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Most rushing yards per attempt, season (qualifiers): 8.45 yards (1,039 yards/123 attempts), Michael Vick, 2006 [65] Highest average gain per attempt, rookie season (qualifiers) : 8.44 yards (1,004 yards/119 attempts), Beattie Feathers , 1934
Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles, who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins. [2] He led the NFL with 576 yards in 1932 and held on to the record throughout his career. Emmitt ...
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Note: Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career, which would place him in 44th on this list, but 4,731 of those yards came in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which the NFL does not recognize statistics and records from to date. [54] [55] Thus, Tittle's career passing yards total in the NFL stands at 28,339. [56]
Peyton Manning holds the single-season passing yards record, passing for 5,477 yards in 2013. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can attempt a pass provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To ...
Total quarterback rating (abbreviated as total QBR or simply QBR) is a proprietary statistic created by ESPN in 2011 to grade the performance of quarterbacks in American football games. ESPN claims that it created QBR to be a more meaningful alternative to the traditional passer rating statistic by incorporating "all of a quarterback's ...
Brett Favre, the all-time leader in consecutive starts by an NFL player. This is a list of the most consecutive starts and games played by a player by position in the National Football League (NFL). [1] [2] Quarterback Brett Favre's streak of 297 consecutive games started is the longest all-time.
Tom Brady has 649 passing touchdowns, the most in NFL history. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of two primary methods to advance the ball, typically executed by the quarterback from behind the line of scrimmage, but any offensive player can attempt a pass provided they are behind the line. A pass must move forward from the passer's hands ...