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1983 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. 1LDLynn DickeyGB4458
  2. 2BKBill KenneyKC4348
  3. 3DWDanny WhiteDAL3980
  4. 4Joe MontanaSF3910
  5. 5JTJoe TheismannWSH3714
  6. 6BSBrian SipeCLE3566
  7. 7RTRichard ToddNYJ3478
  8. 8RJRon JaworskiPHI3315
  9. 9VFVince FerragamoLA3276
  10. 10SBSteve BartkowskiATL3167

Passing TD

  1. 1LDLynn DickeyGB32
  2. 2DWDanny WhiteDAL29
  3. 3JTJoe TheismannWSH29
  4. 4Joe MontanaSF26
  5. 5JFJoe FergusonBUF26
  6. 6BSBrian SipeCLE26
  7. 7NLNeil LomaxSTL24
  8. 8BKBill KenneyKC24
  9. 9SBSteve BartkowskiATL22
  10. 10VFVince FerragamoLA22

Rushing yards

  1. 1Eric DickersonLA1808
  2. 2WAWilliam AndrewsATL1567
  3. 3CWCurt WarnerSEA1449
  4. 4WPWalter PaytonCHI1421
  5. 5JRJohn RigginsWSH1347
  6. 6TDTony DorsettDAL1321
  7. 7ECEarl CampbellHOU1301
  8. 8OAOttis AndersonSTL1270
  9. 9MPMike PruittCLE1184
  10. 10GRGeorge RogersNO1144

Rushing TD

  1. 1JRJohn RigginsWSH24
  2. 2Eric DickersonLA18
  3. 3PJPete JohnsonCIN14
  4. 4CWCurt WarnerSEA13
  5. 5ECEarl CampbellHOU12
  6. 6CMChuck MuncieSD12
  7. 7TCTony CollinsNE10
  8. 8MPMike PruittCLE10
  9. 9TBTed BrownMIN10
  10. 10Marcus AllenRAI9

Receiving yards

  1. 1MQMike QuickPHI1409
  2. 2CCCarlos CarsonKC1351
  3. 3James LoftonGB1300
  4. 4TCTodd ChristensenRAI1247
  5. 5RGRoy GreenSTL1227
  6. 6CBCharlie BrownWSH1225
  7. 7TSTim SmithHOU1176
  8. 8KWKellen WinslowSD1172
  9. 9EGEarnest GrayNYG1139
  10. 10SWSteve WatsonDEN1133

Receptions

  1. 1TCTodd ChristensenRAI92
  2. 2ONOzzie NewsomeCLE89
  3. 3KWKellen WinslowSD88
  4. 4TSTim SmithHOU83
  5. 5CCCarlos CarsonKC80
  6. 6RGRoy GreenSTL78
  7. 7CBCharlie BrownWSH78
  8. 8EGEarnest GrayNYG78
  9. 9RSRon SpringsDAL73
  10. 10SLSteve LargentSEA72

Receiving TD

  1. 1RGRoy GreenSTL14
  2. 2MQMike QuickPHI13
  3. 3TCTodd ChristensenRAI12
  4. 4SLSteve LargentSEA11
  5. 5PCPaul CoffmanGB11
  6. 6MDMark DuperMIA10
  7. 7James LoftonGB8
  8. 8WGWillie GaultCHI8
  9. 9DCDwight ClarkSF8
  10. 10KWKellen WinslowSD8

Sacks taken

  1. 1RJRon JaworskiPHI53
  2. 2CSCliff StoudtPIT51
  3. 3SBSteve BartkowskiATL51
  4. 4NLNeil LomaxSTL43
  5. 5Jim McMahonCHI42
  6. 6JPJim PlunkettRAI42
  7. 7RTRichard ToddNYJ42
  8. 8BKBill KenneyKC41
  9. 9MPMike PagelIND40
  10. 10LDLynn DickeyGB40

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1Eric DickersonLA2212
  2. 2WAWilliam AndrewsATL2176
  3. 3WPWalter PaytonCHI2028
  4. 4CWCurt WarnerSEA1774
  5. 5OAOttis AndersonSTL1729
  6. 6JCJoe CribbsBUF1655
  7. 7TDTony DorsettDAL1608
  8. 8CDCurtis DickeyIND1605
  9. 9Marcus AllenRAI1604
  10. 10ECEarl CampbellHOU1517

Total TD

  1. 1JRJohn RigginsWSH24
  2. 2Eric DickersonLA20
  3. 3RGRoy GreenSTL14
  4. 4CWCurt WarnerSEA14
  5. 5PJPete JohnsonCIN14
  6. 6MQMike QuickPHI13
  7. 7CMChuck MuncieSD13
  8. 8RCRoger CraigSF12
  9. 9TCTodd ChristensenRAI12
  10. 10MPMike PruittCLE12