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1985 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. 1Dan MarinoMIA4137
  2. 2John ElwayDEN3891
  3. 3KOKen O'BrienNYJ3888
  4. 4Phil SimmsNYG3829
  5. 5Joe MontanaSF3653
  6. 6DFDan FoutsSD3638
  7. 7DKDave KriegSEA3602
  8. 8TKTommy KramerMIN3522
  9. 9RJRon JaworskiPHI3450
  10. 10Boomer EsiasonCIN3443

Passing TD

  1. 1Dan MarinoMIA30
  2. 2DKDave KriegSEA27
  3. 3Boomer EsiasonCIN27
  4. 4Joe MontanaSF27
  5. 5DFDan FoutsSD27
  6. 6KOKen O'BrienNYJ25
  7. 7John ElwayDEN22
  8. 8Phil SimmsNYG22
  9. 9DWDanny WhiteDAL21
  10. 10SDSteve DeBergTB19

Rushing yards

  1. 1Marcus AllenRAI1759
  2. 2GRGerald RiggsATL1719
  3. 3WPWalter PaytonCHI1551
  4. 4JMJoe MorrisNYG1336
  5. 5FMFreeman McNeilNYJ1331
  6. 6TDTony DorsettDAL1307
  7. 7JWJames WilderTB1300
  8. 8Eric DickersonLA1234
  9. 9CJCraig JamesNE1227
  10. 10KMKevin MackCLE1104

Rushing TD

  1. 1JMJoe MorrisNYG21
  2. 2Eric DickersonLA12
  3. 3Marcus AllenRAI11
  4. 4RDRon DavenportMIA11
  5. 5GRGerald RiggsATL10
  6. 6JWJames WilderTB10
  7. 7TSTim SpencerSD10
  8. 8RCRoger CraigSF9
  9. 9LKLarry KinnebrewCIN9
  10. 10WPWalter PaytonCHI9

Receiving yards

  1. 1SLSteve LargentSEA1287
  2. 2MQMike QuickPHI1247
  3. 3Art MonkWSH1226
  4. 4WCWes ChandlerSD1199
  5. 5DHDrew HillHOU1169
  6. 6James LoftonGB1153
  7. 7LLLouis LippsPIT1134
  8. 8CCCris CollinsworthCIN1125
  9. 9THTony HillDAL1113
  10. 10LJLionel JamesSD1027

Receptions

  1. 1RCRoger CraigSF92
  2. 2Art MonkWSH91
  3. 3LJLionel JamesSD86
  4. 4TCTodd ChristensenRAI82
  5. 5BWButch WoolfolkHOU80
  6. 6SLSteve LargentSEA79
  7. 7MSMickey ShulerNYJ76
  8. 8JSJohn StallworthPIT75
  9. 9THTony HillDAL74
  10. 10MQMike QuickPHI73

Receiving TD

  1. 1DTDaryl TurnerSEA13
  2. 2LLLouis LippsPIT12
  3. 3MQMike QuickPHI11
  4. 4SPStephone PaigeKC10
  5. 5WCWes ChandlerSD10
  6. 6DCDwight ClarkSF10
  7. 7DHDrew HillHOU9
  8. 8ACAnthony CarterMIN8
  9. 9EBEddie BrownCIN8
  10. 10JGJimmie GilesTB8

Sacks taken

  1. 1KOKen O'BrienNYJ62
  2. 2NLNeil LomaxSTL61
  3. 3DKDave KriegSEA52
  4. 4Phil SimmsNYG52
  5. 5DBDieter BrockLA51
  6. 6EHEric HippleDET49
  7. 7Warren MoonHOU46
  8. 8DADavid ArcherATL43
  9. 9TKTommy KramerMIN39
  10. 10DWDave WilsonNO39

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1Marcus AllenRAI2314
  2. 2RCRoger CraigSF2066
  3. 3WPWalter PaytonCHI2034
  4. 4GRGerald RiggsATL1986
  5. 5FMFreeman McNeilNYJ1758
  6. 6TDTony DorsettDAL1756
  7. 7JWJames WilderTB1641
  8. 8CJCraig JamesNE1587
  9. 9JMJoe MorrisNYG1548
  10. 10LJLionel JamesSD1543

Total TD

  1. 1JMJoe MorrisNYG21
  2. 2RCRoger CraigSF15
  3. 3Marcus AllenRAI14
  4. 4LLLouis LippsPIT13
  5. 5RDRon DavenportMIA13
  6. 6DTDaryl TurnerSEA13
  7. 7Eric DickersonLA12
  8. 8JBJames BrooksCIN12
  9. 9MQMike QuickPHI11
  10. 10WPWalter PaytonCHI11