Gary Allan Anderson
Position: K
Height: 5-11 Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: July 16, 1959 in Parys, South Africa
College: Syracuse
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (171st overall) of the 1982 Draft
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Anderson is #1 single season scoring list (1998 Vikings). He dropped to #2 on the all-time NFLscoring list, when Morten Andersen surpassed him in 2006. After several attempts at retiring, he's finally gone fly fishing full time.
View Details For: 538 Regular Season and 32 Playoff FGs Made
| Kicking | Punting | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | |||
| 1982 | 23 | PIT | K | 9 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1983* | 24 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | 39 | 38 | 97.4% | |||||
| 1984 | 25 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 75.0% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1985* | 26 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 78.6% | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1986 | 27 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 65.6% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1987 | 28 | PIT | K | 12 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 81.5% | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1988 | 29 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 77.8% | 35 | 34 | 97.1% | |||||
| 1989 | 30 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0% | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1990 | 31 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1991 | 32 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1992 | 33 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 77.8% | 31 | 29 | 93.5% | |||||
| 1993* | 34 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1994 | 35 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 82.8% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1995 | 36 | PHI | K | 16 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | |||||
| 1996 | 37 | PHI | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 86.2% | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1997 | 38 | SFO | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 80.6% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1998*+ | 39 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 59 | 59 | 100.0% | |||||
| 1999 | 40 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 63.3% | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | |||||
| 2000 | 41 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | |||||
| 2001 | 42 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 83.3% | 30 | 29 | 96.7% | |||||
| 2002 | 43 | MIN | K | 14 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 78.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | |||||
| 2003 | 44 | TEN | K | 15 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 87.1% | 42 | 42 | 100.0% | |||||
| 2004 | 45 | TEN | K | 15 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | |||||
| Career | 353 | 0 | 672 | 538 | 80.1% | 827 | 820 | 99.2% | ||||||||
| 13 yrs | PIT | 197 | 0 | 395 | 309 | 78.2% | 420 | 416 | 99.0% | |||||||
| 5 yrs | MIN | 78 | 0 | 129 | 109 | 84.5% | 217 | 215 | 99.1% | |||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 32 | 0 | 59 | 47 | 79.7% | 73 | 72 | 98.6% | |||||||
| 2 yrs | TEN | 30 | 0 | 53 | 44 | 83.0% | 79 | 79 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 1 yr | SFO | 16 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 80.6% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1994 | 35 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 353 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 23 | PIT | K | 9 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 52 | |||||||||
| 1983* | 24 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 38 | 27 | 119 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 25 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 117 | |||||||||
| 1985* | 26 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 139 | |||||||||
| 1986 | 27 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 95 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 28 | PIT | K | 12 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 87 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 29 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 118 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 30 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 91 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 31 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 92 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 32 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 100 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 33 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 113 | |||||||||
| 1993* | 34 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 116 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 35 | PIT | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 104 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 36 | PHI | K | 16 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 98 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 37 | PHI | K | 16 | 0 | 40 | 25 | 115 | |||||||||
| 1997 | 38 | SFO | K | 16 | 0 | 38 | 29 | 125 | |||||||||
| 1998*+ | 39 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 59 | 35 | 164 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 40 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 46 | 19 | 103 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 41 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 111 | |||||||||
| 2001 | 42 | MIN | K | 16 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 74 | |||||||||
| 2002 | 43 | MIN | K | 14 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 90 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 44 | TEN | K | 15 | 0 | 42 | 27 | 123 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 45 | TEN | K | 15 | 0 | 37 | 17 | 88 | |||||||||
| Career | 353 | 0 | 820 | 538 | 2434 | ||||||||||||
| 13 yrs | PIT | 197 | 0 | 416 | 309 | 1343 | |||||||||||
| 5 yrs | MIN | 78 | 0 | 215 | 109 | 542 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 32 | 0 | 72 | 47 | 213 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | TEN | 30 | 0 | 79 | 44 | 211 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | SFO | 16 | 0 | 38 | 29 | 125 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
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1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1983 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1983 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1984 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1985 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1985 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1998 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1998 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1998 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1998 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |