Len Dawson stats

Last played for the Kansas City Chiefs, 1975

Quarterback

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Len Dawson played 19 NFL seasons, 1957 to 1975.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
211
CMP
2,136
ATT
3,741
CMP%
57.1
YDS
28,711
AVG
7.7
TD
239
INT
183
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.
1957PIT32450.0256.300
1958PIT41616.7111.802
1959PIT123742.9608.610
1960CLE281361.5231.800
1961CLE771546.7855.713
1962—1418931061.02,7598.92917
1963KC1419035254.02,3896.82619
1964KC1419935456.22,8798.13018
1965KC1416330553.42,2627.42114
1966KC1415928456.02,5278.92610
1967KC1420635757.72,6517.42417
1968KC1413122458.52,1099.4179
1969KC99816659.01,3238.0913
1970KC1414126253.81,8767.21314
1971KC1416730155.52,5048.31513
1972KC1417530557.41,8356.01312
1973KC86610165.37257.225
1974KC1413823558.71,5736.7713
1975KC129314066.41,0957.854

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
8
CMP
107
ATT
188
CMP%
56.9
YDS
1,497
AVG
8.0
TD
7
INT
8

Per game

Career regular season

GP
211
CMP
10.1
ATT
17.7
CMP%
57.1
YDS
136.1
AVG
7.7
TD
1.1
INT
0.9

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.
1957PIT30.71.350.08.36.30.00.0
1958PIT40.31.516.72.81.80.00.5
1959PIT120.30.642.95.08.60.10.0
1960CLE24.06.561.511.51.80.00.0
1961CLE71.02.146.712.15.70.10.4
1962—1413.522.161.0197.18.92.11.2
1963KC1413.625.154.0170.66.81.91.4
1964KC1414.225.356.2205.68.12.11.3
1965KC1411.621.853.4161.67.41.51.0
1966KC1411.420.356.0180.58.91.90.7
1967KC1414.725.557.7189.47.41.71.2
1968KC149.41658.5150.69.41.20.6
1969KC910.918.459.0147.08.01.01.4
1970KC1410.118.753.8134.07.20.91.0
1971KC1411.921.555.5178.98.31.10.9
1972KC1412.521.857.4131.16.00.90.9
1973KC88.312.665.390.67.20.30.6
1974KC149.916.858.7112.46.70.50.9
1975KC127.811.766.491.37.80.40.3

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
211
PPR
1,921.8
HALF
1,921.8
STD
1,921.8
PPG
9.1

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.
1957PIT34.14.14.11.4
1958PIT4-3.7-3.7-3.7-0.9
1959PIT128.48.48.40.7
1960CLE20.90.90.90.5
1961CLE70.40.40.40.1
1962—14235.6235.6235.616.8
1963KC14200.8200.8200.814.3
1964KC14220.1220.1220.115.7
1965KC14172.7172.7172.712.3
1966KC14201.8201.8201.814.4
1967KC14174.8174.8174.812.5
1968KC14138.4138.4138.49.9
1969KC963.263.263.27
1970KC14103.6103.6103.67.4
1971KC14136.6136.6136.69.8
1972KC14108.9108.9108.97.8
1973KC831.031.031.03.9
1974KC1467.767.767.74.8
1975KC1256.556.556.54.7

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

Bio

Experience
19 yearsDebut 1957
Super Bowl MVP
1969

What were Len Dawson's career stats?

Len Dawson played 19 seasons for the Steelers, the Browns and the Chiefs. He completed 2,136 of 3,741 passes for 28,711 yards, 239 touchdowns and 183 interceptions. His best season was 1964: 2,879 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns and 18 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1957 to 1975

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 61st in passing yards (28,711)
  • 34th in passing touchdowns (239)

Among the 2,854 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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