Bobby Layne stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1962

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Bobby Layne played 15 NFL seasons, 1948 to 1962.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
175
CMP
1,814
ATT
3,700
CMP%
49.0
YDS
26,768
AVG
7.2
TD
196
INT
243
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1948CHI11165230.82324.532
1949—1215529951.81,7966.0918
1950DET1215233645.22,3236.91618
1951DET1215233245.82,4037.22623
1952DET1213928748.41,9997.01920
1953DET1212527345.82,0887.61621
1954DET1213524654.91,8187.41412
1955DET1214327053.01,8306.81117
1956DET1212924452.91,9097.8917
1957DET118717948.61,1696.5612
1958DET/PIT1214529449.32,5108.51412
1959PIT1214229747.81,9866.72021
1960PIT1210320949.31,8148.71317
1961PIT87514950.31,2058.11116
1962PIT1311623349.81,6867.2917

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
4
CMP
46
ATT
97
CMP%
47.4
YDS
568
AVG
5.9
TD
1
INT
12

Per game

Career regular season

GP
175
CMP
10.4
ATT
21.1
CMP%
49.0
YDS
153.0
AVG
7.2
TD
1.1
INT
1.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1948CHI111.54.730.821.14.50.30.2
1949—1212.924.951.8149.76.00.81.5
1950DET1212.72845.2193.66.91.31.5
1951DET1212.727.745.8200.37.22.21.9
1952DET1211.623.948.4166.67.01.61.7
1953DET1210.422.845.8174.07.61.31.8
1954DET1211.320.554.9151.57.41.21.0
1955DET1211.922.553.0152.56.80.91.4
1956DET1210.820.352.9159.17.80.81.4
1957DET117.916.348.6106.36.50.51.1
1958DET/PIT1212.124.549.3209.28.51.21.0
1959PIT1211.824.847.8165.56.71.71.8
1960PIT128.617.449.3151.28.71.11.4
1961PIT89.418.650.3150.68.11.42.0
1962PIT138.917.949.8129.77.20.71.3

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
175
PPR
1,763.8
HALF
1,763.8
STD
1,763.8
PPG
10.1

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1948CHI1131.331.331.32.8
1949—12109.4109.4109.49.1
1950DET12169.9169.9169.914.2
1951DET12189.1189.1189.115.8
1952DET12163.1163.1163.113.6
1953DET12139.8139.8139.811.7
1954DET12128.6128.6128.610.7
1955DET1294.394.394.37.9
1956DET12125.3125.3125.310.4
1957DET1156.756.756.75.2
1958DET/PIT12165.8165.8165.813.8
1959PIT12147.5147.5147.512.3
1960PIT12103.8103.8103.88.6
1961PIT861.361.361.37.7
1962PIT1377.977.977.96

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Experience
15 yearsDebut 1948

What were Bobby Layne's career stats?

Bobby Layne played 15 seasons for the Bears, the Lions and the Steelers. He completed 1,814 of 3,700 passes for 26,768 yards, 196 touchdowns and 243 interceptions. His best season was 1958: 2,510 passing yards, 14 passing touchdowns and 12 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1948 to 1962

All-time career rank

  • 70th in passing yards (26,768)
  • 55th in passing touchdowns (196)

Among the 2,854 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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