1961 NFL Points Scored Leaders

Gino Cappelletti led the whole NFL in points scored in 1961 with 147, 1 ahead of Paul Hornung (146). It stands 37th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 5 times Gino Cappelletti led in points scored.

Led the whole NFL in 1961 Gino Cappelletti BOS

147 Points Scored 1 clear of Paul Hornung

Showing Points Scored and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	PTS	G	FGM	FGA	FG%
1	Gino Cappelletti	BOS	147	14	17	32	53.1%
2	Paul Hornung	GB	146	12	15	22	68.2%
3	George Blanda	HOO	112	14	16	26	61.5%
4	BG Bill Groman	HOO	108	14	0	0	—
5	Bobby Walston	PHI	97	14	14	25	56.0%
6	Steve Myhra	BAC	96	14	21	39	53.8%
7	Jim Taylor	GB	96	14	0	0	—
8	Billy Cannon	HOO	90	14	0	0	—
9	Lenny Moore	BAC	90	13	0	0	—
10	Pat Summerall	NYG	88	14	14	34	41.2%
11	Lou Groza	CLE	85	14	16	23	69.6%
12	GB George Blair	SD	81	14	13	27	48.1%
13	TD Tommy Davis	SF	80	14	12	22	54.5%
14	Abner Haynes	DAT	78	14	0	0	—
15	Tommy McDonald	PHI	78	14	0	0	—
16	Buddy Dial	PIT	72	14	0	0	—
17	Mike Ditka	CHI	72	14	0	0	—
18	Charley Hennigan	HOO	72	14	0	0	—
19	Lou Michaels	PIT	72	14	15	26	57.7%
20	Danny Villanueva	LAN	71	14	13	27	48.1%
21	Roger LeClerc	CHI	70	14	10	24	41.7%
22	Jim Martin	DET	70	13	15	30	50.0%
23	Billy Lott	BOS	66	14	0	0	—
24	Jerry Reichow	MIN	66	14	0	0	—
25	Del Shofner	NYG	66	14	0	0	—
26	GF George Fleming	OAK	63	14	11	26	42.3%
27	MM Mike Mercer	MIN	63	14	9	21	42.9%
28	Jim Brown	CLE	60	14	0	0	—
29	Bobby Mitchell	CLE	60	14	0	0	—
30	Billy Kilmer	SF	60	11	0	0	—
31	Frank Clarke	DAL	54	14	0	0	—
32	Jim Colclough	BOS	54	14	0	0	—
33	Paul Lowe	SD	54	14	0	0	—
34	Sonny Randle	SLC	54	14	0	0	—
35	J.D. Smith	SF	54	14	0	0	—
36	JS Jack Spikes	DAT	52	6	4	13	30.8%
37	GP Gerry Perry	SLC	51	13	7	16	43.8%
38	Elbert Dubenion	BUF	48	14	0	0	—
39	AF Al Frazier	DEN	48	14	0	0	—
40	Bill Mathis	NYT	48	14	0	0	—
41	Don Maynard	NYT	48	14	0	0	—
42	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	48	14	0	0	—
43	DS Donnie Stone	DEN	48	14	0	0	—
44	Rick Casares	CHI	48	13	0	0	—
45	Dick Bielski	DAL	46	14	6	9	66.7%
46	JA John Aveni	WAS	42	14	5	28	17.9%
47	BG Bob Gaiters	NYG	42	14	0	0	—
48	Willie Galimore	CHI	42	14	0	0	—
49	John Johnson	PIT	42	14	0	0	—
50	AM Alan Miller	OAK	42	14	0	0	—

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