552

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1522

3. Gene Roberts · NYG 1361

4. Dan Sandifer · WAS 1074

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 1070

6. Eddie Saenz · WAS 1064

7. Bill Dudley · DET 1037

8. Bob Mann · DET 1014

9. Tom Fears · RAM 1010

10. Red Cochran · CRD 918

Touches

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 279

2. Tony Canadeo · GNB 213

3. Gene Roberts · NYG 188

4. Bill Dudley · DET 176

5. Charlie Trippi · CRD 174

6. Dick Hoerner · RAM 172

7. Jerry Nuzum · PIT 144

8. Elmer Angsman · CRD 135

Joe Geri · PIT 135

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 118

Pat Harder · CRD 118

Yds/Touch

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 13.3

2. Tom Fears · RAM 12.9

3. Vitamin Smith · RAM 9.9

4. John Hoffman · CHI 9.5

5. Wally Dreyer · CHI 9.4

6. Eddie Saenz · WAS 9.1

7. Charlie Trippi · CRD 8.9

8. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 8.1

9. George McAfee · CHI 8.0

10. Rob Goode · WAS 7.4

Kick Returns

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 24

Dan Sandifer · WAS 24

3. Don Doll · DET 21

4. Red Cochran · CRD 20

5. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 18

Charlie Trippi · CRD 18

7. Frank Minini · PIT 16

8. Jack Salscheider · NYG 15

9. Jack Kirby · GNB 14

Paul Shoults · NYY 14

Kick Return Yds

1. Don Doll · DET 536

2. Dan Sandifer · WAS 518

3. Jack Salscheider · NYG 474

4. Eddie Saenz · WAS 465

5. Charlie Trippi · CRD 427

6. Red Cochran · CRD 410

7. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 403

8. Frank Minini · PIT 390

9. Wally Dreyer · CHI 338

10. Jack Kirby · GNB 315

Kick Return TD

1. Jack Salscheider · NYG 1

Long Kick Return

1. Jack Salscheider · NYG 95

2. Dan Sandifer · WAS 70

Joe Scott · NYG 70

4. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 57

5. Don Doll · DET 56

6. Joe Golding · NYY 55

7. Clyde Scott · PHI 54

8. Wally Dreyer · CHI 52

9. Charlie Trippi · CRD 48

10. Frank Minini · PIT 44

Yds/Kick Return

1. Jack Salscheider · NYG 31.6

2. Wally Dreyer · CHI 26.0

3. Don Doll · DET 25.5

4. Frank Minini · PIT 24.4

5. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 24.0

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 23.7

7. Jack Kirby · GNB 22.5

8. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 22.4

9. Joe Golding · NYY 22.2

10. Dan Sandifer · WAS 21.6

Punt Returns

1. Vitamin Smith · RAM 27

2. Emlen Tunnell · NYG 26

3. George McAfee · CHI 24

4. Frank Reagan · PHI 21

Wally Triplett · DET 21

6. Dan Sandifer · WAS 18

7. Eddie Saenz · WAS 17

8. Bob Gage · PIT 16

9. Red Cochran · CRD 15

10. J.R. Boone · CHI 14

Ralph Earhart · GNB 14

Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 14

Punt Return Yds

1. Vitamin Smith · RAM 427

2. Emlen Tunnell · NYG 315

3. Red Cochran · CRD 314

4. Wally Triplett · DET 281

5. George McAfee · CHI 279

6. Frank Reagan · PHI 266

7. Bob Gage · PIT 254

8. Bill Dudley · DET 199

Dan Sandifer · WAS 199

10. Eddie Saenz · WAS 178

Punt Return TD

1. Red Cochran · CRD 2

2. Bill Dudley · DET 1

Ralph Earhart · GNB 1

Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 1

Frank Reagan · PHI 1

Clyde Scott · PHI 1

Vitamin Smith · RAM 1

Wally Triplett · DET 1

Emlen Tunnell · NYG 1

Long Punt Return

1. Vitamin Smith · RAM 85

2. Red Cochran · CRD 71

3. Clyde Scott · PHI 70

4. Bill Dudley · DET 67

Emlen Tunnell · NYG 67

6. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 62

Wally Triplett · DET 62

8. Ralph Earhart · GNB 57

9. Bob Gage · PIT 50

10. Frank Reagan · PHI 42

Yds/Punt Return

1. Red Cochran · CRD 20.9

2. Bob Gage · PIT 15.9

3. Vitamin Smith · RAM 15.8

4. Wally Triplett · DET 13.4

5. Frank Reagan · PHI 12.7

6. J.R. Boone · CHI 12.1

Emlen Tunnell · NYG 12.1

8. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 11.7

9. George McAfee · CHI 11.6

10. Ralph Earhart · GNB 11.5

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Dan Sandifer · WAS 42

2. Eddie Saenz · WAS 41

3. Vitamin Smith · RAM 40

4. Red Cochran · CRD 35

5. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 32

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 28

Emlen Tunnell · NYG 28

8. Don Doll · DET 26

Wally Dreyer · CHI 26

10. Ralph Earhart · GNB 25

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Red Cochran · CRD 724

2. Dan Sandifer · WAS 717

3. Vitamin Smith · RAM 662

4. Eddie Saenz · WAS 643

5. Don Doll · DET 588

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 587

7. Tommy Kalmanir · RAM 567

8. Jack Salscheider · NYG 474

9. Wally Dreyer · CHI 468

10. Bill Dudley · DET 445

Extra Pt Made

1. Pat Harder · CRD 45

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 43

3. Johnny Lujack · CHI 42

Cliff Patton · PHI 42

5. Ben Agajanian · NYG 35

6. Dick Poillon · WAS 34

7. Bill Dudley · DET 30

8. Joe Glamp · PIT 18

Nick Scollard · NYY 18

10. Joe Geri · PIT 12

Extra Pt Att

1. Pat Harder · CRD 47

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 45

3. Johnny Lujack · CHI 44

4. Cliff Patton · PHI 43

5. Dick Poillon · WAS 37

6. Ben Agajanian · NYG 36

7. Bill Dudley · DET 32

8. Nick Scollard · NYY 21

9. Joe Glamp · PIT 18

10. Ted Fritsch · GNB 13

Joe Geri · PIT 13

Total Field Goals Made

1. Cliff Patton · PHI 9

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 9

3. Ben Agajanian · NYG 8

4. George Blanda · CHI 7

5. Bill Dudley · DET 5

Ted Fritsch · GNB 5

Vinnie Yablonski · CRD 5

8. Dick Poillon · WAS 4

9. Pat Harder · CRD 3

Nick Scollard · NYY 3

Field Goals Att

1. Ted Fritsch · GNB 20

2. Cliff Patton · PHI 18

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 16

4. George Blanda · CHI 15

5. Bill Dudley · DET 14

6. Ben Agajanian · NYG 13

7. Nick Scollard · NYY 10

8. Dick Poillon · WAS 7

9. Joe Glamp · PIT 6

Vinnie Yablonski · CRD 6

Field Goal %

1. Ben Agajanian · NYG 61.538%

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 56.250%

3. Cliff Patton · PHI 50.000%

4. George Blanda · CHI 46.667%

5. Bill Dudley · DET 35.714%

6. Nick Scollard · NYY 30.000%

7. Ted Fritsch · GNB 25.000%

Punts

1. Jug Girard · GNB 69

2. Dick Poillon · WAS 67

3. Ray Mallouf · NYG 57

4. Mike Boyda · NYY 56

5. Red Cochran · CRD 52

6. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 49

7. Joe Muha · PHI 45

8. Joe Geri · PIT 43

9. Bill Dudley · DET 34

10. Bill Long · PIT 30

Punting Yds

1. Dick Poillon · WAS 2697

2. Jug Girard · GNB 2694

3. Mike Boyda · NYY 2475

4. Red Cochran · CRD 2186

5. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 2177

6. Ray Mallouf · NYG 2129

7. Joe Geri · PIT 1856

8. Joe Muha · PHI 1800

9. George Gulyanics · CHI 1368

10. Bill Dudley · DET 1278

Long Punt

1. Joe Geri · PIT 82

2. Jug Girard · GNB 72

3. George Gulyanics · CHI 69

4. Red Cochran · CRD 66

5. Bob Gage · PIT 63

Frank Reagan · PHI 63

7. Mike Boyda · NYY 61