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Note: These records are not listed in the NFL Record and Fact Book. For a more detailed list of consecutive starts and games played, see List of most consecutive starts and games played by National Football League players .
LaDainian Tomlinson holds the single-season scoring record with 186 in 2006. In American football, scoring can be achieved via touchdown (six points), a field goal (three points), a safety (two points), or by conversion try. After a touchdown is scored, a team will attempt a conversion try, often called the point after touchdown (PAT), for either one or two points. The National Football League ...
The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in 1973 by Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson. Simpson is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16 or 17-game seasons. He finished the season with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six yards per carry and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per ...
Passing for 5,000 yards in a single regular season is a rare achievement in the National Football League (NFL). Nine quarterbacks have accomplished the feat. Marino's record of 5,084 yards set during the 1984 season remained intact for 24 years, and for over a decade after his 1999 retirement. [1]
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 ...
Most games won (regular season only), franchise history, 790 [2] Green Bay Packers 1921–2022. Most games won (including playoffs), franchise history, 826 [3] Green Bay Packers 1920–2022. Most games won (regular season only), since 1970 merger, 514 [4] Pittsburgh Steelers: 1970–2022. Most games won (including playoffs), since 1970 merger ...
Most sacks (defensive back), season: Jamal Adams, 9.5 (2020) (NFL record) Most tackles for loss, career: Bobby Wagner, 79; Most tackles for loss, season: Michael Bennett, 18 (2015) Most tackles for loss, rookie season: Leroy Hill, 11 (2005) Most quarterback hits, career: Michael Bennett, 118; Most quarterback hits, season: Michael Bennett, 30 ...
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]