Ken Anderson stats

Last played for the Cincinnati Bengals, 1986

Quarterback

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Ken Anderson played 16 NFL seasons, 1971 to 1986.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
192
CMP
2,654
ATT
4,475
CMP%
59.3
YDS
32,838
AVG
7.3
TD
197
INT
160
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.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.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1971CIN117213155.07775.954
1972CIN1317130156.81,9186.477
1973CIN1417932954.42,4287.41812
1974CIN1321332864.92,6678.11810
1975CIN1322837760.53,1698.42111
1976CIN1417933853.02,3677.01914
1977CIN1416632351.42,1456.61111
1978CIN1217331954.22,2197.01022
1979CIN1518933955.82,3406.91610
1980CIN1316627560.41,7786.5613
1981CIN1630047962.63,7547.82910
1982CIN921830970.62,4958.1129
1983CIN1319829766.72,3337.91213
1984CIN1117527563.62,1077.71012
1985CIN3163250.01705.320
1986CIN8112347.81717.412

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
6
CMP
110
ATT
166
CMP%
66.3
YDS
1,321
AVG
8.0
TD
9
INT
6

Per game

Career regular season

GP
192
CMP
13.8
ATT
23.3
CMP%
59.3
YDS
171.0
AVG
7.3
TD
1.0
INT
0.8

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.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.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.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1971CIN116.511.955.070.65.90.50.4
1972CIN1313.223.256.8147.56.40.50.5
1973CIN1412.823.554.4173.47.41.30.9
1974CIN1316.425.264.9205.28.11.40.8
1975CIN1317.52960.5243.88.41.60.8
1976CIN1412.824.153.0169.17.01.41.0
1977CIN1411.923.151.4153.26.60.80.8
1978CIN1214.426.654.2184.97.00.81.8
1979CIN1512.622.655.8156.06.91.10.7
1980CIN1312.821.260.4136.86.50.51.0
1981CIN1618.829.962.6234.67.81.80.6
1982CIN924.234.370.6277.28.11.31.0
1983CIN1315.222.866.7179.57.90.91.0
1984CIN1115.92563.6191.57.70.91.1
1985CIN35.310.750.056.75.30.70.0
1986CIN81.42.947.821.47.40.10.3

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Bio

Experience
16 yearsDebut 1971
MVP
1981
Comeback Player of the Year
1981
Offensive Player of the Year
1981

His top receivers, 1986

Cincinnati Bengals's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Eddie BrownWR102589644
Rodney HolmanTE0405702
Tim McGeeWR0162761
Anthony MunozOT0272

What were Ken Anderson's career stats?

Ken Anderson played 16 seasons for the Bengals. He completed 2,654 of 4,475 passes for 32,838 yards, 197 touchdowns and 160 interceptions. His best season was 1981: 3,754 passing yards, 29 passing touchdowns and 10 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1971 to 1986

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 46th in passing yards (32,838)
  • 54th in passing touchdowns (197)

Among the 2,818 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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