John Riggins

Hall of Fame (1992)

FB · 6'2" / 230 lbs

Drafted by NYJ (1971) – Round 1, 6th Overall

Kansas · HS: Centralia (KS)

Born: Aug 4, 1949 · Centralia, KS

11,352

Rush Yds

104

Rush TD

3.9

Y/A

250

Rec

2,090

Rec Yds

116

Tot TD

1x SB MVP

Year	Tm	No.	Age	Honors
1982	WAS	44	33 (12)	Super Bowl XVII MVP

Age (Season) · Season 1 = rookie year

Year	Tm	G	GS	Att	RuYds	RuTD	Y/A	Tgt	Rec	ReYds	ReTD	Ctch%	YScm	TotTD
1971	NYJ	14	14	180	769	1	4.3	—	36	231	2	—	1,000	3
1972	NYJ	12	11	207	944	7	4.6	—	21	230	1	—	1,174	8
1973	NYJ	11	9	134	482	4	3.6	—	23	158	0	—	640	4
1974	NYJ	10	10	169	680	5	4.0	—	19	180	2	—	860	7
1975	NYJ	14	14	238	1,005	8	4.2	—	30	363	1	—	1,368	9
1976	WAS	14	14	162	572	3	3.5	—	21	172	1	—	744	4
1977	WAS	5	5	68	203	0	3.0	—	7	95	2	—	298	2
1978	WAS	15	15	248	1,014	5	4.1	46	31	299	0	67.4	1,313	5
1979	WAS	16	15	260	1,153	9	4.4	36	28	163	3	77.8	1,316	12
1981	WAS	15	4	195	714	13	3.7	10	6	59	0	60.0	773	13
1982	WAS	8	8	177	553	3	3.1	11	10	50	0	90.9	603	3
1983	WAS	15	15	375	1,347	24	3.6	8	5	29	0	62.5	1,376	24
1984	WAS	14	14	327	1,239	14	3.8	9	7	43	0	77.8	1,282	14
1985	WAS	12	11	176	677	8	3.8	6	6	18	0	100.0	695	8
Career	—	175	159	2,916	11,352	104	3.9	126	250	2,090	12	198.4	13,442	116

Year	Tm	G	GS	RuTD	ReTD	TotTD	2PM	Pts	P/G
1971	NYJ	14	14	1	2	3	—	18	1.3
1972	NYJ	12	11	7	1	8	—	48	4.0
1973	NYJ	11	9	4	0	4	—	24	2.2
1974	NYJ	10	10	5	2	7	—	42	4.2
1975	NYJ	14	14	8	1	9	—	54	3.9
1976	WAS	14	14	3	1	4	—	24	1.7
1977	WAS	5	5	0	2	2	—	12	2.4
1978	WAS	15	15	5	0	5	—	30	2.0
1979	WAS	16	15	9	3	12	—	72	4.5
1981	WAS	15	4	13	0	13	—	78	5.2
1982	WAS	8	8	3	0	3	—	18	2.3
1983	WAS	15	15	24	0	24	—	144	9.6
1984	WAS	14	14	14	0	14	—	84	6.0
1985	WAS	12	11	8	0	8	—	48	4.0
Career	—	175	159	104	12	116	—	696	—

FPTS: 2-pt conversions and fumbles not scored, so a season’s game-log total can sit a few points under the Fantasy table.