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League Leaders in the Awesome80sBy 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: 1980,
1981, 1982, 1983,
1984, 1985, 1986,
1987, 1988, 1989,
1970s.
Here are the yearly leaders for each conference in the major
categories:
| RUSHING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
ATT |
Yards |
YPA |
TDs |
| 1989 |
Christian Okoye, Kansas City, AFC |
370 |
1,480 |
4.0 |
12 |
| |
Barry Sanders, Detroit, NFC |
280 |
1,470 |
5.3 |
14 |
| 1988 |
Eric Dickerson, Indianapolis, AFC |
388 |
1,659 |
4.3 |
14 |
| |
Herschel Walker, Dallas, NFC |
361 |
1,514 |
4.2 |
5 |
| 1987 |
Charles White, L.A. Rams, NFC |
324 |
1,374 |
4.2 |
11 |
| |
Eric Dickerson, Indianapolis, AFC |
223 |
1,011 |
4.5 |
5 |
| 1986 |
Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, NFC |
404 |
1,821 |
4.5 |
11 |
| |
Curt Warner, Seattle, AFC |
319 |
1,481 |
4.6 |
13 |
| 1985 |
Marcus Allen, L.A. Raiders, AFC |
380 |
1,759 |
4.6 |
11 |
| |
Gerald Riggs, Atlanta, NFC |
397 |
1,719 |
4.3 |
10 |
| 1984 |
Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, NFC |
379 |
2,105 |
5.6 |
14 |
| |
Earnest Jackson, San Diego, AFC |
296 |
1,179 |
4.0 |
8 |
| 1983 |
Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, NFC |
390 |
1,808 |
4.6 |
18 |
| |
Curt Warner, Seattle, AFC |
335 |
1,449 |
4.3 |
13 |
| 1982 |
Freeman McNeil, N.Y. Jets, AFC |
151 |
786 |
5.2 |
6 |
| |
Tony Dorsett, Dallas, NFC |
177 |
745 |
4.2 |
5 |
| 1981 |
George Rogers, New Orleans, NFC |
378 |
1,674 |
4.4 |
13 |
| |
Earl Campbell, Houston, AFC |
361 |
1,376 |
3.8 |
10 |
| 1980 |
Earl Campbell, Houston, AFC |
373 |
1,934 |
5.2 |
13 |
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Walter Payton, Chicago, NFC |
317 |
1,460 |
4.6 |
6 |
| PASSING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
ATT |
COMP |
YARDS |
TDs |
INTs |
RATE |
| 1989 |
Joe Montana, San Francisco, NFC |
386 |
271 |
3,521 |
26 |
8 |
112.4 |
| |
Boomer Esiason, Cincinnati, AFC |
455 |
258 |
3,525 |
28 |
11 |
92.1 |
| 1988 |
Boomer Esiason, Cincinnati, AFC |
388 |
223 |
3,572 |
28 |
14 |
97.4 |
| |
Wade Wilson, Minnesota, NFC |
332 |
204 |
2,746 |
15 |
9 |
91.5 |
| 1987 |
Joe Montana, San Francisco, NFC |
398 |
266 |
3,054 |
31 |
13 |
102.1 |
| |
Bernie Kosar, Cleveland, AFC |
389 |
241 |
3,033 |
22 |
9 |
95.4 |
| 1986 |
Tommy Kramer, Minnesota, NFC |
372 |
208 |
3,000 |
24 |
10 |
92.6 |
| |
Dan Marino, Miami, AFC |
623 |
378 |
4,746 |
44 |
23 |
92.5 |
| 1985 |
Ken O'Brien, N.Y. Jets, AFC |
488 |
297 |
3,888 |
25 |
8 |
96.2 |
| |
Joe Montana, San Francisco, NFC |
494 |
303 |
3,653 |
27 |
13 |
91.3 |
| 1984 |
Dan Marino, Miami, AFC |
564 |
362 |
5,084 |
48 |
17 |
108.9 |
| |
Joe Montana, San Francisco, NFC |
432 |
279 |
3,630 |
28 |
10 |
102.9 |
| 1983 |
Steve Bartkowski, Atlanta, NFC |
432 |
274 |
3,167 |
22 |
5 |
97.6 |
| |
Dan Marino, Miami, AFC |
296 |
173 |
2,210 |
20 |
6 |
96.0 |
| 1982 |
Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, AFC |
309 |
218 |
2,495 |
12 |
9 |
95.3 |
| |
Joe Theismann, Washington, NFC |
252 |
161 |
2,033 |
13 |
9 |
91.3 |
| 1981 |
Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, AFC |
479 |
300 |
3,754 |
29 |
10 |
98.4 |
| |
Joe Montana, San Francisco, NFC |
488 |
311 |
3,565 |
19 |
12 |
88.4 |
| 1980 |
Brian Sipe, Cleveland, AFC |
554 |
337 |
4,132 |
30 |
14 |
91.4 |
| |
Ron Jaworski, Philadelphia, NFC |
451 |
257 |
3,529 |
27 |
12 |
91.0 |
| RECEIVING
LEADERS |
| Year |
Player,
Team, Conference |
No. |
Yards |
YPC |
TDs |
| 1989 |
Sterling Sharpe, Green Bay, NFC |
90 |
1,423 |
15.8 |
12 |
| |
Andre Reed, Buffalo, AFC |
88 |
1,312 |
14.9 |
9 |
| 1988 |
Al Toon, N.Y. Jets, AFC |
93 |
1,067 |
11.5 |
5 |
| |
Henry Ellard, L.A. Rams, NFC |
86 |
1,414 |
16.4 |
10 |
| 1987 |
J.T. Smith, St. Louis, NFC |
91 |
1,117 |
12.3 |
8 |
| |
Al Toon, N.Y. Jets, AFC |
68 |
976 |
14.4 |
5 |
| 1986 |
Todd Christensen, L.A. Raiders, AFC |
95 |
1,153 |
12.1 |
8 |
| |
Jerry Rice, San Francisco, NFC |
86 |
1,570 |
18.3 |
15 |
| 1985 |
Roger Craig, San Francisco, NFC |
92 |
1,016 |
11.0 |
6 |
| |
Lionel James, San Diego, AFC |
86 |
1,027 |
11.9 |
6 |
| 1984 |
Art Monk, Washington, NFC |
106 |
1,372 |
12.9 |
7 |
| |
Ozzie Newsome, Cleveland, AFC |
89 |
1,001 |
11.2 |
5 |
| 1983 |
Todd Christensen, L.A. Raiders, AFC |
92 |
1,247 |
13.6 |
12 |
| |
Roy Green, St. Louis, NFC |
78 |
1,227 |
15.7 |
14 |
| |
Charlie Brown, Washington, NFC |
78 |
1,225 |
15.7 |
8 |
| |
Earnest Gray, N.Y. Giants, NFC |
78 |
1,139 |
14.6 |
5 |
| 1982 |
Dwight Clark, San Francisco, NFC |
60 |
913 |
15.2 |
5 |
| |
Kellen Winslow, San Diego, AFC |
54 |
721 |
13.4 |
6 |
| 1981 |
Kellen Winslow, San Diego, AFC |
88 |
1,075 |
12.2 |
10 |
| |
Dwight Clark, San Francisco, NFC |
85 |
1,105 |
13.0 |
4 |
| 1980 |
Kellen Winslow, San Diego, AFC |
89 |
1,290 |
14.5 |
9 |
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Earl Cooper, San Francisco, NFC |
83 |
567 |
6.8 |
4 |
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