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Most consecutive starts by a receiver: 176 (185 including playoffs), Tim Brown, 1992–2003. Most consecutive starts by a running back: 170 (178 including playoffs), Walter Payton, 1975–1987. Most consecutive starts by an offensive lineman: 240 (259 including playoffs), Mick Tingelhoff, 1962–1979.
In 2000, John Turney and Nick Webster, members of the Pro Football Researchers Association, conducted extensive research to create a more complete record of sacks in the NFL. After examining the play-by-play records of every NFL team as well as game film at NFL films they compiled a list of players with 100 sacks beginning in 1960.
NFL annual sacks leaders. Jared Allen led the league in sacks in 2007 and 2011. Al Baker is the unofficial NFL record holder with 23 sacks during the 1978 NFL season. [ 2 ] The Deacon Jones Award, given annually to the player who leads the league in sacks, is named after Deacon Jones. Jones unofficially led the league in sacks 5 times.
Rank Player Position Career Points 41 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: 1985–2004 1,256 59 Emmitt Smith: Running back: 1990–2004 1,052 67 LaDainian Tomlinson
This is a list of the most consecutive starts and games played by a player by position in the National Football League (NFL). [1][2] Quarterback Brett Favre 's streak of 297 consecutive games started is the longest all-time. [3][4] Among defensive players, Jim Marshall's 270 is the longest. [3] Of special note is punter Jeff Feagles, who played ...
Myles Garrett, the 2023 recipient. The Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Associated Press (AP) to the most outstanding defensive player in the National Football League (NFL) at the end of every season. It has been awarded since 1971. The winner is decided by votes from a panel of 50 AP sportswriters.
This list is sorted by 1) games played, 2) first year played, 3) last year played. Tom Brady has played the most NFL games at quarterback, 335. Jason Hanson holds the NFL record of 21 seasons with the same team as placekicker for the Lions. Jerry Rice played 303 games as a wide receiver, an NFL record. Bruce Matthews (left) played a record 296 ...
[3] [4] As a result of the AFL–NFL merger, league record books also recognize statistics from the American Football League (AFL), which operated from 1960 to 1969 before being absorbed into the NFL in 1970. [5] [6] There have been 39 players who have recorded at least 50 interceptions. As of 2024, no active player has at least 40 interceptions.