James Lofton stats

Wide Receiver

Age 70 · 6' 3"

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James Lofton played 16 NFL seasons, 1978 to 1993.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
233
REC
764
TGTS
0
YDS
14,004
AVG
18.3
TD
75
LNG
80
FD
99
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1978GB1646081817.86580
1979GB1654096817.94520
1980GB167101,22617.34470
1981GB167101,29418.28750
1982GB935069619.94800
1983GB165801,30022.48740
1984GB166201,36122.07790
1985GB166901,15316.74560
1986GB1564084013.14360
1987LV1241088021.55490
1988LV1628054919.60570
1989BUF128016620.83470
1990BUF1635071220.34710
1991BUF155701,07218.887745
1992BUF1651078615.465043
1993LAR/PHI114018313.103211

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career Postseason

GP
13
REC
41
TGTS
0
YDS
759
AVG
18.5
TD
8
LNG
61
FD
10

Per game

Career regular season

GP
233
REC
3.3
TGTS
0
YDS
60.1
AVG
18.3
TD
0.3
LNG
80
FD
0.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1978GB162.9051.117.80.4580.0
1979GB163.4060.517.90.3520.0
1980GB164.4076.617.30.3470.0
1981GB164.4080.918.20.5750.0
1982GB93.9077.319.90.4800.0
1983GB163.6081.322.40.5740.0
1984GB163.9085.122.00.4790.0
1985GB164.3072.116.70.3560.0
1986GB154.3056.013.10.3360.0
1987LV123.4073.321.50.4490.0
1988LV161.8034.319.60.0570.0
1989BUF120.7013.820.80.3470.0
1990BUF162.2044.520.30.3710.0
1991BUF153.8071.518.80.5773.0
1992BUF163.2049.115.40.4502.7
1993LAR/PHI114.00183.013.10.03211.0

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
224
PPR
2,646.7
HALF
2,264.7
STD
1,882.7
PPG
11.8

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1978GB16165.1142.1119.110.3
1979GB16174.7147.7120.710.9
1980GB16217.6182.1146.613.6
1981GB16248.4212.9177.415.5
1982GB9146.4128.9111.416.3
1983GB16239.6210.6181.615
1984GB16248.3217.3186.315.5
1985GB16209.7175.2140.713.1
1986GB15172.0140.0108.011.5
1987LV12159.1138.6118.113.3
1988LV1682.968.954.95.2
1989BUF1242.638.634.63.6
1990BUF16130.2112.795.28.1
1991BUF15212.2183.7155.214.1
1992BUF16165.6140.1114.610.4
1993LAR/PHI132.325.318.332.3

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
70 yearsJul 5, 1956
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1978
College
Stanford

What were James Lofton's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for James Lofton covers 16 seasons with the Packers, the Raiders and the Bills; its career totals count every season. He had 764 receptions for 14,004 yards and 75 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 1980: 71 receptions, 1,226 receiving yards and 4 receiving touchdowns.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1978 to 1993

All-time career rank

  • 12th in receiving yards (14,004)
  • 46th in receptions (764)

Among the 3,727 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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