| Year |
League |
Player |
NO |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
| 1936 |
DFL |
Ted Wright |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1937 |
MWFL |
Sam Agee |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1938 |
AFA |
Floyd Sexton |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1939 |
AFL |
Bronko Smilanich |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1940 |
AFL |
Nelson Peterson |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1944 |
AFL |
Jimmy Caine, Merle Hapes, Morrie Kohler, Ned Mathews, Kenny Washington |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1944 |
PCFL |
Tom Briggs, Frankie Nilan |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1945 |
PCFL |
Lowell Wagner |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1946 |
AFL |
Tommy Maines, Walt Zirinsky |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1946 |
DFL |
Gus Letchas, Gus Letchas |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1946 |
PCFL |
Frank Porto, Al Walden |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1947 |
PCFL |
Glenn Bussell |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1948 |
AFL |
Billy Kline |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1949 |
AFL |
Fred Cooper |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1961 |
UFL |
Leon Burton |
8 |
256 |
32.0 |
1 |
| 1962 |
ACFL |
Jim Apple |
5 |
132 |
26.4 |
0 |
| 1962 |
UFL |
Buddy Allen |
13 |
353 |
27.2 |
0 |
| 1963 |
ACFL |
Dom Gentile |
12 |
333 |
27.8 |
1 |
| 1963 |
SFL |
Fred Pickard, Bud Spicer |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1963 |
UFL |
Leon Burton |
17 |
464 |
27.3 |
0 |
| 1964 |
ACFL |
Dick Christy |
11 |
334 |
30.4 |
0 |
| 1964 |
SFL |
Carlton Guthrie, Lester Seays |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1964 |
UFL |
Clyde Thomas |
28 |
877 |
31.3 |
1 |
| 1965 |
ACFL |
John Marcellino |
14 |
381 |
27.2 |
0 |
| 1965 |
COFL |
Tony Koszarsky |
22 |
645 |
29.3 |
2 |
| 1965 |
NAFL |
Dick Christy |
9 |
185 |
20.6 |
0 |
| 1965 |
PFLA |
Leon Burton |
9 |
259 |
28.8 |
1 |
| 1965 |
SFL |
Bud Spicer |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1966 |
ACFL |
Tom Munro |
4 |
102 |
25.5 |
0 |
| 1966 |
COFL |
Scott Tyler |
15 |
553 |
36.9 |
2 |
| 1966 |
NAFL |
Jimmy Jordan |
|
|
|
2 |
| 1966 |
PFLA |
Eural McLaughlin, Vic Reed |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1966 |
TFL |
Floyd Butler |
14 |
531 |
37.9 |
2 |
| 1967 |
ACFL |
Willie Ray Smith |
9 |
263 |
29.2 |
0 |
| 1967 |
COFL |
Steve Jones |
13 |
420 |
32.3 |
1 |
| 1967 |
PFLA |
Floyd Butler |
|
|
|
2 |
| 1967 |
TFL |
Doug Broadus |
16 |
439 |
27.4 |
1 |
| 1968 |
ACFL |
Herm Murphy |
11 |
409 |
37.2 |
2 |
| 1968 |
COFL |
Steve Jones |
19 |
548 |
28.8 |
0 |
| 1968 |
TFL |
Emmett Richey |
22 |
674 |
30.6 |
3 |
| 1969 |
ACFL |
John Lee |
18 |
491 |
27.3 |
0 |
| 1969 |
COFL |
Monk Williams |
21 |
636 |
30.3 |
0 |
| 1970 |
ACFL |
Jack Dolbin |
10 |
294 |
29.4 |
0 |
| 1970 |
TFL |
Wilbur Ross |
|
|
|
1 |
| 1971 |
ACFL |
Marv Pettaway |
12 |
341 |
28.4 |
0 |
| 1973 |
ACFL |
Steve Schubert |
15 |
546 |
36.4 |
1 |
| 1974 |
WFL |
Tim Beamer |
20 |
573 |
28.7 |
1 |
| 1975 |
WFL |
Howard Strickland |
11 |
366 |
33.3 |
1 |
| 1983 |
USFL |
Eric Robinson |
21 |
609 |
29.0 |
1 |
| 1984 |
USFL |
Derrick Crawford |
47 |
1237 |
26.3 |
1 |
| 1985 |
USFL |
Clarence Verdin |
28 |
746 |
26.6 |
3 |
| 1991 |
WLAF |
Dana Brinson |
12 |
317 |
26.4 |
1 |
| 1992 |
WLAF |
Cornell Burbage |
22 |
592 |
26.9 |
1 |
| 1995 |
WLAF |
Allen DeGraffenreid |
21 |
490 |
23.3 |
0 |
| 1996 |
WLAF |
Beno Bryant |
19 |
457 |
24.1 |
0 |
| 1997 |
WLAF |
Eric Smith |
21 |
552 |
26.3 |
1 |
| 1998 |
NFLE |
Jon Vaughn |
18 |
393 |
21.8 |
0 |
| 1999 |
NFLE |
James Kidd |
18 |
478 |
26.6 |
1 |
| 2000 |
NFLE |
Sulecio Sanford |
13 |
420 |
32.3 |
1 |
| 2001 |
NFLE |
Dante Hall |
26 |
635 |
24.4 |
0 |
| 2001 |
XFL |
Brian Shay |
29 |
737 |
25.4 |
0 |
| 2002 |
NFLE |
James Rooths |
15 |
429 |
28.6 |
0 |
| 2003 |
NFLE |
Kendall Newson |
15 |
430 |
28.7 |
1 |
| 2004 |
NFLE |
Shockmain Davis |
19 |
571 |
30.1 |
2 |
| 2005 |
NFLE |
Mike Jennings |
19 |
410 |
21.6 |
0 |
| 2006 |
NFLE |
Nate Curry |
14 |
391 |
27.9 |
0 |
| 2007 |
NFLE |
Noriaki Kinoshita |
25 |
604 |
24.2 |
0 |
| 2009 |
UFL |
Willie Andrews |
16 |
353 |
22.1 |
0 |
| 2010 |
UFL |
Ricardo Colclough |
14 |
321 |
22.9 |
0 |
| 2011 |
UFL |
Aaron Woods |
16 |
378 |
23.6 |
0 |
| 2012 |
UFL |
Aaron Woods |
12 |
341 |
28.4 |
0 |
| 2020 |
XFL |
Justin Stockton |
9 |
245 |
27.2 |
0 |
| 2022 |
USFL |
Maurice Alexander |
25 |
787 |
31.5 |
0 |
| 2023 |
USFL |
Derrick Dillon |
23 |
754 |
32.8 |
1 |
| 2023 |
XFL |
Darrius Shepherd |
37 |
907 |
24.5 |
0 |
| 2024 |
UFL |
Chris Rowland |
45 |
1224 |
27.2 |
1 |
| 2025 |
UFL |
Deon Cain |
15 |
421 |
28.1 |
0 |
