League Leaders:NFL 1972 RUSHING
Att Yds Ave Lg TD Att Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Hill,C Dal 249 1290 5.2 32 11 6 Csonka Mia 212 1114 5.3 55 9 2 Simpson Buf 267 1239 4.6 88 6 7 Brockingto GB 276 1046 3.8 34 6 3 Brown,L Was 303 1183 3.9 34 8 8 Morris Mia 191 1038 5.4 32 12 4 Harris,F Pit 190 1168 6.1 71 13 9 Hubbard Oak 234 997 4.3 43 5 5 Johnson,Ro NYG 311 1165 3.7 39 10 10 Hampton Atl 215 982 4.6 49 10
League Leaders:NFL 1972 RECEIVING
No Yds Ave Lg TD No Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Biletnikof Oak 61 950 15.6 35 5 6 Newland NO 53 678 12.8 38 6 2 Taylor,O KC 58 801 13.8 41 7 7 Jackson,H Phi 52 805 15.5 48 5 3 Myers Cin 58 865 14.9 50 3 8 Taylor,C Was 51 1069 21.0 89 7 4 Tucker NYG 56 797 14.2 59 6 9 Malone Atl 51 717 14.1 39 3 5 Garrison,G SD 55 898 16.3 45 4 10 Gilliam,J Min 50 1045 20.9 83 7
League Leaders:NFL 1972 PASSING
Att Cmp C% Yards In I% Lg TD TD% Rate 1 Kilmer Was 233 143 61.4 2356 3 1.3 89 23 9.9 122.9 2 Lamonica Oak 287 173 60.3 2721 3 1.0 80 17 5.9 107.2 3 Morrall Mia 154 85 55.2 1490 6 3.9 71 11 7.1 96.0 4 Snead NYG 323 201 62.2 2501 9 2.8 59 19 5.9 94.2 5 Tarkenton Min 376 225 59.8 3017 11 2.9 86 18 4.8 89.2 6 Namath NYJ 310 158 51.0 2616 15 4.8 88 21 6.8 82.1 7 Dawson KC 274 157 57.3 1736 9 3.3 41 16 5.8 82.0 8 Landry Det 279 146 52.3 2203 14 5.0 49 20 7.2 81.6 9 Morton Dal 337 194 57.6 2820 20 5.9 49 18 5.3 78.0 10 Spurrier SF 257 134 52.1 1986 9 3.5 60 10 3.9 76.1
League Leaders:NFL 1972 INTERCEPTIONS
No Yds Ave Lg TD No Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Wagner Pit 8 86 10.8 29 1 6 Casanova Cin 5 90 18.0 43 1 2 Ham Pit 7 160 22.9 72 1 7 Ramsey Phi 5 39 7.8 18 0 3 Salter SD 7 60 8.6 32 0 8 Hanburger Was 5 137 27.4 72 2 4 Sensibaugh KC 6 92 15.3 32 0 9 Jackson,E NO 5 46 9.2 21 0 5 Bradley Phi 6 59 9.8 36 0 10 Curtis,M Bal 5 149 29.8 54 1
League Leaders:NFL 1972 SACKS
1 Stanfill Mia 16 5 Jones,D SD 13 9 Reed NYG 10 2 Eller Min 14 6 Greenwood Pit 12 10 Hardman SF 10 3 Gregory,J NYG 13 7 Bacon LA 11 11 Newsome,B Bal 10 4 Biggs Was 13 8 Greene Pit 11 12 Mendenhall NYG 9
League Leaders:NFL 1972 TACKLES
1 Butkus Chi 118 5 Houston Hou 101 9 Bradley Phi 95 2 Buffone Chi 105 6 Robertson LA 98 10 Federspiel NO 93 3 Stallings StL 104 7 Hendricks Bal 97 11 Reid Cin 91 4 James Buf 101 8 Atkinson NYJ 96 12 Wilcox SF 90
League Leaders:NFL 1972 KICKRETURNS
No Yds Ave Lg TD No Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Marshall,L KC 26 755 29.0 49 0 6 Nelson Phi 31 817 26.4 88 0 2 Smith,R Chi 40 1155 28.9 98 1 7 Turner,C Chi 19 498 26.2 37 0 3 Thompson NYG 38 1056 27.8 94 1 8 Gilliam,J Min 19 498 26.2 48 0 4 Thomas,I GB 27 750 27.8 49 0 9 Greene,T Buf 15 392 26.1 38 0 5 Laird Bal 30 819 27.3 46 0 10 Jessie Det 24 618 25.8 61 0
League Leaders:NFL 1972 PUNTRETURNS
No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD 1 Bertelsen LA 22 3 323 14.7 24 0 6 Leigh Mia 28 9 274 9.8 24 0 2 Farasopoul NYJ 15 20 199 13.3 63 1 7 Dunlap SD 19 9 183 9.6 17 0 3 Staggers GB 16 9 212 13.3 64 1 8 Edwards,G Pit 26 26 244 9.4 23 0 4 Ellis GB 24 1 249 10.4 23 0 9 McGill SF 21 0 186 8.9 15 0 5 Laird Bal 29 10 295 10.2 28 0 10 Sherman Den 22 8 188 8.5 15 0
League Leaders:NFL 1972 KICKING
FGA FGM FG% 40 50 Lg Pts 1 Gerela Pit 46 36 78.3 5 0 48 151 2 Knight Was 35 23 65.7 1 0 43 118 3 Blanda Oak 36 26 72.2 4 0 49 115 4 Turner,J Den 33 26 78.8 7 0 47 112 5 Fritsch Dal 35 24 68.6 1 1 50 109 6 Yepremian Mia 36 20 55.6 2 0 48 105 7 Marcol GB 37 26 70.3 5 0 46 100 8 Cox Min 34 23 67.6 1 0 42 100 9 Gossett SF 37 20 54.1 3 0 46 92 10 Muhlmann Cin 32 21 65.6 0 0 39 88
League Leaders:NFL 1972 PUNTING
No Yards Tb 20 Lg Bk Ave 1 Wilson KC 64 2925 9 18 62 0 45.7 2 Walden Pit 52 2322 5 12 60 0 44.7 3 Chapple LA 58 2521 7 23 62 0 43.5 4 James,J Atl 66 2848 7 11 62 0 43.2 5 Cockroft Cle 62 2671 6 7 68 0 43.1 6 Pastorini Hou 63 2689 2 13 58 1 42.7 7 Green Chi 79 3370 11 18 60 0 42.7 8 Lewis Cin 64 2714 7 11 60 0 42.4 9 Widby GB 63 2666 8 17 59 2 42.3 10 Blanchard NYG 56 2349 11 14 65 0 41.9
League Leaders:NFL 1972 FUMBLES
1 Phipps Cle 11 5 Hadl SD 10 9 Douglass Chi 9 2 Berry Atl 10 6 Gresham NO 9 10 Shaw Buf 8 3 Gabriel LA 10 7 Podolak KC 9 11 Lamonica Oak 8 4 Dunlap SD 10 8 Malone Atl 9 12 Pastorini Hou 8
League Leaders:NFL 1972 SCORING
Tot FG XP TwoPt Rush Rec Int K-Ret P-Ret F-TD Sfty 1 Gerela Pit 151 36 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Knight Was 118 23 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Blanda Oak 115 26 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Turner,J Den 112 26 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Fritsch Dal 109 24 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Yepremian Mia 105 20 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Cox Min 100 23 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Marcol GB 100 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Harris,F Pit 96 0 0 0 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 Gossett SF 92 20 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0