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Walter Payton

Walter Jerry Payton

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 25, 1954 in Columbia, MS
College: Jackson State

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1993

9-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1975 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 196 679 7 54 3.5 52.2 15.1 33 213 6.5 0 40 2.5 16.4 892 7 9
1976*+ 22 CHI RB 14 14 311 1390 13 60 4.5 99.3 22.2 15 149 9.9 0 34 1.1 10.6 1539 13 10
1977*+ 23 CHI RB 14 14 339 1852 14 73 5.5 132.3 24.2 27 269 10.0 2 75 1.9 19.2 2121 16 11
1978* 24 CHI RB 16 16 333 1395 11 76 4.2 87.2 20.8 50 480 9.6 0 61 3.1 30.0 1875 11 5
1979* 25 CHI RB 16 16 369 1610 14 43 4.4 100.6 23.1 31 313 10.1 2 65 1.9 19.6 1923 16 7
1980*+ 26 CHI RB 16 16 317 1460 6 69 4.6 91.3 19.8 46 367 8.0 1 54 2.9 22.9 1827 7 5
1981 27 CHI RB 16 16 339 1222 6 39 3.6 76.4 21.2 41 379 9.2 2 30 2.6 23.7 1601 8 9
1982 28 CHI RB 9 9 148 596 1 26 4.0 66.2 16.4 32 311 9.7 0 40 3.6 34.6 907 1 3
1983* 29 CHI RB 16 16 314 1421 6 49 4.5 88.8 19.6 53 607 11.5 2 74 3.3 37.9 2028 8 5
1984*+ 30 CHI RB 16 16 381 1684 11 72 4.4 105.3 23.8 45 368 8.2 0 31 2.8 23.0 2052 11 5
1985*+ 31 CHI RB 16 16 324 1551 9 40 4.8 96.9 20.3 49 483 9.9 2 65 3.1 30.2 2034 11 6
1986* 32 CHI RB 16 16 321 1333 8 41 4.2 83.3 20.1 37 382 10.3 3 57 2.3 23.9 1715 11 6
1987 33 CHI RB 12 12 146 533 4 17 3.7 44.4 12.2 33 217 6.6 1 16 2.8 18.1 750 5 5
Career 190 184 3838 16726 110 76 4.4 88.0 20.2 492 4538 9.2 15 75 2.6 23.9 21264 125 86

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
1979* 25 CHI RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 54 1 100.0 0 0.0 54 54.0 64.0 54.0 3.4 158.3 0 0 54.0 64.0 0.0
1980*+ 26 CHI RB 16 16 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 27 CHI RB 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 28 CHI RB 9 9 1 3 33.3 39 1 33.3 0 0.0 39 13.0 16.3 39.0 4.3 121.5 0 0 13.0 16.3 0.0
1983* 29 CHI RB 16 16 3 6 50.0 95 3 50.0 2 33.3 56 15.8 5.8 31.7 5.9 95.8 0 0 15.8 5.8 0.0
1984*+ 30 CHI RB 16 16 3 8 37.5 47 2 25.0 1 12.5 42 5.9 2.8 15.7 2.9 57.8 0 0 5.9 2.8 0.0
1985*+ 31 CHI RB 16 16 3 5 60.0 96 1 20.0 0 0.0 50 19.2 21.2 32.0 6.0 143.7 0 0 19.2 21.2 0.0
1986* 32 CHI RB 16 16 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0
1987 33 CHI RB 12 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Career 190 184 11 34 32.4 331 8 23.5 6 17.6 56 9.7 4.1 30.1 1.7 69.6 0 0 9.7 4.1 0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 14 444 0 70 31.7 1336
1976*+ 22 CHI RB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 1539
1977*+ 23 CHI RB 14 14 2 95 0 68 47.5 2216
Career 190 184 17 539 0 70 31.7 21803

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 9 1 0 0
1976*+ 22 CHI RB 14 14 10 0 0 0
1977*+ 23 CHI RB 14 14 11 5 0 0
1978* 24 CHI RB 16 16 5 2 0 0
1979* 25 CHI RB 16 16 7 2 0 0
1980*+ 26 CHI RB 16 16 5 3 0 0
1981 27 CHI RB 16 16 9 3 0 0
1982 28 CHI RB 9 9 3 1 0 0
1983* 29 CHI RB 16 16 5 2 0 0
1984*+ 30 CHI RB 16 16 5 1 0 0
1985*+ 31 CHI RB 16 16 6 1 0 0
1986* 32 CHI RB 16 16 6 0 0 0
1987 33 CHI RB 12 12 5 0 0 0
Career 190 184 86 21 0 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 1 39 39 0 39.0
Career 190 184 1 39 39 0 39.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1975 21 CHI RB 13 7 7 42
1976*+ 22 CHI RB 14 14 13 78
1977*+ 23 CHI RB 14 14 14 2 96
1978* 24 CHI RB 16 16 11 66
1979* 25 CHI RB 16 16 14 2 96
1980*+ 26 CHI RB 16 16 6 1 42
1981 27 CHI RB 16 16 6 2 48
1982 28 CHI RB 9 9 1 6
1983* 29 CHI RB 16 16 6 2 48
1984*+ 30 CHI RB 16 16 11 66
1985*+ 31 CHI RB 16 16 9 2 66
1986* 32 CHI RB 16 16 8 3 66
1987 33 CHI RB 12 12 4 1 30
Career 190 184 110 15 750

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1983
1984
1985
1986

1st-team All-Pro

1976
1977
1980
1984
1985

Rushing Att

1976 NFL 311 (1)
1977 NFL 339 (1-- 71)
1978 NFL 333 (1-- 88)
1979 NFL 369 (1-- 28)
1980 NFL 317 (2)
1981 NFL 339 (4-- 71)
1982 NFL 148 (10)
1983 NFL 314 (6)
1984 NFL 381 (2-- 15)
1985 NFL 324 (4)
1986 NFL 321 (4)
Career 3838 (2)

Rushing Yds

1976 NFL 1390 (2)
1977 NFL 1852 (1-- 13)
1978 NFL 1395 (2)
1979 NFL 1610 (2-- 43)
1980 NFL 1460 (2-- 90)
1981 NFL 1222 (8)
1982 NFL 596 (10)
1983 NFL 1421 (4)
1984 NFL 1684 (2-- 32)
1985 NFL 1551 (3-- 53)
1986 NFL 1333 (5)
Career 16726 (2)

Rushing TD

1976 NFL 13 (2-- 78)
1977 NFL 14 (1-- 47)
1978 NFL 11 (3)
1979 NFL 14 (2-- 47)
1984 NFL 11 (7)
1985 NFL 9 (8)
1986 NFL 8 (10)
Career 110 (4)

Long Rush

1975 NFL 54 (8)
1976 NFL 60 (8)
1977 NFL 73 (6)
1978 NFL 76 (2)
1980 NFL 69 (3)
1984 NFL 72 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att

1976 NFL 4.5 (10)
1977 NFL 5.5 (1-- 68)
1980 NFL 4.6 (7)
1984 NFL 4.4 (10)
1985 NFL 4.8 (8)
Career 4.4 (88)

Rushing Yds/Game

1976 NFL 99.3 (2-- 71)
1977 NFL 132.3 (1-- 3)
1978 NFL 87.2 (2)
1979 NFL 100.6 (2-- 64)
1980 NFL 91.3 (2)
1981 NFL 76.4 (8)
1983 NFL 88.8 (6)
1984 NFL 105.3 (2-- 44)
1985 NFL 96.9 (3-- 87)
1986 NFL 83.3 (5)
Career 88.0 (8)

Receptions

Career 492 (105)

Touchdowns

1976 NFL 13 (3)
1977 NFL 16 (1-- 66)
1978 NFL 11 (5)
1979 NFL 16 (2-- 66)
1984 NFL 11 (10)
1985 NFL 11 (9)
1986 NFL 11 (9)
Career 125 (9)

Points Scored

1977 NFL 96 (2)
1979 NFL 96 (10)
Career 750 (78)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1976 NFL 13 (3)
1977 NFL 16 (1-- 65)
1978 NFL 11 (5)
1979 NFL 16 (2-- 65)
1984 NFL 11 (10)
1985 NFL 11 (9)
1986 NFL 11 (9)
Career 125 (9)

Yds From Scrimmage

1976 NFL 1539 (4)
1977 NFL 2121 (1-- 33)
1978 NFL 1875 (1-- 79)
1979 NFL 1923 (2-- 68)
1980 NFL 1827 (3-- 95)
1981 NFL 1601 (9)
1982 NFL 907 (9)
1983 NFL 2028 (3-- 52)
1984 NFL 2052 (3-- 42)
1985 NFL 2034 (3-- 49)
1986 NFL 1715 (5)
Career 21264 (3)

All-Purpose Yds

1976 NFL 1539 (4)
1977 NFL 2216 (1-- 37)
1978 NFL 1875 (2)
1979 NFL 1923 (3)
1980 NFL 1827 (4)
1983 NFL 2028 (3-- 94)
1984 NFL 2052 (3-- 82)
1985 NFL 2034 (4-- 91)
1986 NFL 1715 (6)
Career 21803 (3)

Touches

1976 NFL 327 (3)
1977 NFL 368 (2)
1978 NFL 383 (1-- 66)
1979 NFL 400 (1-- 39)
1980 NFL 363 (4)
1981 NFL 380 (3-- 74)
1982 NFL 180 (8)
1983 NFL 367 (5)
1984 NFL 426 (2-- 17)
1985 NFL 373 (4-- 94)
1986 NFL 358 (5)
Career 4347 (2)

Yds/Touch

1977 NFL 6.0 (9)

Long Kick Return

1975 NFL 70 (10)

Yds/Kick Return

1975 NFL 31.7 (1-- 17)

Games Started

Career 184 (101)

Fumbles

1975 NFL 9 (5)
1976 NFL 10 (3)
1977 NFL 11 (2)
Career 86 (21)

Fumbles Recovered

1977 NFL 5 (2)
Career 21 (77)

     

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1976 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1976 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1983 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1983 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1984 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1985 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1985 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1986 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1986 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1986 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 21 13 RB 129 16 17 52
1976 22 14 RB 232 124 2 4
1977 23 14 RB 308 217 1 1
1978 24 16 RB 254 141 1 1
1979 25 16 RB 296 200 1 1
1980 26 16 RB 225 130 4 8
1981 27 16 RB 208 82 13 24
1982 28 9 RB 104 33 13 35
1983 29 16 RB 269 158 4 7
1984 30 16 RB 283 209 4 5
1985 31 16 RB 279 172 4 4
1986 32 16 RB 236 130 5 9
1987 33 12 RB 103 28
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