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1973 NFL regular season leaders

Top 10 in each major regular season passing, rushing, and receiving category.

Regular season boards reflect accepted statistics currently available. Missing NFL categories remain unavailable while source coverage is completed.

Passing yards

  1. 1RGRoman GabrielPHI3219
  2. 2JPJim PlunkettNE2550
  3. 3CJCharley JohnsonDEN2465
  4. 4KAKen AndersonCIN2428
  5. 5RSRoger StaubachDAL2428
  6. 6JHJim HartSTL2223
  7. 7FTFran TarkentonMIN2113
  8. 8JHJohn HadlLA2008
  9. 9KSKen StablerOAK1997
  10. 10BLBob LeeATL1786

Passing TD

  1. 1RSRoger StaubachDAL23
  2. 2RGRoman GabrielPHI23
  3. 3JHJohn HadlLA22
  4. 4CJCharley JohnsonDEN20
  5. 5KAKen AndersonCIN18
  6. 6BGBob GrieseMIA17
  7. 7JHJim HartSTL15
  8. 8FTFran TarkentonMIN15
  9. 9KSKen StablerOAK14
  10. 10BKBilly KilmerWSH14

Rushing yards

  1. 1OSO.J. SimpsonBUF2003
  2. 2JBJohn BrockingtonGB1144
  3. 3CHCalvin HillDAL1142
  4. 4LMLawrence McCutcheonLA1097
  5. 5LCLarry CsonkaMIA1003
  6. 6EJEssex JohnsonCIN997
  7. 7DHDave HamptonATL997
  8. 8BCBoobie ClarkCIN988
  9. 9FLFloyd LittleDEN979
  10. 10TSTom SullivanPHI968

Rushing TD

  1. 1OSO.J. SimpsonBUF12
  2. 2FLFloyd LittleDEN12
  3. 3MMMercury MorrisMIA10
  4. 4DADonny AndersonSTL10
  5. 5EREddie RayATL9
  6. 6BCBoobie ClarkCIN8
  7. 7LBLarry BrownWSH8
  8. 8VWVic WashingtonSF8
  9. 9RHRobert HolmesSD7
  10. 10TBTony BakerLA7

Receiving yards

  1. 1HCHarold CarmichaelPHI1116
  2. 2JGJohn GilliamMIN907
  3. 3HJHarold JacksonLA874
  4. 4CYCharle YoungPHI854
  5. 5ICIsaac CurtisCIN843
  6. 6JBJerome BarkumNYJ810
  7. 7CTCharley TaylorWSH801
  8. 8RRReggie RuckerNE743
  9. 9MSMike SianiOAK742
  10. 10TKTed KwalickSF729

Receptions

  1. 1HCHarold CarmichaelPHI67
  2. 2CTCharley TaylorWSH59
  3. 3FWFred WillisHOU57
  4. 4CYCharle YoungPHI55
  5. 5EPEd PodolakKC55
  6. 6RRReggie RuckerNE53
  7. 7BTBob TuckerNYG50
  8. 8TSTom SullivanPHI50
  9. 9FBFred BiletnikoffOAK48
  10. 10TKTed KwalickSF47

Receiving TD

  1. 1HJHarold JacksonLA13
  2. 2PWPaul WarfieldMIA11
  3. 3RSRon ShanklinPIT10
  4. 4ICIsaac CurtisCIN9
  5. 5HCHarold CarmichaelPHI9
  6. 6HMHaven MosesDEN8
  7. 7JGJohn GilliamMIN8
  8. 8RORiley OdomsDEN7
  9. 9MGMel GraySTL7
  10. 10CTCharley TaylorWSH7

Sacks taken

  1. 1MPMike PhippsCLE44
  2. 2RSRoger StaubachDAL43
  3. 3JPJim PlunkettNE37
  4. 4KSKen StablerOAK34
  5. 5FTFran TarkentonMIN31
  6. 6RGRoman GabrielPHI31
  7. 7DPDan PastoriniHOU30
  8. 8AMArchie ManningNO28
  9. 9BLBob LeeATL28
  10. 10BDBobby DouglassCHI27

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1OSO.J. SimpsonBUF2073
  2. 2CHCalvin HillDAL1432
  3. 3FLFloyd LittleDEN1402
  4. 4LMLawrence McCutcheonLA1386
  5. 5EJEssex JohnsonCIN1353
  6. 6LBLarry BrownWSH1342
  7. 7BCBoobie ClarkCIN1335
  8. 8TSTom SullivanPHI1290
  9. 9RJRon JohnsonNYG1279
  10. 10JBJohn BrockingtonGB1272

Total TD

  1. 1LBLarry BrownWSH14
  2. 2HJHarold JacksonLA13
  3. 3FLFloyd LittleDEN13
  4. 4DADonny AndersonSTL13
  5. 5OSO.J. SimpsonBUF12
  6. 6PWPaul WarfieldMIA11
  7. 7EREddie RayATL11
  8. 8MMMercury MorrisMIA10
  9. 9RSRon ShanklinPIT10
  10. 10ICIsaac CurtisCIN9