THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 18, No. 6 (1996) THE TOP 20s PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TOP 20 RUSHERS through 1996 RANK PLAYER LEAGUE YRS ATT YDS AVG TD 1 (1) WALTER PAYTON NFL 1975-87 13 3,838 16,726 4.4 110 2 (2) Eric Dickerson NFL 1983-93 11 2,996 13,259 4.4 90 3 (3) TONY DORSETT NFL 1977-88 12 2,936 12,739 4.3 77 4 (4) JIM BROWN NFL 1957-65 9 2,359 12,312 5.2 106 5 (5) FRANCO HARRIS NFL 1972-84 13 2,949 12,120 4.1 91 6 (8) Marcus Allen* NFL 1982-96 15 2,898 11,738 4.1 112 7 (10) Barry Sanders* NFL 1989-96 8 2,384 11,725 4.9 84 8 (6) JOHN RIGGINS NFL 1974-85 14 2,916 11,352 3.9 104 9 (7) O.J. SIMPSON AFL-NFL 1969-79 11 2,404 11,236 4.7 61 10 (11) Thurman Thomas* NFL 1988-96 9 2,566 10,762 4.2 62 11 (9) O.J. Anderson NFL 1979-92 14 2,562 10,273 4.0 81 12 (14) Emmitt Smith* NFL 1990-96 7 2,334 10,160 4.4 108 13 (12) JOE PERRY AAFC-NFL 1948-63 16 1,929 9,723 5.0 71 14 (13) EARL CAMPBELL NFL 1978-85 8 2,187 9,407 4.3 74 15 (15) JIM TAYLOR NFL 1958-67 10 1,941 8,597 4.4 83 16 (18) Herschel Walker* NFL 1986-96 11 1,948 8,205 4.2 61 17 (16) Roger Craig NFL 1983-93 11 1,991 8,189 4.1 56 18 (17) Gerald Riggs NFL 1982-91 10 1,989 8,188 4.1 69 19 (19) LARRY CSONKA AFL-NFL 1968-79 11 1,891 8,081 4.3 64 20 (20) Freeman McNeil NFL 1981-92 12 1,798 8,074 4.5 38 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TOP 20 RECEIVERS through 1996 RANK PLAYER LEAGUE YRS NO YDS AVG TD 1 (1) Jerry Rice* NFL 1985-96 12 1,050 16,377 15.6 154 2 (2) Art Monk NFL 1980-95 16 940 12,721 13.5 68 3 (3) STEVE LARGENT NFL 1976-89 14 819 13,089 16.0 100 4 (6) Henry Ellard* NFL 1983-96 14 775 13,177 17.0 61 5 (7) Andre Reed* NFL 1985-96 12 766 10,884 14.2 75 6 (4) James Lofton NFL 1978-93 16 764 14,004 18.3 75 7 (5) CHARLIE JOINER AFL-NFL 1969-86 18 750 12,146 16.2 65 8 (8) Gary Clark NFL 1985-95 11 699 10,856 15.5 65 9 (19T) Cris Carter* NFL 1987-96 10 667 8,376 12.5 76 10 (9) Ozzie Newsome NFL 1979-80 13 662 7,980 12.1 47 11 (--) Irving Fryar* NFL 1984-96 13 650 10,111 15.6 69 12 (10) CHARLEY TAYLOR NFL 1964-74 13 649 9,110 14.0 79 13 (11) Drew Hill NFL 1979-83 15 634 9,831 15.5 60 14 (12) DON MAYNARD NFL-AFL 1958-72 15 633 11,834 18.7 88 15 (13) RAYMOND BERRY NFL 1955-67 13 631 9,275 14.7 68 16 (14) Sterling Sharpe NFL 1988-94 7 595 8,134 13.7 65 17 (--) Michael Irvin NFL 1988-96 9 591 9,500 16.1 52 18 (15) Harold Carmichael NFL 1971-84 14 590 8,985 15.2 79 19 (16) FRED BILETNIKOFF AFL-NFL 1965-78 14 589 8,974 15.2 76 20 (17) Bill Brooks* NFL 1986-96 11 583 8,001 13.7 46 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TOP 20 SCORERS through 1996 RANK PLAYER LEAGUE YRS TD PAT FG TOTAL 1 (1) GEORGE BLANDA NFL-AFL 1949-75 26 9 943 335 2,002 2 (3) Nick Lowery* NFL 1978-96 18 0 562 383 1,711 3 (2) JAN STENERUD AFL-NFL 1967-85 19 0 580 373 1,699 4 (4) LOU GROZA AAFC-NFL 1946-67 21 1 810 264 1,608 5 (7) Gary Anderson* NFL 1982-96 15 0 488 356 1,556 6 (8) Morten Andersen* NFL 1982-96 15 0 472 355 1,537 7 (5) Eddie Murray NFL 1980-95 16 0 498 325 1,473 8 (6) Pat Leahy NFL 1974-91 18 0 558 304 1,470 9 (14) Norm Johnson* NFL 1982-96 15 0 552 300 1,452 10 (9) Jim Turner AFL-NFL 1964-79 16 1 521 304 1,439 11 (10) Matt Bahr NFL 1979-95 17 0 522 300 1,422 12 (11) Mark Moseley NFL 1970-86 16 0 482 300 1,382 13 (12) Jim Bakken NFL 1962-78 17 0 534 282 1,380 14 (13) Fred Cox NFL 1963-77 15 0 519 282 1,365 15 (15) Jim Breech NFL 1979-92 14 0 517 243 1,246 16 (16) Chris Bahr NFL 1976-89 14 0 490 241 1,213 1 THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 18, No. 6 (1996) 17 (19) Kevin Butler* NFL 1985-96 12 0 404 257 1,175 18 (17) Gino Cappelletti AFL-NFL 1960-70 11 42 350 176 1,130 19 (18) Ray Wersching NFL 1973-87 15 0 456 222 1,122 20 (--) Al Del Greco* NFL 1984-96 13 0 403 236 1,111 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TOP 20 PASSERS through 1996 RANK PLAYER LEAGUE YRS ATT COMP YARDS TD INT RATE 1 (1) Steve Young* NFL 1985-96 12 3,192 2,059 25,479 174 85 96.2 2 (2) Joe Montana NFL 1979-94 15 5,391 3,409 40,551 273 139 92.3 3 (4) Brett Favre* NFL 1991-96 6 2,693 1,667 18,724 147 79 88.6 4 (3) Dan Marino* NFL 1983-96 14 6,904 4,134 51,636 369 209 88.3 5 (5) OTTO GRAHAM AAFC-NFL 1946-55 10 2,626 1,464 23,584 174 135 86.6 6 (6) Jim Kelly* NFL 1986-96 11 4,779 2,874 35,467 237 175 84.4 7 (8) ROGER STAUBACH NFL 1969-79 11 2,958 1,685 22,700 153 109 83.4 8 (7) Troy Aikman* NFL 1989-96 8 3,178 2,000 22,733 110 98 83.0 9 (9) Neil Lomax NFL 1981-88 8 3,153 1,817 22,771 136 90 82.7 10 (10) SONNY JURGENSEN NFL 1957-74 18 4,262 2,433 32,224 255 189 82.625 11 (11) LEN DAWSON NFL-AFL 1957-75 19 3,741 2,136 28,711 239 183 82.555 12 (14) Jeff Hostetler* NFL 1984-96 11 2,194 1,278 15,531 89 61 82.1 13 (13) Ken Anderson NFL 1971-84 16 4,475 2,654 32,838 197 160 81.858 14 (17) Bernie Kosar* NFL 1985-96 12 3,365 1,994 23,301 124 87 81.8 15 (16) Danny White NFL 1976-88 13 2,950 1,761 21,959 155 132 81.7 16 (12) Dave Krieg* NFL 1980-96 17 5,288 3,092 37,946 261 199 81.5 17 (18) Warren Moon* NFL 1984-96 13 6,000 3,514 43,787 254 208 81.0 18T (15) Neil O’Donnell* NFL 1990-96 7 2,059 1,179 14,014 72 46 80.5 18T (20) BART STARR NFL 1956-71 16 3,149 1,808 24,718 152 138 80.5 18T (--) Scott Mitchell* NFL 1991-96 6 1,507 853 10,516 71 49 80.5 *-Indicates active in the 1996 season ( )-Indicates rank at the start of the 1996 season CAPS-Indicates Pro Football Hall of Fame Member 2.