Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb AV Awards
1971 22 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 180 769 1 25 4.3 54.9 12.9 36 231 6.4 2 32 2.6 16.5 216 4.6 1000 3 6 11 AP ORoY-3
1972 23 NYJ NFL FB 12 11 207 944 7 40 4.6 78.7 17.3 21 230 11.0 1 67 1.8 19.2 228 5.1 1174 8 2 13
1973 24 NYJ NFL FB 11 9 134 482 4 15 3.6 43.8 12.2 23 158 6.9 0 19 2.1 14.4 157 4.1 640 4 6 5
1974 25 NYJ NFL FB 10 10 169 680 5 34 4.0 68.0 16.9 19 180 9.5 2 32 1.9 18.0 188 4.6 860 7 3 9
1975 26 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 238 1005 8 42 4.2 71.8 17.0 30 363 12.1 1 34 2.1 25.9 268 5.1 1368 9 5 14 PB
1976 27 WAS NFL FB 14 14 162 572 3 15 3.5 40.9 11.6 21 172 8.2 1 18 1.5 12.3 183 4.1 744 4 6 7
1977 28 WAS NFL FB 5 5 68 203 0 12 3.0 40.6 13.6 7 95 13.6 2 53 1.4 19.0 75 4.0 298 2 0 3
1978 29 WAS NFL FB 15 15 248 1014 5 49 46.8 31 4.1 67.6 16.5 46 31 299 9.6 0 15 50.0 33 2.1 19.9 67.4 6.5 279 4.7 1313 5 7 9
1979 30 WAS NFL FB 16 15 260 1153 9 55 50.4 66 4.4 72.1 16.3 36 28 163 5.8 3 12 50.0 23 1.8 10.2 77.8 4.5 288 4.6 1316 12 5 12
1980 Did not play - Contract dispute
1981 32 WAS NFL RB 15 4 195 714 13 58 53.3 24 3.7 47.6 13.0 10 6 59 9.8 0 5 50.0 22 0.4 3.9 60.0 5.9 201 3.8 773 13 1 5
1982 33 WAS NFL RB 8 8 177 553 3 40 46.9 19 3.1 69.1 22.1 11 10 50 5.0 0 4 63.6 11 1.3 6.3 90.9 4.5 187 3.2 603 3 2 8
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 15 15 375 1347 24 98 53.9 44 3.6 89.8 25.0 8 5 29 5.8 0 1 50.0 14 0.3 1.9 62.5 3.6 380 3.6 1376 24 5 11 AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
1984 35 WAS NFL RB 14 14 327 1239 14 90 55.0 24 3.8 88.5 23.4 9 7 43 6.1 0 2 44.4 11 0.5 3.1 77.8 4.8 334 3.8 1282 14 7 9
1985 36 WAS NFL RB 12 11 176 677 8 49 52.8 51 3.8 56.4 14.7 6 6 18 3.0 0 0 50.0 8 0.5 1.5 100.0 3.0 182 3.8 695 8 3 4
14 Yrs 175 159 2916 11352 104 439 51.7 66 3.9 64.9 16.7 126 250 2090 8.4 12 39 50.8 67 1.4 11.9 73.8 5.2 3166 4.2 13442 116 58 120
17 Game Avg 17 15 283.3 1102.8 10.1 66 3.9 64.9 16.7 24.3 203.0 8.4 1.2 67 1.4 11.9 307.6 4.2 1305.8 11.3 5.6 12
WAS (9 Yrs) 114 101 1988 7472 79 439 51.7 66 3.8 65.5 17.4 126 121 928 7.7 6 39 50.8 53 1.1 8.1 73.8 5.2 2109 4.0 8400 85 36 68
NYJ (5 Yrs) 61 58 928 3880 25 42 4.2 63.6 15.2 129 1162 9.0 6 67 2.1 19.0 1057 4.8 5042 31 22 52
Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1976 27 WAS NFL FB 1 1 7 30 0 16 4.3 30.0 7.0 4 29 7.3 0 13 4.0 29.0 11 5.4 59 0 0
1982 33 WAS NFL RB 4 4 136 610 4 34 58.1 43 4.5 152.5 34.0 2 1 15 15.0 0 1 50.0 15 0.3 3.8 50.0 7.5 137 4.6 625 4 0 SB MVP
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 3 3 87 306 6 25 49.4 23 3.5 102.0 29.0 1 1 1 1.0 0 0 0.0 1 0.3 0.3 100.0 1.0 88 3.5 307 6 0
1984 35 WAS NFL RB 1 1 21 50 2 4 52.4 8 2.4 50.0 21.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 2.4 50 2 0
4 Yrs 9 9 251 996 12 63 54.5 43 4.0 110.7 27.9 3 6 45 7.5 0 1 33.3 15 0.7 5.0 66.7 5.3 257 4.1 1041 12 0
17 Game Avg 17 17 474.1 1881.3 22.7 43 4.0 110.7 27.9 11.3 85.0 7.5 0.0 15 0.7 5.0 485.4 4.1 1966.3 22.7 0.0
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Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Solo Ast Sfty Awards
1971 22 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 0 0 0 0 6 2 -7 0 0.0 0 AP ORoY-3
1972 23 NYJ NFL FB 12 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
1973 24 NYJ NFL FB 11 9 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.0 0
1974 25 NYJ NFL FB 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.0 0
1975 26 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0 PB
1976 27 WAS NFL FB 14 14 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.0 0
1978 29 WAS NFL FB 15 15 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 WAS NFL FB 16 15 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1980 Did not play - Contract dispute
1981 32 WAS NFL RB 15 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 WAS NFL RB 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 15 15 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
1984 35 WAS NFL RB 14 14 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1985 36 WAS NFL RB 12 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 175 159 0 0 0 0 58 8 -7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.6 0.8 -0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
WAS (9 Yrs) 114 101 0 0 0 0 36 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NYJ (5 Yrs) 61 58 0 0 0 0 22 6 -7 0 0.0 0

Passing

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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Y/A AY/A Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 15 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
1985 36 WAS NFL RB 12 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
14 Yrs 175 159 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 15 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
WAS (9 Yrs) 114 101 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
NYJ (5 Yrs) 61 58 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Passing Table
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Succ% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 3 3 1 1 100.0 36 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 36 36.0 36.00 36.0 12.0 118.7 0 0 0.00 36.00 36.00 0 0
4 Yrs 9 9 1 1 100.0 36 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 36 36.0 36.00 36.0 4.0 118.7 0 0 0.00 36.00 36.00 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 17 1.9 1.9 100.0 68.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 36.00 36.0 4.0 118.7 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Touchdowns PAT FG
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PRTD KRTD FRTD IntTD OthTD AllTD XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G Awards
1971 22 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.3 AP ORoY-3
1972 23 NYJ NFL FB 12 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 48 4.0
1973 24 NYJ NFL FB 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 2.2
1974 25 NYJ NFL FB 10 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 42 4.2
1975 26 NYJ NFL FB 14 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 54 3.9 PB
1976 27 WAS NFL FB 14 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 1.7
1977 28 WAS NFL FB 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.4
1978 29 WAS NFL FB 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 30 2.0
1979 30 WAS NFL FB 16 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 72 4.5
1980 Did not play - Contract dispute
1981 32 WAS NFL RB 15 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 78 5.2
1982 33 WAS NFL RB 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 2.3
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 15 15 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 144 9.6 AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
1984 35 WAS NFL RB 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 84 6.0
1985 36 WAS NFL RB 12 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 48 4.0
14 Yrs 175 159 104 12 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 696 4.0
17 Game Avg 17 15 10.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 67.6 4.0
WAS (9 Yrs) 114 101 79 6 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 510 4.5
NYJ (5 Yrs) 61 58 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 186 3.0
Scoring Summary Table
Touchdowns PAT FG
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PRTD KRTD FRTD IntTD OthTD AllTD XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G Awards
1982 33 WAS NFL RB 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 6.0 SB MVP
1983 34 WAS NFL RB 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 36 12.0
1984 35 WAS NFL RB 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 12.0
4 Yrs 9 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 72 8.0
17 Game Avg 17 17 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.0 8.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Riggins?

John Riggins is 75 years old.

When was John Riggins born?

John Riggins was born on August 4, 1949.

Where was John Riggins born?

John Riggins was born in Centralia, KS.

How tall is John Riggins?

John Riggins is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did John Riggins weigh when playing?

John Riggins weighed 230 lbs (104 kg) when playing.

Is John Riggins in the Hall of Fame?

John Riggins was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1992.

How many games did John Riggins play?

John Riggins played 175 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did John Riggins have?

John Riggins had 2,916 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did John Riggins have?

John Riggins had 11,352 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has John Riggins won?

John Riggins has won 1 Super Bowl.

When did John Riggins retire?

John Riggins last played in 1985.

What are John Riggins' nicknames?

Diesel, Riggo are nicknames for John Riggins.