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Leaders

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

Passes Completed

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 210

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 176

3. Paul Christman · CRD 138

4. Jack Jacobs · GNB 108

Paul Governali · 2TM 108

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 106

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 96

8. Clyde LeForce · DET 94

9. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 66

10. Roy Zimmerman · DET 57

Pass Attempts

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 354

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 323

3. Paul Christman · CRD 301

4. Paul Governali · 2TM 252

5. Jack Jacobs · GNB 242

6. Bob Waterfield · RAM 221

7. Tommy Thompson · PHI 201

8. Clyde LeForce · DET 175

9. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 169

10. Roy Zimmerman · DET 138

Passing Yds

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 2938

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 2712

3. Paul Christman · CRD 2191

4. Paul Governali · 2TM 1775

5. Tommy Thompson · PHI 1680

6. Jack Jacobs · GNB 1615

7. Clyde LeForce · DET 1384

8. Bob Waterfield · RAM 1210

9. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 1203

10. Johnny Clement · PIT 1004

Passing TD

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 25

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 24

3. Paul Governali · 2TM 17

Paul Christman · CRD 17

5. Tommy Thompson · PHI 16

Jack Jacobs · GNB 16

7. Clyde LeForce · DET 13

8. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 11

9. Bob Waterfield · RAM 8

10. Roy Zimmerman · DET 7

Johnny Clement · PIT 7

Passer Rating

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 92.0

2. Tommy Thompson · PHI 76.3

3. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 67.7

4. Clyde LeForce · DET 65.0

5. Jack Jacobs · GNB 59.8

6. Paul Christman · CRD 59.0

7. Paul Governali · NYG 58.8

8. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 46.4

9. Bob Waterfield · RAM 39.2

Long Pass

1. Frank Reagan · NYG 88

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 81

3. Paul Christman · CRD 80

4. Clyde LeForce · DET 79

5. Paul Governali · 2TM 78

6. Sammy Baugh · WAS 74

7. Tommy Thompson · PHI 69

Jack Jacobs · GNB 69

Boley Dancewicz · BOS 69

10. Johnny Clement · PIT 68

Passes Intercepted

1. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 31

2. Paul Governali · 2TM 22

Paul Christman · CRD 22

4. Clyde LeForce · DET 20

5. Bob Waterfield · RAM 18

Boley Dancewicz · BOS 18

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 17

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 15

Sammy Baugh · WAS 15

10. Roy Zimmerman · DET 9

Johnny Clement · PIT 9

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 244.8

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 226.0

3. Paul Christman · CRD 182.6

Paul Governali · NYG 182.6

5. Clyde LeForce · DET 153.8

6. Tommy Thompson · PHI 140.0

7. Jack Jacobs · GNB 134.6

8. Bob Waterfield · RAM 100.8

9. Johnny Clement · PIT 100.4

10. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 100.3

Yds/Pass Att

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 8.4

Sid Luckman+ · CHI 8.4

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 8.3

4. Clyde LeForce · DET 7.9

5. Paul Governali · NYG 7.4

6. Paul Christman · CRD 7.3

7. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 7.1

8. Jack Jacobs · GNB 6.7

9. Bob Waterfield · RAM 5.5

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 18.2

2. Paul Governali · NYG 17.2

3. Paul Christman · CRD 15.9

4. Tommy Thompson · PHI 15.8

5. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 15.4

6. Jack Jacobs · GNB 15.0

7. Clyde LeForce · DET 14.7

8. Sammy Baugh · WAS 14.0

9. Bob Waterfield · RAM 12.6

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 29.5

2. Sid Luckman+ · CHI 26.9

3. Paul Christman · CRD 25.1

4. Paul Governali · NYG 24.6

5. Jack Jacobs · GNB 20.2

6. Clyde LeForce · DET 19.4

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 18.4

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 16.8

9. Boley Dancewicz · BOS 14.1

10. Johnny Clement · PIT 12.3

Rushing Att

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 217

2. Johnny Clement · PIT 129

3. Steve Lach · PIT 120

4. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 115

5. Pat Harder · CRD 113

6. Elmer Angsman · CRD 110

7. Jim Castiglia · WAS 104

8. Tony Canadeo · GNB 103

9. Camp Wilson · DET 89

10. Bob Cifers · PIT 87

Rushing Yds

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1008

2. Johnny Clement · PIT 670

3. Tony Canadeo · GNB 464

4. Kenny Washington · RAM 444

5. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 439

6. Jim Castiglia · WAS 426

7. Camp Wilson · DET 412

Elmer Angsman · CRD 412

9. Charlie Trippi · CRD 401

10. Steve Lach · PIT 372

Rushing TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 13

2. Steve Lach · PIT 8

3. Pat Harder · CRD 7

Elmer Angsman · CRD 7

5. Hugh Gallarneau · CHI 6

Ted Fritsch · GNB 6

7. Kenny Washington · RAM 5

Jim Castiglia · WAS 5

9. George Gulyanics · CHI 4

Johnny Clement · PIT 4

Long Rush

1. Kenny Washington · RAM 92

2. Paul White · PIT 52

Mike Holovak · CHI 52

4. Ed Cody · GNB 51

5. Ernie Steele · PHI 49

6. Camp Wilson · DET 48

Don Kindt · CHI 48

Ted Fritsch · GNB 48

9. Bob Nussbaumer · WAS 47

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 46

Gene Roberts · NYG 46

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Johnny Clement · PIT 5.2

2. Charlie Trippi · CRD 4.8

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 4.6

Camp Wilson · DET 4.6

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 4.5

6. Jim Castiglia · WAS 4.1

Bob Cifers · PIT 4.1

8. Bill Dudley · DET 3.8

Walt Schlinkman · GNB 3.8

10. Elmer Angsman · CRD 3.7

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 84.0

2. Johnny Clement · PIT 67.0

3. Jim Castiglia · WAS 60.9

4. Kenny Washington · RAM 40.4

5. Tony Canadeo · GNB 38.7

6. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 36.6

7. Charlie Trippi · CRD 36.5

8. Bob Cifers · PIT 35.6

9. Elmer Angsman · CRD 34.3

Camp Wilson · DET 34.3

Receptions

1. Jim Keane · CHI 64

2. Bob Nussbaumer · WAS 47

3. Mal Kutner · CRD 43

4. Billy Dewell · CRD 42

Nolan Luhn · GNB 42

6. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 38

John Greene · DET 38

8. Jim Benton · RAM 35

Val Jansante · PIT 35

10. Eddie Saenz · WAS 34

Receiving Yds

1. Mal Kutner · CRD 944

2. Jim Keane · CHI 910

3. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 818

4. Don Currivan · BOS 782

5. Nolan Luhn · GNB 696

6. John Greene · DET 621

7. Val Jansante · PIT 599

8. Eddie Saenz · WAS 598

9. Bob Nussbaumer · WAS 597

10. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 593

Receiving TD

1. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 13

2. Jim Keane · CHI 10

3. Don Currivan · BOS 9

4. Pete Pihos · PHI 7

Nolan Luhn · GNB 7

Mal Kutner · CRD 7

Bill Dudley · DET 7

8. Hugh Taylor · WAS 6

Clyde Goodnight · GNB 6

Jim Benton · RAM 6

Long Reception

1. George Franck · NYG 88

2. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 81

3. Babe Dimancheff · CRD 80

4. Joe Margucci · DET 79

5. Don Currivan · BOS 78

6. Joe Watt · 2TM 75

7. Eddie Saenz · WAS 74

8. Mal Kutner · CRD 70

9. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 69

Clyde Goodnight · GNB 69

Yds/Reception

1. Don Currivan · BOS 32.6

2. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 25.6

3. Mal Kutner · CRD 22.0

4. Hugh Taylor · WAS 19.7

5. Eddie Saenz · WAS 17.6

6. Ray Poole · NYG 17.2

7. Val Jansante · PIT 17.1

8. Nolan Luhn · GNB 16.6

Pete Pihos · PHI 16.6

10. John Greene · DET 16.3

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Mal Kutner · CRD 78.7

2. Jim Keane · CHI 75.8

3. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 68.2

4. Don Currivan · BOS 65.2

5. Nolan Luhn · GNB 58.0

6. Clyde Goodnight · GNB 53.9

7. Billy Dewell · CRD 52.4

8. John Greene · DET 51.8

9. Hugh Taylor · WAS 51.1

10. Val Jansante · PIT 49.9

Touchdowns

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 14

2. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 13

3. Bill Dudley · DET 11

4. Jim Keane · CHI 10

Don Currivan · BOS 10

6. Steve Lach · PIT 9

7. Pete Pihos · PHI 8

Mal Kutner · CRD 8

Elmer Angsman · CRD 8

10. Nolan Luhn · GNB 7

Pat Harder · CRD 7

Points Scored

1. Pat Harder · CRD 102

2. Dick Poillon · WAS 85

3. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 84

4. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 78

5. Bill Dudley · DET 66

6. Jim Keane · CHI 60

Don Currivan · BOS 60

8. Ted Fritsch · GNB 56

9. Bob Waterfield · RAM 54

Steve Lach · PIT 54

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 13

Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 13

3. Jim Keane · CHI 10

4. Steve Lach · PIT 9

Bill Dudley · DET 9

Don Currivan · BOS 9

7. Elmer Angsman · CRD 8

8. Pete Pihos · PHI 7

Nolan Luhn · GNB 7

Mal Kutner · CRD 7

Pat Harder · CRD 7

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 2

Frank Maznicki · BOS 2

Tom Harmon · RAM 2

Bill Dudley · DET 2

Tony Compagno · PIT 2

6. Jim White · NYG 1

Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Bulldog Turner+ · CHI 1

Charlie Trippi · CRD 1

Frank Sinkovitz · PIT 1

Frank Seno · BOS 1

Charlie Seabright · PIT 1

Joe Repko · PIT 1

Pete Pihos · PHI 1

Ed Neal · GNB 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1087

2. Mal Kutner · CRD 944

3. Jim Keane · CHI 910

4. Ken Kavanaugh · CHI 818

5. Don Currivan · BOS 782

6. Eddie Saenz · WAS 741

7. Bob Nussbaumer · WAS 733

8. George McAfee · CHI 701

9. Nolan Luhn · GNB 696

10. Bill Dudley · DET 677

All-Purpose Yds

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 1846

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1469

3. Bill Dudley · DET 1218

4. Frank Seno · BOS 1179

5. Charlie Trippi · CRD 1103

6. Walt Slater · PIT 1082

7. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 1028

8. Tom Harmon · RAM 995

9. George McAfee · CHI 985

10. Mal Kutner · CRD 944

Touches

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 239

2. Eddie Saenz · WAS 138

3. Steve Lach · PIT 134

4. Bill Dudley · DET 133

5. Johnny Clement · PIT 131

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 129

7. Tony Canadeo · GNB 128

8. Pat Harder · CRD 122

9. Frank Seno · BOS 120

10. Walt Schlinkman · GNB 117

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 117

Elmer Angsman · CRD 117

Yds/Touch

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 13.4

2. Walt Slater · PIT 11.3

3. Tom Harmon · RAM 9.9

4. Frank Seno · BOS 9.8

5. Bill Dudley · DET 9.2

6. Bob Nussbaumer · WAS 9.0

7. Jim Gillette · GNB 8.8

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 8.8

9. Charlie Trippi · CRD 8.6

George McAfee · CHI 8.6

Kick Returns

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 29

2. Frank Seno · BOS 27

3. Walt Slater · PIT 22

4. Charlie Trippi · CRD 15

Bill Dudley · DET 15

Tony Canadeo · GNB 15

7. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 13

8. Frank Minini · CHI 11

9. Don Kindt · CHI 10

Babe Dimancheff · CRD 10

Ed Cody · GNB 10

Kick Return Yds

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 797

2. Frank Seno · BOS 636

3. Walt Slater · PIT 480

4. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 382

5. Bill Dudley · DET 359

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 321

7. Tony Canadeo · GNB 312

8. Ed Cody · GNB 269

9. Frank Minini · CHI 261

10. Don Kindt · CHI 220

Kick Return TD

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 2

2. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 1

Long Kick Return

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 95

2. Eddie Saenz · WAS 94

3. Frank Seno · BOS 79

4. Bill Dudley · DET 78

5. Dante Magnani · RAM 75

6. Dick Todd · WAS 48

7. Don Kindt · CHI 45

8. Jim Blumenstock · NYG 42

9. John Poto · BOS 40

George Gulyanics · CHI 40

George Franck · NYG 40

Yds/Kick Return

1. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 29.4

2. Eddie Saenz · WAS 27.5

3. Bill Dudley · DET 23.9

4. Frank Seno · BOS 23.6

5. Walt Slater · PIT 21.8

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 21.4

7. Tony Canadeo · GNB 20.8

Punt Returns

1. Walt Slater · PIT 28

2. Frank Reagan · NYG 27

Tom Harmon · RAM 27

4. Eddie Saenz · WAS 24

Bosh Pritchard · PHI 24

6. Herm Rohrig · GNB 18

George McAfee · CHI 18

8. Noah Mullins · CHI 13

9. Frank Seno · BOS 12

10. Ernie Steele · PHI 11

Jim Gillette · GNB 11

Bill Dudley · DET 11

Punt Return Yds

1. Walt Slater · PIT 435

2. Tom Harmon · RAM 392

3. Eddie Saenz · WAS 308

4. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 271

5. George McAfee · CHI 261

6. Frank Seno · BOS 213

Herm Rohrig · GNB 213

8. Ernie Steele · PHI 183

9. Frank Reagan · NYG 182

Bill Dudley · DET 182

Punt Return TD

1. Frank Seno · BOS 1

Pete Pihos · PHI 1

Pat McHugh · PHI 1

Tom Harmon · RAM 1

Fred Gehrke · RAM 1

Bill Dudley · DET 1

Long Punt Return

1. Tom Harmon · RAM 88

2. Frank Seno · BOS 86

3. Bill Dudley · DET 84

4. Pat McHugh · PHI 69

5. Fred Gehrke · RAM 66

6. Noah Mullins · CHI 50

7. Frank Maznicki · BOS 48

8. Ernie Steele · PHI 42

9. Clyde LeForce · DET 36

10. Frank Reagan · NYG 35

George McAfee · CHI 35

George Franck · NYG 35

Yds/Punt Return

1. Frank Seno · BOS 17.8

2. Walt Slater · PIT 15.5

3. George McAfee · CHI 14.5

Tom Harmon · RAM 14.5

5. Eddie Saenz · WAS 12.8

6. Noah Mullins · CHI 11.8

Herm Rohrig · GNB 11.8

8. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 11.3

9. Frank Reagan · NYG 6.7

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 53

2. Walt Slater · PIT 50

3. Frank Seno · BOS 39

4. Tom Harmon · RAM 36

5. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 32

6. Frank Reagan · NYG 29

7. Bill Dudley · DET 26

8. Tony Canadeo · GNB 25

9. Charlie Trippi · CRD 23

10. George McAfee · CHI 19

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Eddie Saenz · WAS 1105

2. Walt Slater · PIT 915

3. Frank Seno · BOS 849

4. Tom Harmon · RAM 600

5. Bill Dudley · DET 541

6. Charlie Trippi · CRD 462

7. Tony Canadeo · GNB 423

8. Bosh Pritchard · PHI 419

9. Steve Van Buren+ · PHI 382

10. Ed Cody · GNB 299

Extra Pt Made

1. Ray McLean · CHI 44

2. Pat Harder · CRD 39

3. Dick Poillon · WAS 37

4. Cliff Patton · PHI 36

5. Roy Zimmerman · DET 30

Joe Glamp · PIT 30

Ward Cuff · GNB 30

8. Bob Waterfield · RAM 27

9. Ken Strong · NYG 24

10. Frank Maznicki · BOS 19

Extra Pt Att

1. Ray McLean · CHI 52

2. Dick Poillon · WAS 41

3. Cliff Patton · PHI 40

Pat Harder · CRD 40

5. Roy Zimmerman · DET 31

Joe Glamp · PIT 31

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 30

Ward Cuff · GNB 30

9. Ken Strong · NYG 25

10. Frank Maznicki · BOS 21

Total Field Goals Made

1. Bob Waterfield · RAM 7

Pat Harder · CRD 7

Ward Cuff · GNB 7

4. Joe Glamp · PIT 6

Ted Fritsch · GNB 6

6. Roy Zimmerman · DET 5

7. Dick Poillon · WAS 4

8. Cliff Patton · PHI 3

9. Ken Strong · NYG 2

Frank Maznicki · BOS 2

Field Goals Att

1. Bob Waterfield · RAM 16

Ward Cuff · GNB 16

3. Cliff Patton · PHI 14

Joe Glamp · PIT 14

5. Ted Fritsch · GNB 13

6. Roy Zimmerman · DET 11

7. Pat Harder · CRD 10

8. Dick Poillon · WAS 6

9. Ken Strong · NYG 5

Joe Muha · PHI 5

Field Goal %

1. Pat Harder · CRD 70.000%

2. Ted Fritsch · GNB 46.154%

3. Roy Zimmerman · DET 45.455%

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 43.750%

Ward Cuff · GNB 43.750%

6. Joe Glamp · PIT 42.857%

7. Cliff Patton · PHI 21.429%

Punts

1. Howard Maley · BOS 92

2. Bob Cifers · PIT 68

3. Frank Reagan · NYG 61

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 59

5. Jack Jacobs · GNB 57

6. Joe Muha · PHI 53

7. Roy Zimmerman · DET 49

8. Ray Mallouf · CRD 43

9. Sammy Baugh · WAS 35

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 23

Punting Yds

1. Howard Maley · BOS 3731

2. Bob Cifers · PIT 2796

3. Frank Reagan · NYG 2613

4. Bob Waterfield · RAM 2500

5. Jack Jacobs · GNB 2481

6. Joe Muha · PHI 2303

7. Roy Zimmerman · DET 2078

8. Ray Mallouf · CRD 1717

9. Sammy Baugh · WAS 1528

10. George Gulyanics · CHI 1031

Long Punt

1. Bob Waterfield · RAM 86

2. Joe Muha · PHI 75

3. Jack Jacobs · GNB 74

Bob Cifers · PIT 74

5. Frank Reagan · NYG 67

Sammy Baugh · WAS 67

7. Howard Maley · BOS 66

8. Roy Zimmerman · DET 62

Ray Mallouf · CRD 62

Bill Dudley · DET 62

Punts Blocked

1. Howard Maley · BOS 3

2. Bob Cifers · PIT 2

Sammy Baugh · WAS 2

4. Roy Zimmerman · DET 1

Jim Youel · WAS 1

Bob Waterfield · RAM 1

Frank Reagan · NYG 1

Jack Jacobs · GNB 1

Yds/Punt

1. George Gulyanics · CHI 44.8

2. Bill Dudley · DET 43.8

3. Sammy Baugh · WAS 43.7

4. Joe Muha · PHI 43.5

Jack Jacobs · GNB 43.5

6. Frank Reagan · NYG 42.8

7. Bob Waterfield · RAM 42.4

Roy Zimmerman · DET 42.4

9. Bob Cifers · PIT 41.1

10. Howard Maley · BOS 40.6

Fumbles

1. Sammy Baugh · WAS 15

2. Roy Zimmerman · DET 8

Walt Schlinkman · GNB 8

4. Pat McHugh · PHI 7

Clyde LeForce · DET 7

Pat Harder · CRD 7

Johnny Clement · PIT 7

8. Tommy Thompson · PHI 6

Frank Reagan · NYG 6

Don Kindt · CHI 6

Paul Governali · 2TM 6

Tony Compagno · PIT 6

Fumbles Recovered

1. Tommy Thompson · PHI 8

2. Sammy Baugh · WAS 7

3. Frank Maznicki · BOS 6

Don Kindt · CHI 6

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