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1982 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 FoutsSD2883
  2. 2Joe MontanaSF2613
  3. 3KAKen AndersonCIN2495
  4. 4DWDanny WhiteDAL2079
  5. 5RJRon JaworskiPHI2076
  6. 6DWDoug WilliamsTB2071
  7. 7TKTommy KramerMIN2037
  8. 8JPJim PlunkettRAI2035
  9. 9JTJoe TheismannWSH2033
  10. 10SBScott BrunnerNYG2017

Passing TD

  1. 1Joe MontanaSF17
  2. 2DFDan FoutsSD17
  3. 3TBTerry BradshawPIT17
  4. 4DWDanny WhiteDAL16
  5. 5TKTommy KramerMIN15
  6. 6JPJim PlunkettRAI14
  7. 7RTRichard ToddNYJ14
  8. 8JTJoe TheismannWSH13
  9. 9RJRon JaworskiPHI12
  10. 10KAKen AndersonCIN12

Rushing yards

  1. 1FMFreeman McNeilNYJ786
  2. 2TDTony DorsettDAL745
  3. 3AFAndra FranklinMIA701
  4. 4Marcus AllenRAI697
  5. 5BSBilly SimsDET639
  6. 6JCJoe CribbsBUF633
  7. 7TCTony CollinsNE632
  8. 8PJPete JohnsonCIN622
  9. 9FHFranco HarrisPIT604
  10. 10WPWalter PaytonCHI596

Rushing TD

  1. 1Marcus AllenRAI11
  2. 2ELEddie Lee IveryGB9
  3. 3WTWendell TylerLA9
  4. 4CMChuck MuncieSD8
  5. 5WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI7
  6. 6PJPete JohnsonCIN7
  7. 7AFAndra FranklinMIA7
  8. 8JBJames BrooksSD6
  9. 9FMFreeman McNeilNYJ6
  10. 10GRGerald RiggsATL5

Receiving yards

  1. 1WCWes ChandlerSD1032
  2. 2DCDwight ClarkSF913
  3. 3KWKellen WinslowSD721
  4. 4CCCris CollinsworthCIN700
  5. 5James LoftonGB696
  6. 6CBCharlie BrownWSH690
  7. 7ONOzzie NewsomeCLE633
  8. 8WWWesley WalkerNYJ620
  9. 9SMStanley MorganNE584
  10. 10CBCliff BranchRAI575

Receptions

  1. 1DCDwight ClarkSF60
  2. 2KWKellen WinslowSD54
  3. 3JWJames WilderTB53
  4. 4ONOzzie NewsomeCLE49
  5. 5WCWes ChandlerSD49
  6. 6CCCris CollinsworthCIN49
  7. 7DRDan RossCIN47
  8. 8TCTodd ChristensenRAI42
  9. 9WAWilliam AndrewsATL42
  10. 10HMHenry MarshallKC40

Receiving TD

  1. 1WCWes ChandlerSD9
  2. 2CBCharlie BrownWSH8
  3. 3JSJohn StallworthPIT7
  4. 4WWWesley WalkerNYJ6
  5. 5KWKellen WinslowSD6
  6. 6DCDave CasperHOU6
  7. 7EMEmery MooreheadCHI5
  8. 8DCDwight ClarkSF5
  9. 9SWSammy WhiteMIN5
  10. 10James LoftonGB4

Sacks taken

  1. 1RJRon JaworskiPHI31
  2. 2NLNeil LomaxSTL31
  3. 3JTJoe TheismannWSH30
  4. 4Jim McMahonCHI27
  5. 5AMArchie ManningHOU27
  6. 6KAKen AndersonCIN26
  7. 7DWDanny WhiteDAL25
  8. 8LDLynn DickeyGB25
  9. 9BKBill KenneyKC23
  10. 10JPJim PlunkettRAI23

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1Marcus AllenRAI1098
  2. 2WAWilliam AndrewsATL1076
  3. 3WCWes ChandlerSD1064
  4. 4BSBilly SimsDET981
  5. 5FMFreeman McNeilNYJ973
  6. 6WTWendell TylerLA939
  7. 7TDTony DorsettDAL924
  8. 8DCDwight ClarkSF913
  9. 9WPWalter PaytonCHI907
  10. 10PJPete JohnsonCIN889

Total TD

  1. 1Marcus AllenRAI14
  2. 2WTWendell TylerLA13
  3. 3ELEddie Lee IveryGB10
  4. 4WCWes ChandlerSD9
  5. 5WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI9
  6. 6CMChuck MuncieSD9
  7. 7CBCharlie BrownWSH8
  8. 8JMJeff MooreSF8
  9. 9FMFreeman McNeilNYJ7
  10. 10JSJohn StallworthPIT7