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1997 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. 1JGJeff GeorgeOAK3917
  2. 2Brett FavreGB3867
  3. 3Dan MarinoMIA3780
  4. 4Drew BledsoeNE3706
  5. 5Warren MoonSEA3678
  6. 6John ElwayDEN3635
  7. 7SMScott MitchellDET3484
  8. 8Troy AikmanDAL3283
  9. 9MBMark BrunellJAX3281
  10. 10TBTony BanksSTL3254

Passing TD

  1. 1Brett FavreGB35
  2. 2JGJeff GeorgeOAK29
  3. 3Drew BledsoeNE28
  4. 4John ElwayDEN27
  5. 5Warren MoonSEA25
  6. 6Trent DilferTB21
  7. 7KSKordell StewartPIT21
  8. 8Chris ChandlerATL20
  9. 9Brad JohnsonMIN20
  10. 10Troy AikmanDAL19

Rushing yards

  1. 1Barry SandersDET2053
  2. 2Terrell DavisDEN1750
  3. 3Jerome BettisPIT1665
  4. 4DLDorsey LevensGB1435
  5. 5EGEddie GeorgeTEN1399
  6. 6NKNapoleon KaufmanOAK1294
  7. 7RSRobert SmithMIN1266
  8. 8Curtis MartinNE1160
  9. 9CDCorey DillonCIN1129
  10. 10RWRicky WattersPHI1110

Rushing TD

  1. 1AAAbdul-Karim al-JabbarMIA15
  2. 2Terrell DavisDEN15
  3. 3KSKordell StewartPIT11
  4. 4Barry SandersDET11
  5. 5Marcus AllenKC11
  6. 6CDCorey DillonCIN10
  7. 7RHRaymont HarrisCHI10
  8. 8NMNatrone MeansJAX9
  9. 9Steve McNairTEN8
  10. 10ASAntowain SmithBUF8

Receiving yards

  1. 1RMRob MooreARI1584
  2. 2Tim BrownOAK1408
  3. 3YTYancey ThigpenPIT1398
  4. 4JSJimmy SmithJAX1324
  5. 5IFIrving FryarPHI1316
  6. 6HMHerman MooreDET1293
  7. 7AFAntonio FreemanGB1243
  8. 8RSRod SmithDEN1180
  9. 9Michael IrvinDAL1180
  10. 10KMKeenan McCardellJAX1164

Receptions

  1. 1Tim BrownOAK104
  2. 2HMHerman MooreDET104
  3. 3RMRob MooreARI97
  4. 4Cris CarterMIN89
  5. 5IFIrving FryarPHI86
  6. 6KMKeenan McCardellJAX85
  7. 7JSJimmy SmithJAX82
  8. 8AFAntonio FreemanGB81
  9. 9JMJohnnie MortonDET80
  10. 10YTYancey ThigpenPIT79

Receiving TD

  1. 1Cris CarterMIN13
  2. 2AFAntonio FreemanGB12
  3. 3JGJoey GallowaySEA12
  4. 4JJJames JettOAK12
  5. 5RSRod SmithDEN12
  6. 6DADerrick AlexanderBAL9
  7. 7BEBert EmanuelATL9
  8. 8Michael IrvinDAL9
  9. 9CCChris CallowayNYG8
  10. 10BCBen CoatesNE8

Sacks taken

  1. 1JGJeff GeorgeOAK58
  2. 2JPJake PlummerARI52
  3. 3Neil O'DonnellNYJ45
  4. 4TBTony BanksSTL43
  5. 5JHJim HarbaughIND41
  6. 6SMScott MitchellDET41
  7. 7JBJeff BlakeCIN39
  8. 8Chris ChandlerATL39
  9. 9TCTodd CollinsBUF39
  10. 10Steve YoungSF35

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1Barry SandersDET2358
  2. 2Terrell DavisDEN2037
  3. 3DLDorsey LevensGB1805
  4. 4Jerome BettisPIT1775
  5. 5NKNapoleon KaufmanOAK1697
  6. 6RMRob MooreARI1584
  7. 7RWRicky WattersPHI1550
  8. 8Marshall FaulkIND1525
  9. 9RSRobert SmithMIN1463
  10. 10Curtis MartinNE1456

Total TD

  1. 1AAAbdul-Karim al-JabbarMIA16
  2. 2Terrell DavisDEN15
  3. 3Barry SandersDET14
  4. 4Cris CarterMIN13
  5. 5AFAntonio FreemanGB12
  6. 6JGJoey GallowaySEA12
  7. 7JJJames JettOAK12
  8. 8DLDorsey LevensGB12
  9. 9RSRod SmithDEN12
  10. 10KSKordell StewartPIT11