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Leaders

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

Passes Completed

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 128

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 117

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 89

Paul Christman · CRD 89

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 67

6. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 45

7. Irv Comp · GNB 44

8. Buss Warren · 2TM 36

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 35

10. Roy McKay · GNB 32

Pass Attempts

1. Paul Christman · CRD 219

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 217

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 182

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 171

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 127

6. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 110

7. Irv Comp · GNB 106

8. Buss Warren · 2TM 92

9. Roy McKay · GNB 89

10. Arnie Herber · NYG 80

Passing Yds

1. Sid Luckman · CHI 1727

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1669

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1609

4. Paul Christman · CRD 1147

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 991

6. Irv Comp · GNB 865

7. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 754

8. Arnie Herber · NYG 641

9. Roy McKay · GNB 520

10. Marion Pugh · NYG 390

Passing TD

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 14

Sid Luckman · CHI 14

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 11

4. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 9

Arnie Herber · NYG 9

6. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 7

Irv Comp · GNB 7

8. Roy McKay · GNB 5

Paul Christman · CRD 5

10. Junie Hovious · NYG 4

Passer Rating

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 109.9

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 82.5

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 72.4

4. Paul Christman · CRD 42.6

Long Pass

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 84

2. Frank Sachse · BOS 80

3. Irv Comp · GNB 75

4. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 74

5. Paul Christman · CRD 70

Sammy Baugh · WAS 70

7. Sid Luckman · CHI 65

8. Bob Westfall+ · DET 63

Cotton Price · DET 63

10. Leo Cantor · CRD 62

Passes Intercepted

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 17

2. Paul Christman · CRD 12

3. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 11

Irv Comp · GNB 11

5. Buss Warren · 2TM 10

Dave Ryan · DET 10

Sid Luckman · CHI 10

8. Roy McKay · GNB 9

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 8

Cotton Price · DET 8

Arnie Herber · NYG 8

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 208.6

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 172.7

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 160.9

4. Paul Christman · CRD 143.4

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 99.1

6. Irv Comp · GNB 96.1

7. Marion Pugh · NYG 78.0

8. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 75.4

9. Arnie Herber · NYG 64.1

10. Junie Hovious · NYG 62.2

Yds/Pass Att

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 9.4

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 9.2

3. Sid Luckman · CHI 8.0

4. Paul Christman · CRD 5.2

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 18.1

2. Sid Luckman · CHI 14.8

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 13.0

4. Paul Christman · CRD 12.9

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Paul Christman · CRD 27.4

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 22.8

3. Sid Luckman · CHI 21.7

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 17.1

5. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 12.7

6. Irv Comp · GNB 11.8

7. Marion Pugh · NYG 11.6

8. Buss Warren · PIT 11.5

9. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 11.0

10. Roy McKay · GNB 8.9

Rushing Att

1. Frank Akins · WAS 147

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 143

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 112

4. Don Greenwood · RAM 101

5. Buss Warren · 2TM 96

6. Frank Seno · CRD 93

7. Ted Fritsch · GNB 89

8. Leo Cantor · CRD 83

9. Bob Westfall+ · DET 82

John Lucente · PIT 82

Rushing Yds

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 832

2. Frank Akins · WAS 797

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 497

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 467

5. Jim Gillette · RAM 390

6. Don Greenwood · RAM 376

7. Frank Seno · CRD 355

8. Leo Cantor · CRD 291

9. Buss Warren · 2TM 285

10. Ted Fritsch · GNB 282

Rushing TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 15

2. Fred Gehrke · RAM 7

Ted Fritsch · GNB 7

4. Bob Westfall+ · DET 6

Pug Manders · BOS 6

Frank Akins · WAS 6

7. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 5

Leo Cantor · CRD 5

9. Don Greenwood · RAM 4

10. George McAfee · CHI 3

Bob Margarita · CHI 3

Howie Livingston · NYG 3

Gary Famiglietti · CHI 3

Bill Dudley · PIT 3

Merl Condit · WAS 3

Long Rush

1. Bill Paschal · NYG 77

2. Johnny Martin · BOS 76

3. Buss Warren · 2TM 75

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 72

5. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 69

6. Tipp Mooney · CHI 64

7. Wilbur Moore · WAS 57

8. Bus Mertes · CRD 52

Jim Gillette · RAM 52

10. Don Perkins · 2TM 49

Ned Mathews · BOS 49

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Fred Gehrke · RAM 6.3

2. Jim Gillette · RAM 6.2

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 5.8

4. Frank Akins · WAS 5.4

5. Bob Margarita · CHI 4.4

6. Frank Seno · CRD 3.8

7. Don Greenwood · RAM 3.7

8. Gary Famiglietti · CHI 3.6

9. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 3.5

Leo Cantor · CRD 3.5

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 83.2

2. Frank Akins · WAS 79.7

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 49.7

4. Fred Gehrke · RAM 46.7

5. Don Greenwood · RAM 41.8

6. Frank Seno · CRD 39.4

7. Jim Gillette · RAM 39.0

8. Buss Warren · PIT 36.5

9. Merl Condit · WAS 34.6

10. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 32.5

Receptions

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 47

2. Jim Benton+ · RAM 45

3. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 34

4. George Wilson · CHI 28

5. John Greene · DET 26

Billy Dewell · CRD 26

7. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 25

8. Ed Rucinski · CRD 23

Bob Margarita · CHI 23

10. Frank Liebel · NYG 22

Receiving Yds

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 1067

2. Don Hutson+ · GNB 834

3. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 617

4. Frank Liebel · NYG 593

5. John Greene · DET 550

6. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 543

7. Jack Ferrante · PHI 464

8. Ed Rucinski · CRD 400

9. Don Currivan · BOS 397

10. Bob Margarita · CHI 394

Receiving TD

1. Frank Liebel · NYG 10

2. Don Hutson+ · GNB 9

3. Jim Benton+ · RAM 8

4. Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

5. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 6

6. John Greene · DET 5

Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 5

8. Steve Pritko · RAM 4

Don Currivan · BOS 4

10. George Wilson · CHI 3

Bob Westfall+ · DET 3

Clyde Goodnight · GNB 3

Long Reception

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 84

2. Don Currivan · BOS 80

3. Don Hutson+ · GNB 75

Clyde Goodnight · GNB 75

5. Jack Ferrante · PHI 74

6. Billy Dewell · CRD 70

Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 70

8. Cece Hare · WAS 66

9. George McAfee · CHI 65

10. Mike Micka · 2TM 64

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 64

Yds/Reception

1. Frank Liebel · NYG 27.0

2. Jim Benton+ · RAM 23.7

3. Jack Ferrante · PHI 22.1

4. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 21.7

5. John Greene · DET 21.2

6. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 18.1

7. Don Hutson+ · GNB 17.7

8. Ed Rucinski · CRD 17.4

9. Bob Margarita · CHI 17.1

10. Billy Dewell · CRD 14.2

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 118.6

2. Don Hutson+ · GNB 83.4

3. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 61.7

4. Frank Liebel · NYG 59.3

5. John Greene · DET 55.0

6. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 54.3

7. Ed Rucinski · CRD 50.0

8. Jack Ferrante · PHI 46.4

9. Billy Dewell · CRD 41.1

10. Don Currivan · BOS 39.7

Touchdowns

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 18

2. Frank Liebel · NYG 10

Don Hutson+ · GNB 10

4. Bob Westfall+ · DET 9

5. Fred Gehrke · RAM 8

Ted Fritsch · GNB 8

Jim Benton+ · RAM 8

8. Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

9. Pug Manders · BOS 6

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 6

Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 6

Frank Akins · WAS 6

Points Scored

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 110

2. Don Hutson+ · GNB 97

3. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 64

4. Frank Liebel · NYG 60

5. Ted Fritsch · GNB 57

6. Bob Westfall+ · DET 54

7. Fred Gehrke · RAM 48

Jim Benton+ · RAM 48

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 47

10. Joe Aguirre · WAS 44

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 17

2. Frank Liebel · NYG 10

Don Hutson+ · GNB 10

4. Bob Westfall+ · DET 9

5. Fred Gehrke · RAM 8

Jim Benton+ · RAM 8

7. Ted Fritsch · GNB 7

Jack Ferrante · PHI 7

9. Pug Manders · BOS 6

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 6

Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 6

Frank Akins · WAS 6

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Chuck DeShane · DET 2

Charley Brock+ · GNB 2

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Bill Piccolo · NYG 1

Jack Matheson · DET 1

Johnny Martin · BOS 1

John Lucente · PIT 1

Ted Fritsch · GNB 1

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 1

Ted Doyle · PIT 1

Bernie Crimmins · GNB 1

Larry Craig · GNB 1

Irv Comp · GNB 1

Chet Bulger · CRD 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Jim Benton+ · RAM 1067

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 955

3. Don Hutson+ · GNB 894

4. Bob Margarita · CHI 891

5. Frank Akins · WAS 854

6. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 771

7. Frank Liebel · NYG 593

8. Fred Gehrke · RAM 557

9. John Greene · DET 550

10. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 543

All-Purpose Yds

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1482

2. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 1347

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 1097

4. Jim Benton+ · RAM 1083

5. Frank Seno · CRD 995

6. Don Hutson+ · GNB 931

7. Frank Akins · WAS 875

8. Fred Gehrke · RAM 850

9. Leo Cantor · CRD 632

10. Ward Cuff · NYG 615

Touches

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 180

2. Frank Akins · WAS 156

3. Bob Margarita · CHI 151

4. Frank Seno · CRD 129

5. Buss Warren · 2TM 115

6. Don Greenwood · RAM 109

Leo Cantor · CRD 109

8. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 106

9. Ted Fritsch · GNB 100

10. Fred Gehrke · RAM 99

Yds/Touch

1. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 12.7

2. Fred Gehrke · RAM 8.6

3. Ward Cuff · NYG 8.3

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 8.2

5. Howie Livingston · NYG 8.0

6. Frank Seno · CRD 7.7

7. Bob Margarita · CHI 7.3

8. Jim Gillette · RAM 7.0

9. Leo Cantor · CRD 5.8

10. Ted Fritsch · GNB 5.7

Kick Returns

1. Frank Seno · CRD 19

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 13

Johnny Martin · BOS 13

4. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 12

5. Billy deCorrevont · WAS 11

6. Bob Margarita · CHI 10

7. Fred Gehrke · RAM 9

8. Ted Fritsch · GNB 8

Andy Farkas · DET 8

10. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 7

Kick Return Yds

1. Frank Seno · CRD 408

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 373

3. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 325

4. Johnny Martin · BOS 302

5. Ted Fritsch · GNB 279

6. Billy deCorrevont · WAS 210

7. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 192

8. Fred Gehrke · RAM 173

9. Andy Farkas · DET 165

10. Abe Karnofsky · PHI 164

Kick Return TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Long Kick Return

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 98

2. Ted Fritsch · GNB 79

3. Abe Karnofsky · PHI 57

4. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 55

5. Babe Dimancheff · BOS 52

6. Edgar Jones · CHI 48

7. John Doolan · 2TM 47

8. Andy Farkas · DET 44

Paul Christman · CRD 44

Joe Carter · CRD 44

Yds/Kick Return

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 28.7

2. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 27.1

3. Johnny Martin · BOS 23.2

4. Frank Seno · CRD 21.5

5. Billy deCorrevont · WAS 19.1

6. Bob Margarita · CHI 15.5

Punt Returns

1. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 21

2. Dave Ryan · DET 15

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 14

4. Howie Livingston · NYG 13

Buss Warren · 2TM 13

6. Joe Laws · GNB 12

7. Bob Davis · BOS 11

8. Ward Cuff · NYG 10

Frank Seno · CRD 10

10. Babe Dimancheff · BOS 8

Fred Gehrke · RAM 8

Albie Reisz · RAM 8

Punt Return Yds

1. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 251

2. Dave Ryan · DET 220

3. Buss Warren · 2TM 168

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 154

5. Ward Cuff · NYG 124

6. Fred Gehrke · RAM 120

7. Chuck DeShane · DET 107

8. Howie Livingston · NYG 106

9. Abe Karnofsky · PHI 103

Frank Seno · CRD 103

Punt Return TD

1. Chuck DeShane · DET 1

Long Punt Return

1. Chuck DeShane · DET 81

2. Dave Ryan · DET 56

3. Fred Gehrke · RAM 49

4. Ward Cuff · NYG 41

5. Andy Farkas · DET 32

Abe Karnofsky · PHI 32

7. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 28

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 28

9. Dick Todd · WAS 27

10. Babe Dimancheff · BOS 26

Yds/Punt Return

1. Dave Ryan · DET 14.7

2. Buss Warren · PIT 12.9

3. Ward Cuff · NYG 12.4

4. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 12.0

5. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 11.0

6. Frank Seno · CRD 10.3

7. Bob Davis · BOS 8.5

8. Howie Livingston · NYG 8.2

9. Joe Laws · GNB 6.5

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 33

2. Frank Seno · CRD 29

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 27

4. Dave Ryan · DET 21

5. Buss Warren · 2TM 18

6. Bob Davis · BOS 17

Fred Gehrke · RAM 17

Howie Livingston · NYG 17

Johnny Martin · BOS 17

10. Joe Laws · GNB 16

Bob Margarita · CHI 16

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Steve Bagarus+ · WAS 576

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 527

3. Frank Seno · CRD 511

4. Dave Ryan · DET 358

5. Johnny Martin · BOS 309

6. Buss Warren · 2TM 303

7. Fred Gehrke · RAM 293

8. Ted Fritsch · GNB 279

9. Abe Karnofsky · PHI 267

10. Andy Farkas · DET 266

Extra Pt Made

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 31

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 31

3. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 29

4. Pete Gudauskas · CHI 27

5. Bill Callihan · DET 25

6. Joe Aguirre · WAS 23

Ken Strong · NYG 23

8. Augie Lio · BOS 15

9. Joe Kuharich · CRD 12

10. John Naioti · PIT 4

Extra Pt Att

1. Don Hutson+ · GNB 35

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 34

3. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 33

4. Bill Callihan · DET 27

Pete Gudauskas · CHI 27

6. Joe Aguirre · WAS 24

7. Ken Strong · NYG 23

8. Augie Lio · BOS 16

9. Joe Kuharich · CRD 13

10. John Naioti · PIT 4

Total Field Goals Made

1. Joe Aguirre · WAS 7

2. Ken Strong · NYG 6

3. Ben Agajanian · 2TM 4

Augie Lio · BOS 4

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 4

6. Ted Fritsch · GNB 3

7. Don Hutson+ · GNB 2

8. Pete Gudauskas · CHI 1

Robert Nelson · DET 1

Dave Ryan · DET 1

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1

Field Goals Att

1. Joe Aguirre · WAS 13

Ken Strong · NYG 13

3. Ted Fritsch · GNB 8

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 8

5. Augie Lio · BOS 5

6. Ben Agajanian · 2TM 4

Don Hutson+ · GNB 4

Robert Nelson · DET 4

9. Joe Kuharich · CRD 3

Dave Ryan · DET 3

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 3

Field Goal %

1. Joe Aguirre · WAS 53.846%

2. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 50.000%

3. Ken Strong · NYG 46.154%

4. Ted Fritsch · GNB 37.500%

Punts

1. Sid Tinsley · PIT 57

2. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 47

3. Roy McKay · GNB 44

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 39

5. Bill Reynolds · CRD 38

6. Sid Luckman · CHI 36

7. Sammy Baugh · WAS 33

8. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 29

9. George Franck · NYG 22

10. Hal Blackwell · CRD 17

Scott Gudmundson · BOS 17

Dave Ryan · DET 17

Punting Yds

1. Sid Tinsley · PIT 2308

2. Roy McKay · GNB 1814

3. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 1778

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1585

5. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1429

6. Bill Reynolds · CRD 1384

7. Sid Luckman · CHI 1299

8. Chuck Fenenbock · DET 1081

9. George Franck · NYG 832

10. Dave Ryan · DET 669

Long Punt

1. Roy McKay · GNB 73

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 68

3. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 64

4. Howie Livingston · NYG 62

5. Sid Luckman · CHI 61

6. Sid Tinsley · PIT 58

Johnny Martin · BOS 58

8. George Franck · NYG 57

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 57

Sammy Baugh · WAS 57

Punts Blocked

1. Ken Steinmetz · BOS 1

Bill Dudley · PIT 1

Sid Tinsley · PIT 1

Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 1

Roy Zimmerman · PHI 1

Yds/Punt

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 43.3

2. Roy McKay · GNB 41.2

3. Johnny Martin · BOS 41.1

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 40.6

5. Sid Tinsley · PIT 40.5

6. Dave Ryan · DET 39.4

7. Hal Blackwell · CRD 38.9

8. Mike Klotovich · NYG 38.5

9. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 37.8

George Franck · NYG 37.8

Fumbles

1. Paul Christman · CRD 12

2. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 9

3. John Lucente · PIT 8

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 7

5. Don Greenwood · RAM 6

Pug Manders · BOS 6

7. Ward Cuff · NYG 5

Buss Warren · 2TM 5

Sammy Baugh · WAS 5

Irv Comp · GNB 5

Fumbles Recovered

1. Paul Christman · CRD 8

2. John Lucente · PIT 6

3. Charley Brock+ · GNB 5

4. Bob Waterfield+ · RAM 4

Albie Reisz · RAM 4

Elmer Merkovsky · PIT 4

Pug Manders · BOS 4

Sid Luckman · CHI 4

Pat West · RAM 4

Irv Comp · GNB 4

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 4

Fumble Return Yds

1. Charley Brock+ · GNB 52

2. Pat West · RAM 37

Jack Morton · CHI 37

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 37

5. Stan Batinski · DET 26

6. Morgan Tiller · PIT 23

7. Albie Reisz · RAM 22

8. Larry Craig · GNB 18

George Cafego · BOS 18

10. Chet Bulger · CRD 17

Dave Bernard · RAM 17

Fumble Return TD

1. Bill Piccolo · NYG 1

Chuck Fenenbock · DET 1

Larry Craig · GNB 1

Chet Bulger · CRD 1

Interceptions

1. Roy Zimmerman · PHI 7

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