| 1942 NFL Passing
| Passing | Comp | Att | Comp % | Yds | Y/Att | TD | Int | Rating | | Minimum 100 attempts | | Cecil Isbell, GB | 146 | 268 | 54.5 | 2021 | 7.54 | 24 | 14 | 87.0 | | Sammy Baugh, WAS | 132 | 225 | 58.7 | 1524 | 6.77 | 16 | 11 | 82.5 | | Sid Luckman, CHI | 57 | 105 | 54.3 | 1024 | 9.75 | 10 | 13 | 80.1 | | Tommy Thompson, PHI | 95 | 203 | 46.8 | 1410 | 6.95 | 8 | 16 | 50.3 | | Parker Hall, CLE | 62 | 140 | 44.3 | 815 | 5.82 | 7 | 19 | 40.3 | | Bud Schwenk, CHC | 126 | 295 | 42.7 | 1360 | 4.61 | 6 | 27 | 25.5 | | All others | | Joe Laws, GB | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 76 | 25.33 | 1 | 0 | 149.3 | | Len Janiak, CLE | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | | Bob Trocolor, NYG | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 52 | 10.40 | 1 | 1 | 95.4 | | Tuffy Leemans, NYG | 35 | 69 | 50.7 | 555 | 8.04 | 7 | 4 | 87.5 | | Charlie O'Rourke, CHI | 37 | 88 | 42.0 | 951 | 10.81 | 11 | 16 | 82.1 | | Dick Todd, WAS | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 11 | 1.83 | 1 | 0 | 79.2 | | Merle Hapes, NYG | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | -12 | -6.00 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 | | Jack Jacobs, CLE | 43 | 93 | 46.2 | 640 | 6.88 | 6 | 6 | 63.9 | | Curt Sandig, PIT | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | | Leo Cantor, NYG | 12 | 29 | 41.4 | 155 | 5.34 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | | Corby Davis, CLE | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | | Tony Canadeo, GB | 24 | 59 | 40.7 | 310 | 5.25 | 3 | 4 | 46.6 | | Mickey Sanzotta, DET | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 45 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Johnny Knolla, CHC | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 16 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Billy Jefferson, PHI/BRK | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Bob Masterson, WAS | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Pug Manders, BRK | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Dante Magnani, CLE | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Joe Hoague, PIT | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Frank Maznicki, CHI | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Johnny Hall, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Bill Dudley, PIT | 35 | 94 | 37.2 | 438 | 4.66 | 2 | 5 | 37.5 | | Andy Marefos, NYG | 11 | 29 | 37.9 | 176 | 6.07 | 1 | 5 | 30.9 | | Murray Evans, DET | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 64 | 3.76 | 0 | 1 | 27.6 | | Hal McCullough, BRK | 12 | 38 | 31.6 | 211 | 5.55 | 1 | 3 | 27.4 | | Dick Riffle, PIT | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 64 | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 | | Dean McAdams, BRK | 35 | 89 | 39.3 | 441 | 4.96 | 2 | 15 | 23.4 | | Tom Colella, DET | 18 | 41 | 43.9 | 178 | 4.34 | 0 | 4 | 17.2 | | Ned Mathews, DET | 6 | 22 | 27.3 | 53 | 2.41 | 1 | 2 | 16.9 | | Joe Stringfellow, DET | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 67 | 5.15 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | | Gaylon Smith, CLE | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 49 | 4.08 | 0 | 1 | 9.4 | | Chet Wetterlund, DET | 13 | 44 | 29.5 | 230 | 5.23 | 0 | 10 | 9.3 | | Harry Hopp, DET | 20 | 68 | 29.4 | 258 | 3.79 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | | Joe Bukant, CHC | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 56 | 3.73 | 0 | 2 | 3.1 | | Bob Robertson, BRK | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | | Gerry Courtney, BRK | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | 2.1 | | Dick Poillon, WAS | 2 | 15 | 13.3 | 52 | 3.47 | 0 | 3 | 1.9 | | Andy Tomasic, PIT | 11 | 54 | 20.4 | 174 | 3.22 | 0 | 5 | 1.9 | | Hank Soar, NYG | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | | Merl Condit, BRK | 5 | 17 | 29.4 | 27 | 1.59 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | | Roy Zimmerman, WAS | 2 | 10 | 20.0 | 13 | 1.30 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | | Curt Mecham, BRK | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Len Barnum, PHI | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 6 | 0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Bill Callihan, DET | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | | Bill Hutchinson, NYG | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | -3 | -0.75 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
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