Weekly Top 20

The career leaders in major statistical categories include a blend of Hall of Fame players as well as many of today’s NFL stars. Each week during the regular season, thanks to Elias Sports Bureau, ProFootballHOF.com features the career leaders in four main statistical categories.

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As of Dec. 30, 2019 (through Week 17)

WEEK 17 TOP 20 HIGHLIGHT:

New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions for a 123.3 rating in the Saints' 42-10 win at Carolina. Brees has 93 career games with at least three touchdown passes, tied with PEYTON MANNING (93) for the most in NFL history.

Brees recorded his fourth consecutive game with at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions and joined RUSSELL WILSON (five games in 2015), TOM BRADY (four in 2007) and AARON RODGERS (four in 2014) as the only players with at least four consecutive games of at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions in a single season in league annals.

In 2019, Brees recorded a 74.3 completion percentage (281 of 378), the second-highest single-season completion percentage in NFL history, trailing only the mark he set in 2018 (74.4 percent).

 

Passer Rating | Receptions | Rushing Yards | Scoring 

Italics denotes Hall of Famers
Bold denotes players active during the 2019 season

PASSER RATING
1 Aaron Rodgers 102.40
2 Russell Wilson 101.16
3 Drew Brees 98.37
4 Tony Romo 97.15
5 Dak Prescott 97.04
6 Tom Brady  96.99
7 Steve Young 96.81
8 Kirk Cousins 96.76
9 Peyton Manning  96.46
10 Philip Rivers 95.06
11 Matt Ryan 94.60
12 Ben Roethlisberger 94.01
13 Kurt Warner 93.71
14 Carson Wentz 92.66
15 Joe Montana 92.26
16 Jared Goff 91.92
17 Derek Carr 90.66
18 Chad Pennington 90.14
19 Ryan Tannehill 89.76
20 Marcus Mariota 89.64
 
RECEPTIONS
1 Jerry Rice 1,549
2 Larry Fitzgerald 1,378
3 Tony Gonzalez 1,325
4 Jason Witten 1,215
5 Marvin Harrison 1,102
6 Cris Carter 1,101
7 Tim Brown 1,094
8 Terrell Owens 1,078
9 Anquan Boldin 1,076
10 Reggie Wayne 1,070
11 Andre Johnson 1,062
12 Steve Smith 1,031
13 Isaac Bruce 1,024
14 Hines Ward 1,000
15 Randy Moss 982
16 Brandon Marshall 970
17 Antonio Gates 955
18 Andre Reed 951
19 Derrick Mason 943
20 Art Monk 940
 
RUSHING YARDS
1 Emmitt Smith 18,355
2 Walter Payton 16,726
3 Frank Gore 15,347
4 Barry Sanders 15,269
5 Adrian Peterson 14,216
6 Curtis Martin 14,101
7 LaDainian Tomlinson 13,684
8 Jerome Bettis 13,662
9 Eric Dickerson 13,259
10 Tony Dorsett 12,714
11 Jim Brown 12,312
12 Marshall Faulk 12,279
13 Edgerrin James 12,246
14 Marcus Allen 12,243
15 Franco Harris 12,120
16 Thurman Thomas 12,074
17 Fred Taylor 11,695
18 Steven Jackson 11,438
19 John Riggins 11,352
20 Corey Dillon 11,241
 
SCORING
1 Adam Vinatieri 2,673
2 Morten Andersen 2,544
3 Gary Anderson 2,434
4 Jason Hanson 2,150
5 John Carney 2,062
6 Matt Stover 2,004
7 George Blanda 2,002
8 Jason Elam 1,983
9 John Kasay 1,970
10 Sebastian Janikowski 1,913
11 Phil Dawson 1,847
12 Stephen Gostkowski 1,775
13 Matt Bryant 1,758
14 Norm Johnson 1,736
15 David Akers 1,721
16 Nick Lowery 1,711
17 Jan Stenerud 1,699
18 Ryan Longwell 1,687
19 Robbie Gould  1,638
20 Eddie Murray 1,594