List of individual records in the National Football League

The list of individual records in the National Football League represents all the records recognized by the National Football League by a single player. The achievements in the National Football League since 1920 and in the American Football League from 1960 to 1969 were taken into account .

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record	Complete season						Play-offs
	game		season		Career		game		Career
	Person date	value	Person season	value	person	value	Person date	value	person	value
Most points scored	Ernie Nevers Nov 28, 1929	40	LaDainian Tomlinson 2006	186	Adam Vinatieri	2,673	Ricky Watters Jan 15, 1994	30th	Adam Vinatieri	238
Most touchdowns achieved	Ernie Nevers Nov 28, 1929 Dub Jones Nov 25, 1951 Gale Sayers Dec 12, 1965	6th	LaDainian Tomlinson 2006	31	Jerry Rice	208	Ricky Watters Jan 15, 1994	5	Jerry Rice	22nd
Scored most point after touchdowns	Pat Harder Oct 17, 1948 Bob Waterfield Oct 22, 1950 Charlie Gogolak Nov 27, 1966	9	Matt Prater 2013	75	George Blanda	943	Lou Groza Dec 26, 1954 Jim Martin Dec 22, 1957 George Blanda Dec 21, 1969 Mike Hollis Jan 15, 2000	8th	Stephen Gostkowski	88
Most field goal attempts	Jim Bakken Sep 24 1967	9	David Akers 2011	52	Adam Vinatieri	715	7 players	6th	Adam Vinatieri	68
Scored most field goals	Rob Bironas Oct 21, 2007	8th	David Akers 2011	44	Adam Vinatieri	599	Chris Boswell Jan 15, 2017	6th	Adam Vinatieri	56
Most of the runs	Jamie Morris Dec 17, 1988	45	Larry Johnson 2006	416	Emmitt Smith	4,409	Lamar Smith Dec. 30, 2000	40	Franco Harris	400
Most yards run	Adrian Peterson Nov 4, 2007 0	296	Eric Dickerson 1984	2,105	Emmitt Smith	18,355	Eric Dickerson Jan. 4, 1986 0	248	Emmitt Smith	1,586
Most of the touchdowns run	Ernie Nevers Nov 28, 1929	6th	LaDainian Tomlinson 2006	28	Emmitt Smith	164	Ricky Watters Jan 15, 1994	5	Emmitt Smith	19th
Most pass attempts	Drew Bledsoe Nov 13, 1994	70	Matthew Stafford 2012	727	Brett Favre	10.169	Steve Young Jan. 6, 1996 0	65	Tom Brady	1,626
Most passports arrived	Drew Bledsoe Nov 13, 1994	45	Drew Brees 2016	471	Drew Brees	6,867	Drew Brees Jan. 14, 2012	40	Tom Brady	1,025
Most yards thrown	Norm Van Brocklin Sep 28 1951	554	Peyton Manning 2013	5,477	Drew Brees	77,416	Tom Brady Feb 4th 2018 0	505	Tom Brady	11,388
Most touchdowns thrown	8 players	7th	Peyton Manning 2013	55	Drew Brees	547	Daryle Lamonica Dec 21, 1969 Steve Young Jan 29, 1995 Tom Brady Jan 14, 2012	6th	Tom Brady	73
Most interceptions thrown	Jim Hardy Sep 24 1950	8th	George Blanda 1962	42	Brett Favre	336	Frank Filchock Dec 15, 1946 Bobby Layne Dec 26, 1954 Norm Van Brocklin Dec 26, 1955 Brett Favre Jan 20, 2002	6th	Tom Brady	34
Most of the captured passports	Brandon Marshall Dec 13, 2009	21st	Michael Thomas 2019	149	Jerry Rice	1,549	Darren Sproles Jan. 14, 2012	15th	Jerry Rice	151
Caught most yards	Flipper Anderson Nov 26, 1989	336	Calvin Johnson 2012	1,964	Jerry Rice	22,895	Eric Molds Jan. 2, 1999 0	240	Jerry Rice	2,245
Most touchdowns caught	Bob Shaw Oct 2, 1950 Kellen Winslow Nov 22, 1981 Jerry Rice Oct 14, 1990 0	5	Randy Moss 2007	23	Jerry Rice	197	14 players	3	Jerry Rice	22nd
Caught most interceptions	19 players	4th	Dick Lane 1952	14th	Paul Krause	81	Vernon Perry Dec. 29, 1979	4th	Charlie Waters Bill Simpson Ronnie Lott Ed Reed	9
Most yards run after interception	Charlie McNeil Sep 24 1961	177	Darren Sharper 2009	376	Ed Reed	1,590	Darrien Gordon Jan 31, 1999	108	Asante Samuel	227
Most scored touchdowns after interception	31 players	2	Ken Houston 1971 Jim Kearney 1972 Eric Allen 1993	4th	Rod Woodson	12	Aeneas Williams Jan 20, 2002 Dwight Smith Jan 26, 2003	2	Asante Samuel	4th
Most of the punts	Leo Araguz Oct 11, 1998	16	Bob Parsons 1981 Chad Stanley 2002	114	Jeff Feagles	1,713	Dave Jennings Jan 3rd 1987 0	14th	Ray Guy	111
Most punt returns	Eddie Brown Oct 9, 1977 0	11	Danny Reece 1979	70	Brian Mitchell	463	Kyle Williams Jan 22, 2012	8th	David Meggett Brian Mitchell	34
Most yards after punt return	LeRoy Irvin Oct 11, 1981	207	Desmond Howard 1996	875	Brian Mitchell	4,999	Allen Rossum Jan 15, 2005	152	Brian Mitchell	339
Most touchdowns after punt returns	13 players	2	Jack Christiansen 1951 Rick Upchurch 1976 Devin Hester 2007 Patrick Peterson 2011	4th	Devin Hester	14th	21 players	1	21 players	1
Most kickoff returns	Desmond Howard Oct 26, 1997 Richard Alston Nov 28, 2004 Chris Williams Nov 9, 2014 0	10	MarTay Jenkins 2000	82	Brian Mitchell	607	Marc Logan Jan 12, 1991 Andre Coleman Jan 29, 1995 Marcus Knight Jan 26, 2003	8th	Brian Mitchell	36
Most yards after kickoff return	Tyrone Hughes Oct 23, 1993	304	MarTay Jenkins 2000	2,186	Brian Mitchell	14,014	Andre Coleman Jan 29, 1995	244	Brian Mitchell	875
Most touchdowns after kickoff returns	10 players	2	Travis Williams 1967 Cecil Turner 1970	4th	Josh Cribbs Leon Washington	8th	24 players	1	Ron Dixon	2
Most often fumbled	Len Dawson Nov. 15, 1964	7th	Kerry Collins 2001 Daunte Culpepper 2002	23	Brett Favre	166	Warren Moon Jan 16, 1994	5	Warren Moon	16
Most fumble conquered	7 players	4th	David Carr 2002	12	Warren Moon	56	6 players	4th	Warren Moon	8th
Most sacks	Derrick Thomas Nov 11, 1990	7.0	Michael Strahan 2001	22.5	Bruce Smith	200.0	Willie McGinest Jan. 7, 2006 0	4.5	Willie McGinest	16.0

literature

• National Football League (Ed.): 2017 official NFL Record and Fact Book . (English, nfl.com [PDF; 53.0 MB ; accessed on February 8, 2018]).