List of Pittsburgh Steelers team records
This page details Pittsburgh Steelers American football team and individual records ranging from most passing yards in a single season to all time coach winning percentages.
Individual single-season records
There's been a plethora of NFL players and a myriad of Pittsburgh Steelers players over the duration of its existence; these individuals happen to be the most successful...Passing
- Most attempts: 675 Ben Roethlisberger
- Most completions: 452 Ben Roethlisberger
- Most yards: 5,129 Ben Roethlisberger
- Most touchdowns: 34 Ben Roethlisberger
- Highest passer rating: 104.1 Ben Roethlisberger
- Most touchdowns in two games: 12 Ben Roethlisberger
Rushing
- Most attempts: 390 Barry Foster
- Most yards: 1,690 Barry Foster
- Most touchdowns: 14 Franco Harris
- Most yards by rookie running back: 1,200 Najee Harris
Receiving
- Most receptions: 136 Antonio Brown
- Most receiving yards: 1,834 Antonio Brown
- Most receiving touchdowns: 15 Antonio Brown
- Longest reception : 97T JuJu Smith-Schuster
Defensive
- Most tackles: 141 James Farrior
- Most sacks: 22.5 T. J. Watt
- Most interceptions: 11 Mel Blount
- Longest interception return: 96T Minkah Fitzpatrick
- Most safeties: 1
Kicking
- Most punts: 97 Mark Royals
- Most punt yards: 3,944 Josh Miller
- Most field goals: 41 Chris Boswell
- Longest field goal: 60 Chris Boswell
Returning
Punt returns- Most punt return yards: 656 Louis Lipps
- Most punt return touchdowns: 2 Antwaan Randle El, Louis Lipps and Ray Mathews
- Longest punt return: 90 Brady Keys
- Most kick return yards: 1,466 Stefan Logan
- Most kick return touchdowns: 2 Lynn Chandnois
- Longest kick return: 101 Don McCall
Coaching
- Most wins: 15 Bill Cowher
Miscellaneous
- Most points scored: 158 Chris Boswell
Individual career-with-franchise records
There's been a plethora of NFL players and a myriad of Pittsburgh Steelers players over the duration of its existence; these individuals happen to be the most successful over the course of their career with the Steelers...Passing leaders
- Passing yards: 64,088 Ben Roethlisberger, 27,989 Terry Bradshaw, 13,328 Kordell Stewart, 12,867 Neil O'Donnell, 10,104 Bubby Brister
- Passing touchdowns: 418 Ben Roethlisberger, 212 Terry Bradshaw, 70 Kordell Stewart, 68 Neil O'Donnell, 66 Bobby Layne
Rushing leaders
- Rushing yards: 11,950 Franco Harris, 10,571 Jerome Bettis, 5,378 Willie Parker, 5,336 Le'Veon Bell, 4,381 John Henry Johnson
- Rushing touchdowns: 91 Franco Harris, 78 Jerome Bettis, 35 Le'Veon Bell, 35 Kordell Stewart, 32 Terry Bradshaw
Receiving leaders
- Receiving touchdowns: 85 Hines Ward, 74 Antonio Brown, 63 John Stallworth, 51 Lynn Swann, 45 Heath Miller
- Receiving yards: 12,083 Hines Ward, 11,207 Antonio Brown, 8,723 John Stallworth, 6,569 Heath Miller, 6,018 Louis Lipps
- Receptions: 1,000 Hines Ward, 837 Antonio Brown, 592 Heath Miller, 537 John Stallworth, 358 Louis Lipps
Defensive leaders
- Tackles 740 James Farrior, 679 Lawrence Timmons, 677 Carnell Lake, 659 Greg Lloyd, 644 Rod Woodson, 639 Levon Kirkland, 583 Troy Polamalu, 564 James Harrison, 518 Ike Taylor, 448 Ryan Clark, 448 Darren Perry
- Sacks: 115 T. J. Watt, 92 Cameron Heyward, 80.5 James Harrison, 78 L. C. Greenwood, 77.5 Joe Greene, 77 Jason Gildon, 60 Joey Porter, 59 Keith Willis, 57 LaMarr Woodley, 55 Dwight White
- Interceptions: 57 Mel Blount, 52 Jack Butler, 51 Donnie Shell, 38 Rod Woodson, 37 Dwayne Woodruff, 36 Mike Wagner, 32 Jack Ham, Darren Perry and Troy Polamalu, 28 Jack Lambert
Kicking leaders
- Field goals made: 309 Gary Anderson, 299 Chris Boswell, 204 Jeff Reed, 146 Roy Gerela, 124 Shaun Suisham
- 50 yds+: 52 Chris Boswell, 8 Gary Anderson and Jeff Reed, 4 Kris Brown, 3 Shaun Suisham
Returning
Punt returning- Most punt return yards: 2,362 Rod Woodson, 1,759 Antonio Brown, 1,650 Antwaan Randle El, 1,259 Theo Bell, 1,212 Louis Lipps
- Most punt return touchdowns: 4 Antonio Brown and Antwaan Randle El, 3 Louis Lipps and Ray Mathews and 2 Rod Woodson
- Most kick return yards: 4,894 Rod Woodson, 2,866 Larry Anderson, 2,720 Lynn Chandnois, 2,086 Dwight Stone, 1,771 Will Blackwell
- Most kick return touchdowns: 3 Lynn Chandnois, 2 Rod Woodson and Will Blackwell and 13 other players have 1, the most recent being JuJu Smith-Schuster
Coaching
- Wins: 193 Chuck Noll, 193 Mike Tomlin, 149 Bill Cowher
- Win percentage:.628 Mike Tomlin,.623 Bill Cowher,.591 Jock Sutherland
- Playoff wins: 16 Chuck Noll, 12 Bill Cowher, 8 Mike Tomlin
- Most consecutive seasons.500 or above to start a career: 19 Mike Tomlin
Miscellaneous records
- Most points scored: 1,343 Gary Anderson, 1,250 Chris Boswell, 919 Jeff Reed, 731 Roy Gerela, 600 Franco Harris
- Most games played: 249 Ben Roethlisberger, 228 Cameron Heyward, 220 Mike Webster 217 Hines Ward, 201 Donnie Shell, 200 Mel Blount, 197 Gary Anderson
- Most touchdowns scored: 100 Franco Harris, 86 Hines Ward, 80 Jerome Bettis, 79 Antonio Brown, 64 John Stallworth
- Most two-point conversions made: 5 Hines Ward, 4 Antonio Brown, 3 Heath Miller and Charles Johnson, 2 JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner, Mewelde Moore and Markus Wheaton
Team records
These are some of the best statistics put up by the Steelers...1933–present
- Most points scored in a season: 436 Steelers (2014 season), 428 Steelers (2018 season), 423 Steelers (2015 season), 416 Steelers (1979 season) and Steelers (2020 season)
- Largest point differential in a season: 211 Steelers (1975 season), 204 Steelers (1976 season), 168 Steelers (1972 season), 161 Steelers (1978 season), 154 Steelers (1979 season)
- Largest point deficit overcome in a game: 21, 21, 21, 18 and 17
- Best W/L percentage against another team:.857 Carolina Panthers,.853 Atlanta Falcons,.818 Tampa Bay Buccaneers,.769 Indianapolis Colts,.750 New York Jets
Individuals with NFL records
Offense
The following are records that are held by QB Ben Roethlisberger :- Most career 500-yard passing games: 4
- Most completions in a regular or postseason game: 47
- Most passing yards in a relief appearance: 379
- Most passing yards in consecutive postseason games: 970
- Most TD passes in a two-game span: 12
- Only player with consecutive games of 6+ TD passes
- Most career playoff touches: 451
- Most career playoff rushing attempts: 400
Defense
- Most INTs returned for TDs: 12 Rod Woodson
Special teams
- Most FGs in a single playoff game: 6 Chris Boswell
Coaching
- Most consecutive seasons.500 or above to start an NFL career: 19 Mike Tomlin
- Most consecutive Super Bowl wins: 2 Chuck Noll
- Most times winning consecutive Super Bowls: 2 Chuck Noll
Team NFL records
Single-season
- Second most games won and third most games won in a season by a franchise
- Most rushing TD's since merger
- Most seasons with a player leading the NFL in sacks
- Most AFC games with a 100+ yard rusher
- Highest passer rating and highest completion percentage by a rookie
- Most punt returns in a season and 2nd most punt returns in a season
- Tied for fewest fair catches in a season
- Tied for most opponent fumbles recovered by an AFC player
- Tied for most touchdowns after fumble recovery
- Most road wins in a season, postseason included
- One of two sixth-seeded teams to ever win the Super Bowl
All-time
- Most consecutive non-losing seasons to begin coaching career
- Most consecutive games with a sack
- Tied most Super Bowl wins
- Most conference championship games played in – The San Francisco 49ers have most appearances with 16
- Most conference championship games hosted
- Second most division titles won by any team in the history of the NFL
- Most post-merger regular season games won
- Highest post-merger winning percentage
- Highest post-merger regular season winning percentage
- Quarterback with lowest interception percentage for a career
- Most consecutive games with a touchdown reception among AFC teams Buddy Dial, 1959–1960
- Most post-merger seasons leading league in fewest total yards allowed
- Most post-merger seasons leading league in fewest rushing yards allowed
- Most seasons leading AFC in fewest passing yards allowed
- Most post-merger seasons leading AFC in sacks
- Player with most AFC games played, most NFL career points, most seasons with 100+ points, most FG attempts and FGs made
- Player with most AFC interceptions and most NFL yards gained and most NFL touchdowns after interception