League Leaders in the Super70sBy Patrick Mondout
You can find league leaders for an individual season by clicking on a
year (from the list on the far left) and then clicking on Leaders.
You can also select a year here: 1970,
1971, 1972, 1973,
1974, 1975, 1976,
1977, 1978, 1979,
1980s.
Here are the yearly leaders for each conference in the major
categories:
| RUSHING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
ATT |
Yards |
YPA |
TDs |
| 1979 |
Earl Campbell, Houston, AFC |
368 |
1,697 |
4.6 |
19 |
| |
Walter Payton, Chicago, NFC |
369 |
1,610 |
4.4 |
14 |
| 1978 |
Earl Campbell, Houston, AFC |
302 |
1,450 |
4.8 |
13 |
| |
Walter Payton, Chicago, NFC |
333 |
1,395 |
4.2 |
11 |
| 1977 |
Walter Payton, Chicago, NFC |
339 |
1,852 |
5.5 |
14 |
| |
Mark van Eeghen, Oakland, AFC |
324 |
1,273 |
3.9 |
7 |
| 1976 |
O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, AFC |
290 |
1,503 |
5.2 |
8 |
| |
Walter Payton, Chicago, NFC |
311 |
1,390 |
4.5 |
13 |
| 1975 |
O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, AFC |
329 |
1,817 |
5.5 |
16 |
| |
Jim Otis, St. Louis, NFC |
269 |
1,076 |
4.0 |
5 |
| 1974 |
Otis Armstrong, Denver, AFC |
263 |
1,407 |
5.3 |
9 |
| |
Lawrence McCutcheon, Los Angeles, NFC |
236 |
1,109 |
4.7 |
3 |
| 1973 |
O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, AFC |
332 |
2,003 |
6.0 |
12 |
| |
John Brockington, Green Bay, NFC |
265 |
1,144 |
4.3 |
3 |
| 1972 |
O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, AFC |
292 |
1,251 |
4.3 |
6 |
| |
Larry Brown, Washington, NFC |
285 |
1,216 |
4.3 |
8 |
| 1971 |
Floyd Little, Denver, AFC |
284 |
1,133 |
4.0 |
6 |
| |
John Brockington, Green Bay, NFC |
216 |
1,105 |
5.1 |
4 |
| 1970 |
Larry Brown, Washington, NFC |
237 |
1,125 |
4.7 |
5 |
| |
Floyd Little, Denver, AFC |
209 |
901 |
4.3 |
3 |
| PASSING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
ATT |
COMP |
YARDS |
TDs |
INTs |
RATE |
| 1979 |
Roger Staubach, Dallas, NFC |
461 |
267 |
3,586 |
27 |
11 |
92.3 |
| |
Dan Fouts, San Diego, AFC |
530 |
332 |
4,082 |
24 |
24 |
82.6 |
| 1978 |
Roger Staubach, Dallas, NFC |
413 |
231 |
3,190 |
25 |
16 |
84.9 |
| |
Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, AFC |
368 |
207 |
2,915 |
28 |
20 |
84.7 |
| 1977 |
Bob Griese, Miami, AFC |
307 |
180 |
2,252 |
22 |
13 |
87.8 |
| |
Roger Staubach, Dallas, NFC |
361 |
210 |
2,620 |
18 |
9 |
87.0 |
| 1976 |
Ken Stabler, Oakland, AFC |
291 |
194 |
2,737 |
27 |
17 |
103.4 |
| |
James Harris, Los Angeles, NFC |
158 |
91 |
1,460 |
8 |
6 |
89.6 |
| 1975 |
Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, AFC |
377 |
228 |
3,169 |
21 |
11 |
93.9 |
| |
Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, NFC |
425 |
273 |
2,994 |
25 |
13 |
91.8 |
| 1974 |
Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, AFC |
328 |
213 |
2,667 |
18 |
10 |
95.7 |
| |
Sonny Jurgensen, Washington, NFC |
167 |
107 |
1,185 |
11 |
5 |
94.5 |
| 1973 |
Roger Staubach, Dallas, NFC |
286 |
179 |
2,428 |
23 |
15 |
94.6 |
| |
Ken Stabler, Oakland, AFC |
260 |
163 |
1,997 |
14 |
10 |
88.3 |
| 1972 |
Norm Snead, N.Y. Giants, NFC |
325 |
196 |
2,307 |
17 |
12 |
* |
| |
Earl Morrall, Miami, AFC |
150 |
83 |
1,360 |
11 |
7 |
* |
| 1971 |
Roger Staubach, Dallas, NFC |
211 |
126 |
1,882 |
15 |
4 |
* |
| |
Bob Griese, Miami, AFC |
263 |
145 |
2,089 |
19 |
9 |
* |
| 1970 |
John Brodie, San Francisco, NFC |
378 |
223 |
2,941 |
24 |
10 |
* |
| |
Daryle Lamonica, Oakland, AFC |
356 |
179 |
2,516 |
22 |
15 |
* |
| RECEIVING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
No. |
Yards |
YPC |
TDs |
| 1979 |
Joe Washington, Baltimore, AFC |
82 |
750 |
9.1 |
3 |
| |
Ahmad Rashad, Minnesota, NFC |
80 |
1,156 |
14.5 |
9 |
| 1978 |
Rickey Young, Minnesota, NFC |
88 |
704 |
8.0 |
5 |
| |
Steve Largent, Seattle, AFC |
71 |
1,168 |
16.5 |
8 |
| 1977 |
Lydell Mitchell, Baltimore, AFC |
71 |
620 |
8.7 |
4 |
| |
Ahmad Rashad, Minnesota, NFC |
51 |
681 |
13.4 |
2 |
| 1976 |
MacArthur Lane, Kansas City, AFC |
66 |
686 |
10.4 |
1 |
| |
Drew Pearson, Dallas, NFC |
58 |
806 |
13.9 |
6 |
| 1975 |
Chuck Foreman, Minnesota, NFC |
73 |
691 |
9.5 |
9 |
| |
Reggie Rucker, Cleveland, AFC |
60 |
770 |
12.8 |
3 |
| |
Lydell Mitchell, Baltimore, AFC |
60 |
544 |
9.1 |
4 |
| 1974 |
Lydell Mitchell, Baltimore, AFC |
72 |
544 |
7.6 |
2 |
| |
Charles Young, Philadelphia, NFC |
63 |
696 |
11.0 |
3 |
| 1973 |
Harold Carmichael, Philadelphia, NFC |
67 |
1,116 |
16.7 |
9 |
| |
Fred Willis, Houston, AFC |
57 |
371 |
6.5 |
1 |
| 1972 |
Harold Jackson, Philadelphia, NFC |
62 |
1,048 |
16.9 |
4 |
| |
Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, AFC |
58 |
802 |
13.8 |
7 |
| 1971 |
Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, AFC |
61 |
929 |
15.2 |
9 |
| |
Bob Tucker, N.Y. Giants, NFC |
59 |
791 |
13.4 |
4 |
| 1970 |
Dick Gordon, Chicago, NFC |
71 |
1,026 |
14.5 |
13 |
| |
Marlin Briscoe, Buffalo, AFC |
57 |
1,036 |
18.2 |
8 |
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