League Leaders Who Led?
Paul Hornung

Paul Hornung

1957–1966  ·  FB  ·  6'2", 215 lb  ·  b. 1935  ·  Notre Dame

Career 3,711 rush yds · 50 rush TD · 66 FG · 760 PTS · 130 rec · 1,480 rec yds · 12 rec TD · 383 pass yds · 5 pass TD

Seasons leading his conference
4
4 best in the NFL
12 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1960 Best season

Spanning 1959–1961, peaking at 2 titles in 1960.

Led in Points Scored for 3 straight seasons (1959–1961) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1922

Among league leaders

  • 238th Conference titles 4
  • 134th Best in the NFL 4
  • 415th Top-5 finishes 12

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led the whole NFL   led his conference
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Points Scored 3 1st 3 yrs (1959–1961) 1959 94 1960 176 1961 146
Rushing Touchdowns 1 1st — 1960 13 1961 #3
Field Goal Percentage — #2 — 1958 #2 1961 #2
Field Goals Made — #2 — 1960 #2 1961 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1961 1 PTS 146
1960 2 TD 13 PTS 176
1959 1 PTS 94

Rushing

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G ATT YDS Y/A TD 1D FL
1957 GB — 12 60 319 5.32 3 — —
1958 GB — 12 69 310 4.49 2 — —
1959 GB — 12 152 681 4.48 7 — —
1960 GB — 12 160 671 4.19 13 — —
1961 GB — 12 127 597 4.70 8 — —
1962 GB — 9 57 219 3.84 5 — —
1964 GB — 14 103 415 4.03 5 — —
1965 GB — 12 89 299 3.36 5 — —
1966 GB — 9 76 200 2.63 2 — —
Career — — 104 893 3,711 4.16 50 — —

Kicking & Punting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G FGM FGA FG% LNG 50+ XPM XPA PTS
1957 GB — 12 0 4 0.0% — — 0 0 18
1958 GB — 12 11 21 52.4% — — 22 23 67
1959 GB — 12 7 17 41.2% — — 31 32 94
1960 GB — 12 15 28 53.6% — — 41 41 176
1961 GB — 12 15 22 68.2% — — 41 41 146
1962 GB — 9 6 10 60.0% — — 14 14 74
1964 GB — 14 12 38 31.6% — — 41 43 107
1965 GB — 12 0 0 — — — 0 0 48
1966 GB — 9 0 0 — — — 0 0 30
Career — — 104 66 140 47.1% — — 190 194 760

Receiving

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G REC TGT YDS Y/R TD 1D CTH%
1957 GB — 12 6 — 34 5.67 0 — —
1958 GB — 12 15 — 137 9.13 0 — —
1959 GB — 12 15 — 113 7.53 0 — —
1960 GB — 12 28 — 257 9.18 2 — —
1961 GB — 12 15 — 145 9.67 2 — —
1962 GB — 9 9 — 168 18.67 2 — —
1964 GB — 14 9 — 98 10.89 0 — —
1965 GB — 12 19 — 336 17.68 3 — —
1966 GB — 9 14 — 192 13.71 3 — —
Career — — 104 130 — 1,480 11.39 12 — —

Passing

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G CMP ATT CMP% YDS Y/A TD INT SK RTG
1957 GB — 12 1 6 16.7% -1 -0.17 0 0 — 39.6
1958 GB — 12 0 1 0.0% 0 0.00 0 0 — 39.6
1959 GB — 12 5 8 62.5% 95 11.88 2 0 — 143.2
1960 GB — 12 6 16 37.5% 118 7.38 2 0 — 103.7
1961 GB — 12 3 5 60.0% 42 8.40 1 0 — 126.7
1962 GB — 9 4 6 66.7% 80 13.33 0 2 — 70.1
1964 GB — 14 3 10 30.0% 25 2.50 0 1 — 0.0
1965 GB — 12 1 2 50.0% 19 9.50 0 1 — 43.8
1966 GB — 9 1 1 100.0% 5 5.00 0 0 — 87.5
Career — — 104 24 55 43.6% 383 6.96 5 4 — 67.5