NFL leaders as of 01/02/1972:
Team Rankings:
| Rush Pass Total Offense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 DAL 14 160.6 199.0 359.6 2 SD 14 114.6 223.9 338.4 3 SF 14 152.1 184.1 336.1 4 DET 14 169.7 157.2 326.9 5 MIA 14 173.5 141.6 315.1 6 CIN 14 153.0 151.7 304.7 7 OAK 14 152.1 152.0 304.1 8 LA 14 152.8 149.6 302.4 9 KC 14 131.6 167.6 299.3 10 NYG 14 104.4 193.9 298.2 11 DEN 14 149.5 147.5 297.0 12 BAL 14 153.5 137.3 290.8 13 WAS 14 125.5 162.4 287.9 14 STL 14 109.3 176.5 285.8 15 ATL 14 121.6 161.1 282.8 16 GB 14 159.2 120.4 279.6 17 PIT 14 125.6 151.7 277.3 18 CLE 14 111.3 164.2 275.5 19 NO 14 122.2 139.6 261.9 20 PHI 14 89.1 165.9 255.1 21 NE 14 119.2 134.8 254.0 22 HOU 14 79.0 172.1 251.1 23 MIN 14 121.1 118.2 239.3 24 CHI 14 102.4 135.9 238.3 25 BUF 14 95.5 142.1 237.6 26 NYJ 14 134.9 98.5 233.4 | 
| Rush Pass Total Defense Games Yds/Gm Yds/Gm Yds/Gm 1 BAL 14 79.5 124.2 203.7 2 MIN 14 114.3 129.0 243.3 3 DAL 14 81.7 166.0 247.7 4 WAS 14 99.7 151.9 251.6 5 MIA 14 118.6 142.9 261.5 6 SF 14 119.1 143.6 262.8 7 KC 14 92.9 176.3 269.1 8 ATL 14 153.5 117.0 270.5 9 HOU 14 123.1 148.0 271.1 10 DEN 14 131.0 141.8 272.8 11 DET 14 131.6 144.1 275.6 12 CIN 14 127.0 152.0 279.0 13 GB 14 121.9 164.4 286.3 14 LA 14 118.4 169.9 288.4 15 NE 14 137.0 153.9 290.9 16 OAK 14 125.1 170.4 295.5 17 CLE 14 159.1 140.5 299.6 18 PIT 14 105.9 197.6 303.4 19 NYJ 14 164.4 146.8 311.2 20 STL 14 141.8 170.0 311.8 21 NYG 14 147.1 164.8 311.9 22 NO 14 157.1 159.9 317.0 23 CHI 14 151.1 171.7 322.9 24 SD 14 164.0 161.6 325.6 25 BUF 14 178.3 150.6 328.9 26 PHI 14 140.1 190.0 330.1 | 
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Roger Staubach        DAL       211  126   59.7  1,882   8.92  14.9  15   7.1    4   1.9   104.8
Bob Griese            MIA       263  145   55.1  2,089   7.94  14.4  19   7.2    9   3.4    90.9
Virgil Carter         CIN       222  138   62.2  1,624   7.32  11.8  10   4.5    7   3.2    86.2
Len Dawson            KC        301  167   55.5  2,504   8.32  15.0  15   5.0   13   4.3    81.6
Greg Landry           DET       261  136   52.1  2,237   8.57  16.4  16   6.1   13   5.0    80.9
Bob Berry             ATL       226  136   60.2  2,005   8.87  14.7  11   4.9   16   7.1    75.9
Roman Gabriel         LA        352  180   51.1  2,238   6.36  12.4  17   4.8   10   2.8    75.4
Billy Kilmer          WAS       306  166   54.2  2,221   7.26  13.4  13   4.2   13   4.2    74.0
Craig Morton          DAL       143   78   54.5  1,131   7.91  14.5   7   4.9    8   5.6    73.5
John Hadl             SD        431  233   54.1  3,075   7.13  13.2  21   4.9   25   5.8    68.9
Jim Plunkett          NE        328  158   48.2  2,158   6.58  13.7  19   5.8   16   4.9    68.6
Pete Liske            PHI       269  143   53.2  1,957   7.28  13.7  11   4.1   15   5.6    67.1
Daryle Lamonica       OAK       242  118   48.8  1,717   7.10  14.6  16   6.6   16   6.6    66.8
Fran Tarkenton        NYG       386  226   58.5  2,567   6.65  11.4  11   2.8   21   5.4    65.4
John Brodie           SF        387  208   53.7  2,642   6.83  12.7  18   4.7   24   6.2    65.0
Edd Hargett           NO        210   96   45.7  1,191   5.67  12.4   6   2.9    5   2.4    63.4
Bill Nelsen           CLE       325  174   53.5  2,319   7.14  13.3  13   4.0   23   7.1    60.3
Archie Manning        NO        177   86   48.6  1,164   6.58  13.5   6   3.4    9   5.1    60.1
Terry Bradshaw        PIT       373  203   54.4  2,259   6.06  11.1  13   3.5   22   5.9    59.7
Earl Morrall          BAL       167   84   50.3  1,210   7.25  14.4   7   4.2   12   7.2    58.2
Jim Hart              STL       243  110   45.3  1,626   6.69  14.8   8   3.3   14   5.8    54.7
Johnny Unitas         BAL       176   92   52.3    942   5.35  10.2   3   1.7    9   5.1    52.3
Gary Cuozzo           MIN       168   75   44.6    842   5.01  11.2   6   3.6    8   4.8    52.2
Pete Beathard         STL       141   60   42.6  1,030   7.30  17.2   6   4.3   12   8.5    46.7
Steve Ramsey          DEN       178   84   47.2  1,120   6.29  13.3   5   2.8   13   7.3    46.6
Scott Hunter          GB        163   75   46.0  1,210   7.42  16.1   7   4.3   17  10.4    46.1
Dennis Shaw           BUF       291  149   51.2  1,813   6.23  12.2  11   3.8   26   8.9    46.1
Dan Pastorini         HOU       270  127   47.0  1,702   6.30  13.4   7   2.6   21   7.8    43.8
Don Horn              DEN       173   89   51.4  1,056   6.10  11.9   3   1.7   14   8.1    42.4
Bobby Douglass        CHI       225   91   40.4  1,164   5.17  12.8   5   2.2   15   6.7    37.0
Others (10 or more attempts):
                                                          Per   Per
Passing               Team(s)   Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Rating
Zeke Bratkowski       GB         37   19   51.4    298   8.05  15.7   4  10.8    3   8.1    80.7
Ken Anderson          CIN       131   72   55.0    777   5.93  10.8   5   3.8    4   3.1    72.6
Marty Domres          SD         12    7   58.3     97   8.08  13.9   1   8.3    3  25.0    72.6
Dick Shiner           ATL        57   30   52.6    463   8.12  15.4   5   8.8    5   8.8    72.5
Randy Johnson         NYG        74   41   55.4    477   6.45  11.6   3   4.1    3   4.1    71.7
Bill Munson           DET        38   21   55.3    216   5.68  10.3   1   2.6    1   2.6    69.6
Joe Namath            NYJ        59   28   47.5    537   9.10  19.2   5   8.5    6  10.2    68.2
Bob Lee               MIN        90   45   50.0    598   6.64  13.3   2   2.2    4   4.4    60.3
George Blanda         OAK        58   32   55.2    378   6.52  11.8   4   6.9    6  10.3    58.6
Bob Davis             NYJ       121   49   40.5    624   5.16  12.7  10   8.3    8   6.6    57.3
Mike Livingston       KC         28   12   42.9    130   4.64  10.8   0   0.0    0   0.0    57.1
George Mira           MIA        30   11   36.7    159   5.30  14.5   1   3.3    1   3.3    51.9
Jack Concannon        CHI        77   42   54.5    334   4.34   8.0   0   0.0    3   3.9    49.4
Rick Arrington        PHI       118   55   46.6    576   4.88  10.5   2   1.7    5   4.2    49.3
Charley Johnson       HOU        94   46   48.9    592   6.30  12.9   3   3.2    7   7.4    48.7
Al Woodall            NYJ        97   42   43.3    395   4.07   9.4   0   0.0    2   2.1    46.5
Sonny Jurgensen       WAS        28   16   57.1    170   6.07  10.6   0   0.0    2   7.1    45.2
Bart Starr            GB         45   24   53.3    286   6.36  11.9   0   0.0    3   6.7    45.2
James Harris          BUF       103   51   49.5    512   4.97  10.0   1   1.0    6   5.8    43.0
Norm Snead            MIN        75   37   49.3    470   6.27  12.7   1   1.3    6   8.0    40.4
Kent Nix              CHI       137   51   37.2    760   5.55  14.9   6   4.4   10   7.3    40.4
Dave Lewis            CIN        10    3   30.0     18   1.80   6.0   0   0.0    0   0.0    39.6
Ken Stabler           OAK        48   24   50.0    268   5.58  11.2   1   2.1    4   8.3    39.2
Jerry Rhome           LA         18    5   27.8     66   3.67  13.2   1   5.6    1   5.6    37.7
Terry Hanratty        PIT        29    7   24.1    159   5.48  22.7   2   6.9    3  10.3    33.3
Mike Phipps           CLE        47   13   27.7    179   3.81  13.8   1   2.1    4   8.5    14.6
Lynn Dickey           HOU        57   19   33.3    315   5.53  16.6   0   0.0    9  15.8    13.3
Bob Leahy             PIT        11    3   27.3     18   1.64   6.0   0   0.0    1   9.1     1.7
Rushing               Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Floyd Little          DEN      284  1,133    4.0    6
John Brockington      GB       216  1,105    5.1    4
Larry Csonka          MIA      195  1,051    5.4    7
Steve Owens           DET      246  1,035    4.2    8
Willie Ellison        LA       211  1,000    4.7    4
Larry Brown           WAS      253    948    3.7    4
Marv Hubbard          OAK      181    867    4.8    5
Leroy Kelly           CLE      234    865    3.7   10
Ken Willard           SF       216    855    4.0    4
Vic Washington        SF       191    811    4.2    3
Duane Thomas          DAL      175    793    4.5   11
Carl Garrett          NE       181    784    4.3    1
John Riggins          NYJ      180    769    4.3    1
Donny Anderson        GB       186    757    4.1    5
O.J. Simpson          BUF      183    742    4.1    5
Norm Bulaich          BAL      152    741    4.9    8
Jim Kiick             MIA      162    738    4.6    3
Altie Taylor          DET      174    736    4.2    4
Ed Podolak            KC       184    708    3.8    9
Clint Jones           MIN      180    675    3.8    4
Charlie Harraway      WAS      156    635    4.1    2
Frenchy Fuqua         PIT      155    625    4.0    4
Emerson Boozer        NYJ      188    618    3.3    5
Tom Matte             BAL      173    607    3.5    8
Bo Scott              CLE      179    606    3.4    9
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Receiving             Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff      OAK       61    929   15.2    9
Bob Tucker            NYG       59    791   13.4    4
Otis Taylor           KC        57  1,110   19.5    7
Ted Kwalick           SF        52    664   12.8    5
Randy Vataha          NE        51    872   17.1    9
Ron Shanklin          PIT       49    652   13.3    6
Frenchy Fuqua         PIT       49    427    8.7    1
Harold Jackson        PHI       47    716   15.2    3
Roy Jefferson         WAS       47    701   14.9    4
Dave Smith            PIT       47    663   14.1    5
Gene Washington       SF        46    884   19.2    4
George Farmer         CHI       46    737   16.0    5
Bob Grim              MIN       45    691   15.4    7
Fair Hooker           CLE       45    649   14.4    1
Marlin Briscoe        BUF       44    603   13.7    5
Paul Warfield         MIA       43    996   23.2   11
Dick Gordon           CHI       43    610   14.2    5
Gary Garrison         SD        42    889   21.2    6
John Gilliam          STL       42    837   19.9    3
Billy Parks           SD        41    609   14.9    4
Mike Garrett          SD        41    283    6.9    3
Milt Morin            CLE       40    581   14.5    2
Bob Trumpy            CIN       40    531   13.3    3
Joe Morrison          NYG       40    411   10.3    1
Walt Garrison         DAL       40    396    9.9    1
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Kick Returns          Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Travis Williams       LA        25    743   29.7    1
Ron Jessie            DET       16    470   29.4    2
Dave Hampton          GB        46  1,314   28.6    1
Cliff Harris          DAL       29    823   28.4    0
Mercury Morris        MIA       15    423   28.2    1
Clarence Davis        OAK       27    734   27.2    0
Speedy Duncan         WAS       27    724   26.8    0
Billy Walik           PHI       14    369   26.4    0
Rocky Thompson        NYG       36    947   26.3    1
Linzy Cole            HOU       32    834   26.1    0
Vic Washington        SF        33    858   26.0    0
Ron Smith             CHI       26    671   25.8    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF       30    762   25.4    0
Willie Belton         ATL       28    706   25.2    0
Mel Gray              STL       30    740   24.7    0
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Punt Returns          Team(s)  Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Speedy Duncan         WAS       22    233   10.6    0
Leroy Kelly           CLE       30    292    9.7    0
Jake Scott            MIA       33    318    9.6    0
Ike Hill              BUF       14    133    9.5    1
Bill Thompson         DEN       29    274    9.4    0
Lem Barney            DET       14    122    8.7    0
Jon Staggers          PIT       31    262    8.5    1
Ted Vactor            WAS       23    194    8.4    0
Alvin Wyatt           BUF       23    188    8.2    1
Chris Farasopoulos    NYJ       19    155    8.2    0
George Atkinson       OAK       20    159    8.0    0
Linzy Cole            HOU       14    107    7.6    0
Cliff Harris          DAL       17    129    7.6    0
Ron Smith             CHI       26    194    7.5    0
Bruce Taylor          SF        34    235    6.9    0
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Punting               Team(s)  Punts    Yards    Avg
Dave Lewis            CIN        72     3,229   44.8
Jerrel Wilson         KC         64     2,864   44.8
Bobby Walden          PIT        79     3,455   43.7
Dennis Partee         SD         55     2,392   43.5
Tom McNeill           PHI        73     3,063   42.0
Billy Van Heusen      DEN        76     3,176   41.8
Herman Weaver         DET        42     1,752   41.7
Ron Widby             DAL        56     2,329   41.6
Julian Fagan          NO         77     3,188   41.4
Pat Studstill         LA         70     2,896   41.4
Spike Jones           BUF        72     2,966   41.2
David Lee             BAL        62     2,542   41.0
Tom Blanchard         NYG        66     2,681   40.6
Dan Pastorini         HOU        75     3,044   40.6
Mike Bragg            WAS        58     2,348   40.5
Don Cockroft          CLE        62     2,508   40.5
Donny Anderson        GB         50     2,022   40.4
Bobby Joe Green       CHI        77     3,095   40.2
Larry Seiple          MIA        52     2,087   40.1
Bob Lee               MIN        89     3,515   39.5
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Kicking               Team(s)     FG      PAT    Pts
Garo Yepremian        MIA       28/40    33/33   117
Curt Knight           WAS       29/49    27/27   114
Jan Stenerud          KC        26/44    32/32   110
Errol Mann            DET       22/37    37/37   103
Bruce Gossett         SF        23/36    32/32   101
Jim O'Brien           BAL       20/29    35/36    95
Jim Turner            DEN       25/38    18/18    93
David Ray             LA        18/29    37/37    91
Fred Cox              MIN       22/32    25/25    91
Horst Muhlmann        CIN       20/36    31/31    91
Dennis Partee         SD        17/29    36/37    87
Jim Bakken            STL       21/32    24/24    87
George Blanda         OAK       15/22    41/42    86
Mike Clark            DAL       13/25    47/47    86
Don Cockroft          CLE       15/28    34/34    79
Roy Gerela            PIT       17/27    27/27    78
Mark Moseley          HOU       16/26    25/27    73
Charlie Durkee        NO        16/23    24/25    72
Bill Bell             ATL       13/21    29/33    68
Charlie Gogolak       NE        12/21    28/28    64
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