Walter Payton Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Walter Jerry Payton (Sweetness) Position: HB/RB Height: 5' 10''  Weight: 203 Born: 7/25/1954, in Columbia, MS, USA High School: Columbia (MS) College: Jackson State University Drafted: 1975, Round 1, Pick 4 (4 Overall) by Chicago Bears
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1975 21 CHI NFL 13 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   196 679 3.5 7 54t   33 213 6.5 0 40   9 1 0 0 0 1976 22 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   311 1390 4.5 13 60   15 149 9.9 0 34   10 0 0 0 0 1977 23 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   339 1852 5.5 14 73   27 269 10.0 2 75t   11 5 0 0 0 1978 24 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   333 1395 4.2 11 76   50 480 9.6 0 61   5 1 1 0 0 1979 25 CHI NFL 16 1 1 100.0 54 54.00 54t 1 0 0 0 158.3 225   369 1610 4.4 14 43t   31 313 10.1 2 65t   7 2 0 0 0 1980 26 CHI NFL 16 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 54   317 1460 4.6 6 69t   46 367 8.0 1 54t   5 3 0 0 0 1981 27 CHI NFL 16 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 54   339 1222 3.6 6 39   41 379 9.2 2 30   9 3 0 0 0 1982 28 CHI NFL 9 3 1 33.3 39 13.00 39t 1 0 0 0 121.5 166   148 596 4.0 1 26   32 311 9.7 0 40   3 1 0 0 0 1983 29 CHI NFL 16 6 3 50.0 95 15.83 56t 3 2 0 0 95.8 126   314 1421 4.5 6 49t   53 607 11.5 2 74t   5 2 0 0 0 1984 30 CHI NFL 16 8 3 37.5 47 5.88 42 2 1 0 0 57.8 76   381 1684 4.4 11 72t   45 368 8.2 0 31   5 1 0 0 0 1985 31 CHI NFL 16 5 3 60.0 96 19.20 50 1 0 0 0 143.8 195   324 1551 4.8 9 40t   49 483 9.9 2 65   6 1 0 0 0 1986 32 CHI NFL 16 4 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   321 1333 4.2 8 41   37 382 10.3 3 57   6 0 0 0 0 1987 33 CHI NFL 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   146 533 3.7 4 17   33 217 6.6 1 16   5 0 0 0 0 13 NFL Season Totals   190 34 11 32.4 331 9.74 0 8 6 0 0 69.6     3838 16726 4.4 110 0   492 4538 9.2 15 0   86 20 1 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1975 21 CHI NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   14 444 31.7 70 0 1976 22 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 1977 23 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 95 47.5 68 0 1978 24 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1979 25 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1980 26 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1981 27 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1982 28 CHI NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1983 29 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1984 30 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1985 31 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1986 32 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1987 33 CHI NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 13 NFL Season Totals   190 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   17 539 31.7 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Year AGE Team LG GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA   1975 21 CHI NFL 13 1 39 39 0 0 0 0.0 39.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1976 22 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1977 23 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1978 24 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1979 25 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1980 26 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1981 27 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1982 28 CHI NFL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1983 29 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 30 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 31 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1986 32 CHI NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1987 33 CHI NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 13 NFL Season Totals   190 1 39 39 0 0 0 0.0 39.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 Awards 1985 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year 1977 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Pro Bowl MVP - PFWA MVP - UPI NFC Player of the Year
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Att 1. Emmitt Smith 4409 2. Walter Payton 3838 3. Curtis Martin 3518 4. Jerome Bettis 3479 5. Barry Sanders 3062 Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 43. Walter Payton 4.358 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 Career Rec/TD 1. Ottis Anderson 75.20 2. Tony Galbreath 54.44 3. Michael Pittman* 53.13 4. Tiki Barber 48.83 5. Curtis Martin 48.40 . . . . . 17. Walter Payton 32.80 Minimum 350 Rec.   1985 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year 1977 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Pro Bowl MVP - PFWA MVP - UPI NFC Player of the Year
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