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Below is a breakdown of every instance of a 3,000+ yard passing, 1,000+ yard rushing and 1,000+ yard pass receiving season since the National Football League's inaugural season in 1920.
The first column shows the decade / era in question. The second indicates the number of 3,000+ yard passing seasons during that period. The third column show the same for 1,000+ yard rushing campaigns and the fourth is the equivalent for 1,000+ pass receiving years.
For instance we can see that between 1960 and 1969, there were 31 occasions when a player rushed for at least 1,000 yards during any one single season during that ten year period. Cleveland’s Jim Brown recorded 5 of those 31 occurrences.
2000 - 2006 = 109 Pass / 130 Rush / 142 Rec
1990 - 1999 = 118 Pass / 128 Rush / 170 Rec
1980 - 1989 = 111 Pass / 101 Rush / 119 Rec
1970 - 1979* = 20 Pass / 79 Rush / 30 Rec
1960 - 1969 = 33 Pass / 31 Rush / 75 Rec
1920 - 1959 = 0 Pass / 10 Rush / 14 Rec
* 16 of the 20 3,000 yard passing seasons, 23 of the 79 1,000 yard rushing seasons and 16 of the 30 1,000 yard pass receiving seasons came in 1978 or 1979 after the NFL expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games.
The following is a breakdown of each teams’ 3K passing, 1K rushing and 1K pass receiving seasons…
3K Passing ( Team and number of seasons with a 3,000+ yard passer )
GB 20
SF 19
DEN 18
SD 18
NE 17
PHI 16
CIN 15
DAL 15
IND 15
NYG 15
NYJ 15
TEN 15
WAS 15
MIA 14
MIN 14
STL 14
ARI 13
BUF 13
OAK 13
SEA 13
KC 12
NO 12
CLE 10
ATL 9
TB 9
PIT 7
DET 6
CAR 5
CHI 5
JAX 5
BAL 3
HOU 1
1K Rushing ( Team and number of seasons with a 1,000+ yard rusher )
BUF 24
CHI 24
STL 24
DAL 23
CLE 20
PIT 20
WAS 20
ATL 19
GB 19
TEN 19
DEN 18
IND 18
NYG 18
DET 17
CIN 16
SF 16
SEA 16
SD 15
PHI 14
NE 13
ARI 12
KC 12
MIN 12
NYJ 12
OAK 12
NO 11
MIA 10
TB 9
BAL 6
JAX 6
CAR 2
HOU 2
1K Pass Receiving ( Team and number of seasons with a 1,000+ yard pass receiver)
SD 30
STL 29
MIN 27
DEN 26
GB 24
OAK 24
SF 24
WAS 24
NYJ 22
TEN 22
DAL 20
DET 20
ARI 19
SEA 19
PHI 18
CIN 17
PIT 17
ATL 16
IND 16
BUF 15
NYG 15
MIA 14
JAX 13
KC 12
NO 12
CHI 11
TB 10
CAR 9
NE 9
CLE 7
BAL 6
HOU 2
The first column shows the decade / era in question. The second indicates the number of 3,000+ yard passing seasons during that period. The third column show the same for 1,000+ yard rushing campaigns and the fourth is the equivalent for 1,000+ pass receiving years.
For instance we can see that between 1960 and 1969, there were 31 occasions when a player rushed for at least 1,000 yards during any one single season during that ten year period. Cleveland’s Jim Brown recorded 5 of those 31 occurrences.
2000 - 2006 = 109 Pass / 130 Rush / 142 Rec
1990 - 1999 = 118 Pass / 128 Rush / 170 Rec
1980 - 1989 = 111 Pass / 101 Rush / 119 Rec
1970 - 1979* = 20 Pass / 79 Rush / 30 Rec
1960 - 1969 = 33 Pass / 31 Rush / 75 Rec
1920 - 1959 = 0 Pass / 10 Rush / 14 Rec
* 16 of the 20 3,000 yard passing seasons, 23 of the 79 1,000 yard rushing seasons and 16 of the 30 1,000 yard pass receiving seasons came in 1978 or 1979 after the NFL expanded the regular season from 14 to 16 games.
The following is a breakdown of each teams’ 3K passing, 1K rushing and 1K pass receiving seasons…
3K Passing ( Team and number of seasons with a 3,000+ yard passer )
GB 20
SF 19
DEN 18
SD 18
NE 17
PHI 16
CIN 15
DAL 15
IND 15
NYG 15
NYJ 15
TEN 15
WAS 15
MIA 14
MIN 14
STL 14
ARI 13
BUF 13
OAK 13
SEA 13
KC 12
NO 12
CLE 10
ATL 9
TB 9
PIT 7
DET 6
CAR 5
CHI 5
JAX 5
BAL 3
HOU 1
1K Rushing ( Team and number of seasons with a 1,000+ yard rusher )
BUF 24
CHI 24
STL 24
DAL 23
CLE 20
PIT 20
WAS 20
ATL 19
GB 19
TEN 19
DEN 18
IND 18
NYG 18
DET 17
CIN 16
SF 16
SEA 16
SD 15
PHI 14
NE 13
ARI 12
KC 12
MIN 12
NYJ 12
OAK 12
NO 11
MIA 10
TB 9
BAL 6
JAX 6
CAR 2
HOU 2
1K Pass Receiving ( Team and number of seasons with a 1,000+ yard pass receiver)
SD 30
STL 29
MIN 27
DEN 26
GB 24
OAK 24
SF 24
WAS 24
NYJ 22
TEN 22
DAL 20
DET 20
ARI 19
SEA 19
PHI 18
CIN 17
PIT 17
ATL 16
IND 16
BUF 15
NYG 15
MIA 14
JAX 13
KC 12
NO 12
CHI 11
TB 10
CAR 9
NE 9
CLE 7
BAL 6
HOU 2
