List of Canadian Football League annual passing leaders explained

The CFL was officially formed in 1958. Statistics for the IRFU/Eastern Division date back to 1954 whereas WIFU/Western Division statistics date back to 1950.

Passing yards

Key
SymbolMeaning
PlayerThe player who recorded the most passing yards in the league
The total number of passing yards the player had
Former league record
Current record
(#)Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list
CFL annual passing yards leaders by season
scope=col Seasonscope=col Playerscope=col scope=col Team
scope=row 19502,201Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 19513,248Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1952Jack Jacobs (2)2,586Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1953Jack Jacobs (3)1,924Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 19543,610Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1955Sam Etcheverry (2)3,657Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1956Sam Etcheverry (3)4,723Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1957Sam Etcheverry (4)3,341Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Sam Etcheverry (5)3,548Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Sam Etcheverry (6)3,133Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 4,247Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Tobin Rote (2)3,093Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 3,279BC Lions
scope=row 3,126Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Joe Kapp (2)2,816BC Lions
scope=row Joe Kapp (3)2,961BC Lions
scope=row 2,976Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 4,479Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Pete Liske (2)4,333Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 3,641Ottawa Rough Riders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (2)2,779Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 4,036Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Don Jonas (2)3,583Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Ron Lancaster (3)3,767Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Pete Liske (3)3,259Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (4)3,545Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (5)3,869Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (6)3,072Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 3,755Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 2,803Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Dieter Brock (2)4,254Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Dieter Brock (3)4,796Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 5,000Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Warren Moon (2)5,648Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Dieter Brock (4)3,966Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 4,237BC Lions
scope=row 4,379Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Tom Clements (2)4,686Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 4,113Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 4,509BC Lions
scope=row 4,604Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 6,619*BC Lions
scope=row Kent Austin (2)6,225Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Doug Flutie (2)6,092Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Doug Flutie (3)5,726Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Matt Dunigan (2)4,911Birmingham Barracudas
scope=row Doug Flutie (4)5,720Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Doug Flutie (5)5,505Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 4,991Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 5,335Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 4,840BC Lions
scope=row 4,545Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Khari Jones (2)5,334Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 5,891Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (2)6,041Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (3)5,556Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 5,000Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 5,114Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Ricky Ray (2)5,661Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Ricky Ray (3)4,916Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 5,542Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (4)5,251Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 5,367Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row Henry Burris (2)4,925Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row Ricky Ray (4)4,595Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Henry Burris (3)5,693Ottawa Redblacks
scope=row 5,554Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Michael Reilly (2)5,830Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Michael Reilly (3)5,562Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 4,302Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row colspan="3"
scope=row Michael Reilly (4)3,283BC Lions
scope=row 4,731Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 4,769BC Lions
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Passing touchdowns

Key
SymbolMeaning
PlayerThe player who recorded the most passing touchdowns in the league
The total number of passing touchdowns the player had
Former league record
Current record
(#)Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list
CFL annual passing touchdowns leaders by season
scope=col Seasonscope=col Playerscope=col scope=col Team
scope=row 195014Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1951Jack Jacobs (2)33Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1952Jack Jacobs (3)34Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 195324Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1954Sam Etcheverry (2)25Montreal Alouettes
1955Sam Etcheverry (3)30Montreal Alouettes
Toronto Argonauts
1956Sam Etcheverry (4)32Montreal Alouettes
BC Lions
scope=row 1957Sam Etcheverry (5)14Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 20Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 31Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 38Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 23Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 28BC Lions
scope=row Joe Kapp (2)20BC Lions
scope=row 18Ottawa Rough Riders
scope=row Russ Jackson (2)18Ottawa Rough Riders
scope=row 28Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 40Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Pete Liske (2)31Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Russ Jackson (3)33Ottawa Rough Riders
18Calgary Stampeders
Ottawa Rough Riders
scope=row 27Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Don Jonas (2)27Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Ron Lancaster (2)22Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (3)20Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (4)23Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (5)25Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 23Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Dieter Brock (2)23Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 20Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Dieter Brock (3)28Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Dieter Brock (4)32Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Warren Moon (2)36Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Warren Moon (3)31Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 29Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 27BC Lions
scope=row 31Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Tom Clements (2)33Winnipeg Blue Bombers
26Toronto Argonauts
BC Lions
scope=row 30Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Tracy Ham (2)36Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 38BC Lions
scope=row 35Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Doug Flutie (2)44Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Doug Flutie (3)48*Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Matt Dunigan (2)34Birmingham Barracudas
scope=row Doug Flutie (4)29Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Doug Flutie (5)47Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 28Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 28Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 36Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 30Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Khari Jones (2)46Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 37Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 35BC Lions
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (2)34Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 23Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Henry Burris (2)34Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (3)43Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (4)26Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Henry Burris (3)38Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (5)32Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Henry Burris (4)43Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 31Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 28Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 33Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 32Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 30Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Bo Levi Mitchell (2)35Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 26Toronto Argonauts
scope=row colspan="3"
scope=row 20Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Zach Collaros (2)37Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Zach Collaros (3)33Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

Passing completions

Key
SymbolMeaning
PlayerThe player who recorded the most passing completions in the league
The total number of passing completions the player had
Former league record
Current record
(#)Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list
CFL annual passing completions leaders by season
scope=col Seasonscope=col Playerscope=col scope=col Team
scope=row 1950129Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 1951204Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1952Jack Jacobs (2)147Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 1953166Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1954Sam Etcheverry (2)206Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1955Sam Etcheverry (3)227Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1956Sam Etcheverry (4)276Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 1957Sam Etcheverry (5)215Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Sam Etcheverry (6)247Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Sam Etcheverry (7)231Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 256Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Tobin Rote (2)220Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 197BC Lions
scope=row 228Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Joe Kapp (2)194BC Lions
scope=row Joe Kapp (3)219BC Lions
scope=row 211Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 303Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Pete Liske (2)271Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 229Calgary Stampeders
scope=row 185Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 253Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Don Jonas (2)252Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Ron Lancaster (2)263Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Pete Liske (3)228Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (3)239Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (4)297Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Ron Lancaster (5)255Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 294Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 241Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Dieter Brock (2)304Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Dieter Brock (3)354Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 356Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 380Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Dieter Brock (4)320Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 301BC Lions
scope=row Roy Dewalt (2)314BC Lions
scope=row Tom Clements (2)336Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 290Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 331BC Lions
scope=row 360Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 466BC Lions
scope=row Kent Austin (2)459Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Doug Flutie (2)416Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Doug Flutie (3)403Calgary Stampeders
scope=row Matt Dunigan (2)362Birmingham Barracudas
scope=row Doug Flutie (4)434Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Doug Flutie (5)430Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 381Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 365Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row 324BC Lions
scope=row 229Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Khari Jones (2)282Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row 408Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (2)431Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 479Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Ricky Ray (2)406Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 388Winnipeg Blue Bombers
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (3)472Montreal Alouettes
scope=row Ricky Ray (3)401Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row 391Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row Anthony Calvillo (4)404Montreal Alouettes
scope=row 391Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row Henry Burris (2)373Hamilton Tiger-Cats
scope=row Ricky Ray (4)425Toronto Argonauts
scope=row Henry Burris (3)481*Ottawa Redblacks
scope=row 448Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row Ricky Ray (5)474Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 431Ottawa Redblacks
scope=row Trevor Harris (2)343Edmonton Eskimos
scope=row colspan="3"
scope=row 281Saskatchewan Roughriders
scope=row 387Toronto Argonauts
scope=row 363Calgary Stampeders
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFLAPEDIA. 10 January 2013.
  2. Web site: STATS. cfl.ca. March 17, 2017.
  3. Web site: Canadian Football League Yearly League Leaders. statscrew.com. March 17, 2017.

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