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1986 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 MarinoMIA4746
  2. 2JSJay SchroederWSH4109
  3. 3Boomer EsiasonCIN3959
  4. 4BKBernie KosarCLE3854
  5. 5KOKen O'BrienNYJ3690
  6. 6Jim KellyBUF3593
  7. 7Warren MoonHOU3489
  8. 8Phil SimmsNYG3487
  9. 9John ElwayDEN3485
  10. 10TETony EasonNE3328

Passing TD

  1. 1Dan MarinoMIA44
  2. 2KOKen O'BrienNYJ25
  3. 3Boomer EsiasonCIN24
  4. 4TKTommy KramerMIN24
  5. 5Jim KellyBUF22
  6. 6JSJay SchroederWSH22
  7. 7DKDave KriegSEA21
  8. 8Phil SimmsNYG21
  9. 9John ElwayDEN19
  10. 10TETony EasonNE19

Rushing yards

  1. 1Eric DickersonLA1821
  2. 2JMJoe MorrisNYG1516
  3. 3CWCurt WarnerSEA1481
  4. 4RMRueben MayesNO1353
  5. 5WPWalter PaytonCHI1333
  6. 6GRGerald RiggsATL1327
  7. 7GRGeorge RogersWSH1203
  8. 8JBJames BrooksCIN1087
  9. 9EJEarnest JacksonPIT910
  10. 10JJJames JonesDET903

Rushing TD

  1. 1GRGeorge RogersWSH18
  2. 2JMJoe MorrisNYG14
  3. 3CWCurt WarnerSEA13
  4. 4HWHerschel WalkerDAL12
  5. 5Eric DickersonLA11
  6. 6KMKevin MackCLE10
  7. 7GRGerald RiggsATL9
  8. 8SWSammy WinderDEN9
  9. 9LHLorenzo HamptonMIA9
  10. 10JJJames JonesDET8

Receiving yards

  1. 1Jerry RiceSF1570
  2. 2SMStanley MorganNE1491
  3. 3MDMark DuperMIA1313
  4. 4GCGary ClarkWSH1265
  5. 5ATAl ToonNYJ1176
  6. 6TCTodd ChristensenRAI1153
  7. 7MCMark ClaytonMIA1150
  8. 8BBBill BrooksIND1131
  9. 9DHDrew HillHOU1112
  10. 10SLSteve LargentSEA1070

Receptions

  1. 1TCTodd ChristensenRAI95
  2. 2Jerry RiceSF86
  3. 3ATAl ToonNYJ85
  4. 4SMStanley MorganNE84
  5. 5RCRoger CraigSF81
  6. 6GAGary AndersonSD80
  7. 7JSJ.T. SmithSTL80
  8. 8TCTony CollinsNE77
  9. 9HWHerschel WalkerDAL76
  10. 10GCGary ClarkWSH74

Receiving TD

  1. 1Jerry RiceSF15
  2. 2WWWesley WalkerNYJ12
  3. 3MDMark DuperMIA11
  4. 4SPStephone PaigeKC11
  5. 5MCMark ClaytonMIA10
  6. 6SMStanley MorganNE10
  7. 7CCCris CollinsworthCIN10
  8. 8MQMike QuickPHI9
  9. 9SLSteve LargentSEA9
  10. 10BBBill BrooksIND8

Sacks taken

  1. 1RCRandall CunninghamPHI72
  2. 2NLNeil LomaxSTL52
  3. 3Steve YoungTB47
  4. 4SPSteve PelluerDAL47
  5. 5Phil SimmsNYG45
  6. 6Jim KellyBUF43
  7. 7TETony EasonNE43
  8. 8Warren MoonHOU41
  9. 9KOKen O'BrienNYJ40
  10. 10BKBernie KosarCLE39

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1Eric DickersonLA2026
  2. 2CWCurt WarnerSEA1823
  3. 3JBJames BrooksCIN1773
  4. 4JMJoe MorrisNYG1749
  5. 5WPWalter PaytonCHI1715
  6. 6Jerry RiceSF1642
  7. 7HWHerschel WalkerDAL1574
  8. 8SMStanley MorganNE1491
  9. 9GRGerald RiggsATL1463
  10. 10RCRoger CraigSF1454

Total TD

  1. 1GRGeorge RogersWSH18
  2. 2Jerry RiceSF16
  3. 3JMJoe MorrisNYG15
  4. 4HWHerschel WalkerDAL14
  5. 5SWSammy WinderDEN14
  6. 6CWCurt WarnerSEA13
  7. 7LHLorenzo HamptonMIA12
  8. 8WWWesley WalkerNYJ12
  9. 9Eric DickersonLA11
  10. 10MDMark DuperMIA11