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1981 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. 1DFDan FoutsSD4802
  2. 2TKTommy KramerMIN3912
  3. 3BSBrian SipeCLE3876
  4. 4SBSteve BartkowskiATL3829
  5. 5KAKen AndersonCIN3754
  6. 6JFJoe FergusonBUF3652
  7. 7JTJoe TheismannWSH3568
  8. 8Joe MontanaSF3565
  9. 9DWDoug WilliamsTB3563
  10. 10RTRichard ToddNYJ3231

Passing TD

  1. 1DFDan FoutsSD33
  2. 2SBSteve BartkowskiATL30
  3. 3KAKen AndersonCIN29
  4. 4TKTommy KramerMIN26
  5. 5RTRichard ToddNYJ25
  6. 6JFJoe FergusonBUF24
  7. 7RJRon JaworskiPHI23
  8. 8DWDanny WhiteDAL22
  9. 9TBTerry BradshawPIT22
  10. 10BJBert JonesIND21

Rushing yards

  1. 1GRGeorge RogersNO1674
  2. 2TDTony DorsettDAL1646
  3. 3BSBilly SimsDET1437
  4. 4WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI1402
  5. 5OAOttis AndersonSTL1376
  6. 6ECEarl CampbellHOU1376
  7. 7WAWilliam AndrewsATL1301
  8. 8WPWalter PaytonCHI1222
  9. 9CMChuck MuncieSD1144
  10. 10JDJoe DelaneyKC1121

Rushing TD

  1. 1CMChuck MuncieSD19
  2. 2GRGeorge RogersNO13
  3. 3JRJohn RigginsWSH13
  4. 4BSBilly SimsDET13
  5. 5WTWendell TylerLA12
  6. 6PJPete JohnsonCIN12
  7. 7WAWilliam AndrewsATL10
  8. 8RSRon SpringsDAL10
  9. 9ECEarl CampbellHOU10
  10. 10BJBilly JacksonKC10

Receiving yards

  1. 1AJAlfred JenkinsATL1358
  2. 2James LoftonGB1294
  3. 3SWSteve WatsonDEN1244
  4. 4FLFrank LewisBUF1244
  5. 5SLSteve LargentSEA1224
  6. 6CJCharlie JoinerSD1188
  7. 7KHKevin HouseTB1176
  8. 8DCDwight ClarkSF1105
  9. 9JSJohn StallworthPIT1098
  10. 10KWKellen WinslowSD1075

Receptions

  1. 1KWKellen WinslowSD88
  2. 2DCDwight ClarkSF85
  3. 3TBTed BrownMIN83
  4. 4WAWilliam AndrewsATL81
  5. 5JSJoe SenserMIN79
  6. 6SLSteve LargentSEA75
  7. 7James LoftonGB71
  8. 8DRDan RossCIN71
  9. 9CJCharlie JoinerSD70
  10. 10JWJoe WashingtonWSH70

Receiving TD

  1. 1SWSteve WatsonDEN13
  2. 2AJAlfred JenkinsATL13
  3. 3KWKellen WinslowSD10
  4. 4SLSteve LargentSEA9
  5. 5WWWesley WalkerNYJ9
  6. 6RBRay ButlerIND9
  7. 7KHKevin HouseTB9
  8. 8James LoftonGB8
  9. 9CCCris CollinsworthCIN8
  10. 10JBJerry ButlerBUF8

Sacks taken

  1. 1CMCraig MortonDEN54
  2. 2LDLynn DickeyGB40
  3. 3Phil SimmsNYG38
  4. 4SBSteve BartkowskiATL37
  5. 5BSBrian SipeCLE34
  6. 6NLNeil LomaxSTL32
  7. 7BJBert JonesIND31
  8. 8MWMarc WilsonOAK30
  9. 9DWDanny WhiteDAL30
  10. 10RTRichard ToddNYJ30

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1WAWilliam AndrewsATL2036
  2. 2TDTony DorsettDAL1971
  3. 3WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI1923
  4. 4BSBilly SimsDET1888
  5. 5GRGeorge RogersNO1800
  6. 6OAOttis AndersonSTL1763
  7. 7TBTed BrownMIN1757
  8. 8JCJoe CribbsBUF1700
  9. 9WPWalter PaytonCHI1601
  10. 10MPMike PruittCLE1545

Total TD

  1. 1CMChuck MuncieSD19
  2. 2WTWendell TylerLA17
  3. 3PJPete JohnsonCIN16
  4. 4BSBilly SimsDET15
  5. 5SWSteve WatsonDEN13
  6. 6GRGeorge RogersNO13
  7. 7JRJohn RigginsWSH13
  8. 8AJAlfred JenkinsATL13
  9. 9WAWilliam AndrewsATL12
  10. 10RSRon SpringsDAL12