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Leaders

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

Passes Completed

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 254

2. John Brodie · SFO 232

3. Roman Gabriel · RAM 217

4. Frank Ryan* · CLE 200

5. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 195

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 192

7. Don Meredith* · DAL 177

8. Karl Sweetan · DET 157

9. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 156

10. Rudy Bukich · CHI 147

Pass Attempts

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 436

2. John Brodie · SFO 427

3. Roman Gabriel · RAM 397

4. Frank Ryan* · CLE 382

5. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 358

6. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 348

7. Don Meredith* · DAL 344

8. Rudy Bukich · CHI 309

Karl Sweetan · DET 309

10. Randy Johnson · ATL 295

Passing Yds

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 3209

2. Frank Ryan* · CLE 2974

3. John Brodie · SFO 2810

4. Don Meredith* · DAL 2805

5. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 2748

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 2561

7. Roman Gabriel · RAM 2540

8. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 2257

9. Rudy Bukich · CHI 1858

10. Karl Sweetan · DET 1809

Passing TD

1. Frank Ryan* · CLE 29

2. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 28

3. Don Meredith* · DAL 24

4. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 22

5. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 17

6. John Brodie · SFO 16

7. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 14

8. Randy Johnson · ATL 12

9. Rudy Bukich · CHI 10

Roman Gabriel · RAM 10

Charley Johnson · STL 10

Passer Rating

1. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 105.0

2. Frank Ryan* · CLE 88.2

3. Don Meredith* · DAL 87.7

4. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 84.5

5. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 74.0

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 73.8

7. Roman Gabriel · RAM 65.9

8. John Brodie · SFO 65.8

9. Charley Johnson · STL 65.0

10. Norm Snead · PHI 55.1

Long Pass

1. Karl Sweetan · DET 99

2. Earl Morrall · NYG 98

3. Don Meredith* · DAL 95

4. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 89

5. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 86

6. Roman Gabriel · RAM 84

Ron C. Smith · PIT 84

8. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 83

9. Tom Kennedy · NYG 82

10. Rudy Bukich · CHI 80

Passes Intercepted

1. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 24

2. John Brodie · SFO 22

3. Rudy Bukich · CHI 21

Randy Johnson · ATL 21

5. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 19

6. Roman Gabriel · RAM 16

Fran Tarkenton · MIN 16

8. Frank Ryan* · CLE 14

Karl Sweetan · DET 14

10. Milt Plum · DET 13

Gary Wood · NYG 13

Passing Yds/Game

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 229.2

2. Don Meredith* · DAL 215.8

3. Frank Ryan* · CLE 212.4

4. John Brodie · SFO 200.7

5. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 196.3

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 182.9

7. Roman Gabriel · RAM 181.4

8. Karl Sweetan · DET 180.9

9. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 161.2

10. Earl Morrall · NYG 157.9

Yds/Pass Att

1. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 9.0

2. Don Meredith* · DAL 8.2

3. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 7.9

4. Frank Ryan* · CLE 7.8

5. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 7.4

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 7.2

7. John Brodie · SFO 6.6

8. Charley Johnson · STL 6.5

9. Roman Gabriel · RAM 6.4

10. Randy Johnson · ATL 6.1

Yds/Pass Cmp

1. Don Meredith* · DAL 15.8

2. Frank Ryan* · CLE 14.9

3. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 14.5

4. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 14.1

5. Randy Johnson · ATL 13.9

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 13.3

7. Charley Johnson · STL 13.0

8. Rudy Bukich · CHI 12.6

Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 12.6

10. Norm Snead · PHI 12.4

Pass Attempts/Game

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 31.1

2. Karl Sweetan · DET 30.9

3. John Brodie · SFO 30.5

4. Roman Gabriel · RAM 28.4

5. Frank Ryan* · CLE 27.3

6. Don Meredith* · DAL 26.5

7. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 25.6

8. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 24.9

9. Terry Nofsinger · STL 23.1

10. Charley Johnson · STL 22.8

Passes Completed/Game

1. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 18.1

2. John Brodie · SFO 16.6

3. Karl Sweetan · DET 15.7

4. Roman Gabriel · RAM 15.5

5. Frank Ryan* · CLE 14.3

6. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 13.9

7. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 13.7

8. Don Meredith* · DAL 13.6

9. Charley Johnson · STL 11.4

10. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 11.1

Pass Completion %

1. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 62.2%

2. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 58.3%

3. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 56.0%

4. Roman Gabriel · RAM 54.7%

5. John Brodie · SFO 54.3%

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 53.6%

7. Frank Ryan* · CLE 52.4%

8. Don Meredith* · DAL 51.5%

9. Karl Sweetan · DET 50.8%

10. Charley Johnson · STL 50.2%

Pass Intercept. %

1. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 1.2%

2. Don Meredith* · DAL 3.5%

3. Frank Ryan* · CLE 3.7%

4. Roman Gabriel · RAM 4.0%

5. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 4.4%

6. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 4.5%

Karl Sweetan · DET 4.5%

8. Norm Snead · PHI 4.9%

9. John Brodie · SFO 5.2%

10. Charley Johnson · STL 5.4%

Passing TD %

1. Frank Ryan* · CLE 7.6%

2. Don Meredith* · DAL 7.0%

3. Sonny Jurgensen* · WAS 6.4%

4. Johnny Unitas* · BAL 6.3%

5. Bart Starr*+ · GNB 5.6%

6. Charley Johnson · STL 4.9%

7. Fran Tarkenton · MIN 4.7%

8. Randy Johnson · ATL 4.1%

9. John Brodie · SFO 3.7%

10. Norm Snead · PHI 3.5%

Rushing Att

1. Bill Brown · MIN 251

2. Dick Bass* · RAM 248

3. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 229

4. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 209

5. Jim Taylor · GNB 204

6. Junior Coffey · ATL 199

7. Johnny Roland* · STL 192

8. Ken Willard* · SFO 191

9. Don Perkins* · DAL 186

10. Dan Reeves · DAL 175

Rushing Yds

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 1231

2. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 1141

3. Dick Bass* · RAM 1090

4. Bill Brown · MIN 829

5. Ken Willard* · SFO 763

6. Dan Reeves · DAL 757

7. Ernie Green* · CLE 750

8. Don Perkins* · DAL 726

9. Junior Coffey · ATL 722

10. Jim Taylor · GNB 705

Rushing TD

1. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 15

2. Dick Bass* · RAM 8

Don Perkins* · DAL 8

Dan Reeves · DAL 8

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 8

6. Willie Asbury · PIT 7

Earl Gros · PHI 7

Elijah Pitts · GNB 7

9. Bill Brown · MIN 6

Tom Nowatzke · DET 6

Long Rush

1. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 70

2. Les Shy · DAL 68

3. Dan Reeves · DAL 67

4. Ernie Wheelwright · ATL 65

5. A.D. Whitfield · WAS 63

6. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 58

7. Dan Lewis · NYG 57

8. Tommy Mason · MIN 52

9. Dick Bass* · RAM 50

Johnny Roland* · STL 50

Yds/Rushing Att

1. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 5.5

2. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 5.4

3. Ernie Green* · CLE 5.2

4. A.D. Whitfield · WAS 5.1

5. Dick Bass* · RAM 4.4

6. Dan Reeves · DAL 4.3

7. Ken Willard* · SFO 4.0

8. John David Crow · SFO 3.9

Don Perkins* · DAL 3.9

Earl Gros · PHI 3.9

Rushing Yds/Game

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 87.9

2. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 81.5

3. Dick Bass* · RAM 77.9

4. Bill Brown · MIN 59.2

5. Ken Willard* · SFO 54.5

6. Dan Reeves · DAL 54.1

7. Ernie Green* · CLE 53.6

8. Don Perkins* · DAL 51.9

9. Junior Coffey · ATL 51.6

10. Jim Taylor · GNB 50.4

Receptions

1. Charley Taylor* · WAS 72

2. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 67

3. Dave Parks* · SFO 66

4. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 64

5. Tom Moore · RAM 60

6. Bobby Mitchell · WAS 58

7. Raymond Berry · BAL 56

Gary Collins* · CLE 56

9. Tommy McDonald · RAM 55

10. Tom Nowatzke · DET 54

Jerry Smith · WAS 54

Receiving Yds

1. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 1266

2. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 1232

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 1119

4. Homer Jones · NYG 1044

5. Dave Parks* · SFO 974

6. Gary Collins* · CLE 946

7. Bobby Mitchell · WAS 905

8. Carroll Dale · GNB 876

9. John Mackey*+ · BAL 829

10. Jackie Smith* · STL 810

Receiving TD

1. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 13

2. Gary Collins* · CLE 12

Charley Taylor* · WAS 12

4. John Mackey*+ · BAL 9

Bobby Mitchell · WAS 9

6. Homer Jones · NYG 8

Dan Reeves · DAL 8

8. Raymond Berry · BAL 7

Carroll Dale · GNB 7

10. Ernie Green* · CLE 6

Joe Morrison · NYG 6

Pete Retzlaff · PHI 6

Jerry Smith · WAS 6

Long Reception

1. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 99

2. Homer Jones · NYG 98

3. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 95

4. John Mackey*+ · BAL 89

5. Charley Taylor* · WAS 86

6. Pete Gent · DAL 84

Roy Jefferson · PIT 84

Jack Snow · RAM 84

9. Carroll Dale · GNB 83

10. Jim Jones · CHI 80

Elijah Pitts · GNB 80

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 80

Yds/Reception

1. Roy Jefferson · PIT 24.1

2. Carroll Dale · GNB 23.7

3. Homer Jones · NYG 21.8

4. Paul Warfield · CLE 20.6

5. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 19.3

6. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 18.9

7. Jack Snow · RAM 18.6

8. Preston Carpenter · MIN 18.0

Jim Jones · CHI 18.0

Jackie Smith* · STL 18.0

Receiving Yds/Game

1. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 90.4

2. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 88.0

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 79.9

4. Dave Parks* · SFO 74.9

5. Homer Jones · NYG 74.6

6. Gary Collins* · CLE 67.6

7. Bobby Mitchell · WAS 64.6

8. Carroll Dale · GNB 62.6

9. Paul Flatley* · MIN 59.8

10. John Mackey*+ · BAL 59.2

Touchdowns

1. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 16

Dan Reeves · DAL 16

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 15

4. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 13

5. Gary Collins* · CLE 12

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 12

7. Bobby Mitchell · WAS 10

Elijah Pitts · GNB 10

9. Willie Asbury · PIT 9

Ernie Green* · CLE 9

Earl Gros · PHI 9

John Mackey*+ · BAL 9

Points Scored

1. Bruce Gossett* · RAM 113

2. Danny Villanueva · DAL 107

3. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 105

4. Lou Michaels · BAL 98

5. Mike Clark* · PIT 97

6. Jim Bakken · STL 96

Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 96

Dan Reeves · DAL 96

9. Sam Baker · PHI 92

10. Charley Taylor* · WAS 90

Rushing/Receiving TD

1. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 16

Dan Reeves · DAL 16

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 15

4. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 13

5. Gary Collins* · CLE 12

6. Bobby Mitchell · WAS 10

Elijah Pitts · GNB 10

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 10

9. Willie Asbury · PIT 9

Ernie Green* · CLE 9

Earl Gros · PHI 9

John Mackey*+ · BAL 9

Non-Offensive TDs

1. Kermit Alexander · SFO 2

Timmy Brown · PHI 2

Bob Jeter · GNB 2

Brig Owens · WAS 2

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 2

Larry Wilson*+ · STL 2

7. Herb Adderley*+ · GNB 1

Donny Anderson · GNB 1

George Andrie* · DAL 1

Bobby Boyd · BAL 1

Jim Bradshaw · PIT 1

Cannonball Butler · PIT 1

Lee Roy Caffey+ · GNB 1

Henry Carr · NYG 1

Clarence Childs · NYG 1

Yds From Scrimmage

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 1678

2. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 1507

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 1381

4. Dick Bass* · RAM 1364

5. Dan Reeves · DAL 1314

6. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 1286

7. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 1231

8. Ernie Green* · CLE 1195

9. Bill Brown · MIN 1188

10. Ken Willard* · SFO 1114

All-Purpose Yds

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 2440

2. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 2014

3. Charley Taylor* · WAS 1542

4. Timmy Brown · PHI 1481

5. Johnny Roland* · STL 1476

6. Dan Reeves · DAL 1369

7. Dick Bass* · RAM 1364

8. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 1337

9. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 1286

10. Ernie Green* · CLE 1195

Touches

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 292

2. Bill Brown · MIN 288

3. Dick Bass* · RAM 279

4. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 273

5. Johnny Roland* · STL 248

6. Jim Taylor · GNB 245

7. Ken Willard* · SFO 233

8. Dan Reeves · DAL 221

9. Timmy Brown · PHI 215

Junior Coffey · ATL 215

Yds/Touch

1. Charley Taylor* · WAS 9.2

2. Lenny Moore · BAL 9.0

3. Joe Morrison · NYG 8.8

4. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 8.4

5. Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 7.4

6. Timmy Brown · PHI 6.9

7. Tom Matte · BAL 6.6

8. Ernie Green* · CLE 6.3

9. Dan Reeves · DAL 6.2

10. Johnny Roland* · STL 6.0

Kick Returns

1. Ron Smith · ATL 43

2. Kermit Alexander · SFO 37

3. Clarence Childs · NYG 34

4. Roy Shivers · STL 27

5. Ollie Matson · PHI 26

6. Donny Anderson · GNB 23

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 23

Tom Vaughn · DET 23

9. Phil Harris · NYG 22

10. Fred Mazurek · WAS 21

Kick Return Yds

1. Ron Smith · ATL 1013

2. Kermit Alexander · SFO 984

3. Clarence Childs · NYG 855

4. Roy Shivers · STL 762

5. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 718

6. Tom Vaughn · DET 595

7. Timmy Brown · PHI 562

8. Ollie Matson · PHI 544

9. Donny Anderson · GNB 533

10. Dick Gordon · CHI 521

Kick Return TD

1. Timmy Brown · PHI 2

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 2

3. Cannonball Butler · PIT 1

Clarence Childs · NYG 1

Mel Renfro* · DAL 1

Roy Shivers · STL 1

Long Kick Return

1. Dick Gordon · CHI 94

Roy Shivers · STL 94

3. Timmy Brown · PHI 93

Cannonball Butler · PIT 93

Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 93

6. Clarence Childs · NYG 90

7. Mel Renfro* · DAL 87

8. Clancy Williams · RAM 81

9. Ron Smith · ATL 80

10. Gary Ballman · PIT 70

Yds/Kick Return

1. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 31.2

2. Roy Shivers · STL 28.2

3. Timmy Brown · PHI 28.1

4. Clancy Williams · RAM 28.0

5. Dick Gordon · CHI 27.4

6. Cannonball Butler · PIT 26.7

7. Kermit Alexander · SFO 26.6

8. Tom Vaughn · DET 25.9

9. Mel Renfro* · DAL 25.6

10. Lenny Moore · BAL 25.2

Punt Returns

1. Alvin Haymond · BAL 40

2. Jim Stiger · RAM 33

3. Kermit Alexander · SFO 30

4. Willie Wood*+ · GNB 22

5. Mel Renfro* · DAL 21

6. Johnny Roland* · STL 20

7. Rickie Harris · WAS 18

Tom Vaughn · DET 18

9. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 17

Spider Lockhart* · NYG 17

Punt Return Yds

1. Alvin Haymond · BAL 347

2. Jim Stiger · RAM 259

3. Johnny Roland* · STL 221

4. Kermit Alexander · SFO 198

5. Johnnie Robinson · DET 185

6. Tom Vaughn · DET 179

7. Donny Anderson · GNB 124

8. Mel Renfro* · DAL 123

9. Aaron Martin · PHI 118

10. Spider Lockhart* · NYG 113

Punt Return TD

1. Kermit Alexander · SFO 1

Donny Anderson · GNB 1

Rickie Harris · WAS 1

Aaron Martin · PHI 1

Johnnie Robinson · DET 1

Johnny Roland* · STL 1

Long Punt Return

1. Johnny Roland* · STL 86

2. Johnnie Robinson · DET 79

3. Donny Anderson · GNB 77

4. Ed Sharockman · MIN 76

5. Aaron Martin · PHI 67

6. Alvin Haymond · BAL 64

7. Tom Vaughn · DET 63

8. Charley Taylor* · WAS 58

9. Rickie Harris · WAS 52

Leroy Kelly*+ · CLE 52

Yds/Punt Return

1. Johnny Roland* · STL 11.1

2. Tom Vaughn · DET 9.9

3. Alvin Haymond · BAL 8.7

4. Jim Stiger · RAM 7.8

5. Spider Lockhart* · NYG 6.6

Kermit Alexander · SFO 6.6

7. Bob Hayes*+ · DAL 6.2

8. Rickie Harris · WAS 6.0

9. Mel Renfro* · DAL 5.9

10. Jon Arnett · CHI 3.9

Kick & Punt Returns

1. Kermit Alexander · SFO 67

2. Ron Smith · ATL 54

3. Alvin Haymond · BAL 50

4. Roy Shivers · STL 43

5. Tom Vaughn · DET 41

6. Mel Renfro* · DAL 40

Jim Stiger · RAM 40

8. Rickie Harris · WAS 38

9. Johnny Roland* · STL 35

10. Clarence Childs · NYG 34

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1. Kermit Alexander · SFO 1182

2. Ron Smith · ATL 1093

3. Clarence Childs · NYG 855

4. Roy Shivers · STL 811

5. Tom Vaughn · DET 774

6. Gale Sayers*+ · CHI 762

7. Donny Anderson · GNB 657

8. Mel Renfro* · DAL 610

9. Alvin Haymond · BAL 570

10. Johnny Roland* · STL 568

Extra Pt Made

1. Danny Villanueva · DAL 56

2. Lou Groza · CLE 51

3. Don Chandler · GNB 41

4. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 39

5. Sam Baker · PHI 38

Tommy Davis · SFO 38

7. Lou Michaels · BAL 35

8. Mike Clark* · PIT 34

Fred Cox · MIN 34

10. Pete Gogolak · NYG 29

Bruce Gossett* · RAM 29

Extra Pt Att

1. Danny Villanueva · DAL 56

2. Lou Groza · CLE 52

3. Don Chandler · GNB 43

4. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 41

5. Sam Baker · PHI 39

Tommy Davis · SFO 39

7. Lou Michaels · BAL 36

8. Mike Clark* · PIT 34

Fred Cox · MIN 34

10. Pete Gogolak · NYG 31

Total Field Goals Made

1. Bruce Gossett* · RAM 28

2. Jim Bakken · STL 23

3. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 22

4. Mike Clark* · PIT 21

Lou Michaels · BAL 21

6. Sam Baker · PHI 18

Fred Cox · MIN 18

Roger LeClerc · CHI 18

9. Danny Villanueva · DAL 17

10. Tommy Davis · SFO 16

Pete Gogolak · NYG 16

Field Goals Att

1. Bruce Gossett* · RAM 49

2. Jim Bakken · STL 40

3. Lou Michaels · BAL 39

4. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 34

5. Fred Cox · MIN 33

6. Mike Clark* · PIT 32

7. Tommy Davis · SFO 31

Danny Villanueva · DAL 31

9. Roger LeClerc · CHI 30

10. Don Chandler · GNB 28

Pete Gogolak · NYG 28

Field Goal %

1. Sam Baker · PHI 72.000%

2. Mike Clark* · PIT 65.625%

3. Charlie Gogolak · WAS 64.706%

4. Roger LeClerc · CHI 60.000%

5. Garo Yepremian · DET 59.091%

6. Jim Bakken · STL 57.500%

7. Pete Gogolak · NYG 57.143%

Bruce Gossett* · RAM 57.143%

9. Danny Villanueva · DAL 54.839%

10. Fred Cox · MIN 54.545%

Punts

1. Bobby Joe Green · CHI 80

2. Frank Lambert · PIT 78

3. Billy Lothridge · ATL 73

4. Pat Studstill*+ · DET 72

5. Jon Kilgore · RAM 71

6. Pat Richter · WAS 68

7. Danny Villanueva · DAL 65