League Leaders Who Led?

Milt Plum

1957–1969  ·  QB  ·  6'1", 205 lb  ·  b. 1935  ·  Penn St.

Career 17,536 pass yds · 122 pass TD · 531 rush yds · 13 rush TD · 6 FG · 112 PTS

Seasons leading his conference
7
7 best in the NFL
28 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1960 Best season

Spanning 19581965, peaking at 3 titles in 1960.

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

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1922

Among league leaders

  • 115th Conference titles 7
  • 56th Best in the NFL 7
  • 111th Top-5 finishes 28

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

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Passing

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G CMP ATT CMP% YDS Y/A TD INT SK RTG
1957 CLE 9 41 76 54.0% 590 7.76 2 5 60.8
1958 CLE 12 102 189 54.0% 1,619 8.57 11 11 77.9
1959 CLE 12 156 266 58.7% 1,992 7.49 14 8 87.2
1960 CLE 12 151 250 60.4% 2,297 9.19 21 5 110.4
1961 CLE 14 177 302 58.6% 2,416 8.00 18 10 90.3
1962 DET 14 179 325 55.1% 2,378 7.32 15 20 68.2
1963 DET 10 27 77 35.1% 339 4.40 2 12 18.7
1964 DET 12 154 287 53.7% 2,241 7.81 18 15 78.5
1965 DET 14 143 308 46.4% 1,710 5.55 12 19 51.2
1966 DET 6 82 146 56.2% 943 6.46 4 13 47.8
1967 DET 9 86 172 50.0% 925 5.38 4 8 54.5
1968 LAN 4 5 12 41.7% 49 4.08 1 1 46.9
1969 NYG 1 3 9 33.3% 37 4.11 0 0 47.0
Career 129 1,306 2,419 54.0% 17,536 7.25 122 127 72.2

Rushing

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G ATT YDS Y/A TD 1D FL
1957 CLE 9 26 118 4.54 0
1958 CLE 12 37 107 2.89 4
1959 CLE 12 21 20 0.95 1
1960 CLE 12 17 -24 -1.41 2
1961 CLE 14 24 -17 -0.71 1
1962 DET 14 29 170 5.86 1
1963 DET 10 9 26 2.89 0
1964 DET 12 12 28 2.33 1
1965 DET 14 21 37 1.76 3
1966 DET 6 12 59 4.92 0
1967 DET 9 6 5 0.83 0
1968 LAN 4 2 3 1.50 0
1969 NYG 1 1 -1 -1.00 0
Career 129 217 531 2.45 13

Kicking & Punting

13 seasons
Year Team Lg G FGM FGA FG% LNG 50+ XPM XPA PTS
1957 CLE 9 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE 12 0 0 2 2 26
1959 CLE 12 0 0 0 0 6
1960 CLE 12 0 0 0 0 12
1961 CLE 14 0 0 0 0 6
1962 DET 14 5 12 41.7% 0 0 21
1963 DET 10 1 4 25.0% 13 13 16
1964 DET 12 0 0 0 0 6
1965 DET 14 0 0 0 0 18
1966 DET 6 0 0 1 1 1
1967 DET 9 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAN 4 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYG 1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 129 6 16 37.5% 16 16 112