Jim Turner

James Bayard Turner

Position: K

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: March 28, 1941 in Martinez, CA

Died: June 10, 2023 in Arvada, CO

College: Utah St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (2204th overall since 1960)

High School: John Swett (CA)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 19th round (259th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

228

FGM

304

FGA

488

XPM

521

XPA

543

Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	AV	Awards
1964	23	NYJ	K	11	14	0	4	4	4	2	8	5	8	1	3	1	27	13	50	48.1%	33	33	100.0%						3
1965	24	NYJ	K	11	14	0	9	9	7	5	4	2	13	4	1		34	20	49	58.8%	31	31	100.0%						4
1966	25	NYJ	K	11	14	0	7	6	5	3	10	6	13	3			35	18	45	51.4%	35	34	97.1%						2
1967	26	NYJ	K	11	14	0	9	6	11	6	5	3	7	2			32	17	48	53.1%	39	36	92.3%						1
1968*	27	NYJ	K	11	14	0	8	8	18	15	10	6	9	5	1		46	34	49	73.9%	43	43	100.0%						6	PB
1969*	28	NYJ	K	11	14	0	11	10	8	7	10	7	15	7	3	1	47	32	50	68.1%	33	33	100.0%						7	UPI AFL PoY-2, AP AFL PoY-6, PB
1970	29	NYJ	K	11	14	0	2	2	9	8	11	7	10	2	3		35	19	42	54.3%	28	28	100.0%						3
1971	30	DEN	K	15	14	0	9	8	5	3	11	8	12	6	1		38	25	49	65.8%	18	18	100.0%						5
1972	31	DEN	K	15	14	0	6	6	3	2	8	6	11	6	1		29	20	49	69.0%	37	37	100.0%						5
1973	32	DEN	K	15	14	0	5	5	5	5	9	8	9	3	5	1	33	22	50	66.7%	40	40	100.0%						6
1974	33	DEN	K	15	14	0	1		4	3	7	6	8	2	1		21	11	43	52.4%	38	35	92.1%						2
1975	34	DEN	K	15	14	0	1	1	9	7	9	7	6	4	3	2	28	21	53	75.0%	26	23	88.5%						5
1976	35	DEN	K	15	14	0	1	1	8	7	5	4	7	3			21	15	47	71.4%	39	36	92.3%						4
1977	36	DEN	K	15	14	0			4	3	10	7	5	3			19	13	48	68.4%	34	31	91.2%						4
1978	37	DEN	K	15	16	0	1	1	4	3	7	3	8	4	2		22	11	45	50.0%	35	31	88.6%						2
1979	38	DEN	K	15	16	0	1	1	9	7	8	4	3	1			21	13	49	61.9%	34	32	94.1%						2
Career					228		75	68	113	86	132	89	144	56	24	5	488	304	53	62.3%	543	521	95.9%						61
9 yrs		DEN			130	0	25	23	51	40	74	53	69	32	13	3	232	151	53	65.1%	301	283	94.0%						35
7 yrs		NYJ			98	0	50	45	62	46	58	36	75	24	11	2	256	153	50	59.8%	242	238	98.3%						26

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1968*	27	NYJ	K	2	0											8	5	62.5%	4	4	100.0%
1969*	28	NYJ	K	1	0											2	2	100.0%
1977	36	DEN	K	3	0											6	3	50.0%	7	7	100.0%
1978	37	DEN	K	1	0											2	1	50.0%	1	1	100.0%
1979	38	DEN	K	1	0														1	1	100.0%
Career				8												18	11	61.1%	13	13	100.0%
3 yrs		DEN		5	0											8	4	50.0%	9	9	100.0%
2 yrs		NYJ		3	0											10	7	70.0%	4	4	100.0%

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Passing

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Regular Season

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV
1967	26	NYJ	AFL	K	14	0	2	4	50.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.3	6.25	12.5	1.8	69.8						0	0	1

1973	32	DEN	NFL	K	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0	6
2 Yrs					28	0	2	5	40.0	25	0	0.0	1	20.0	13	5.0	-4.00	12.5	0.9	16.7	0	0	0.00	5.00	-45.00	0	0	7
17 Game Avg					17	0	1	3	40.0	15	0	0.0	1	20.0	13	5.0	-4.00	12.5	0.9	16.7						0	0	4

DEN (1 Yr)					14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0	6
NYJ (1 Yr)					14	0	2	4	50.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.3	6.25	12.5	1.8	69.8						0	0	1

AFL (1 Yr)					14	0	2	4	50.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	6.3	6.25	12.5	1.8	69.8						0	0	1
NFL (1 Yr)					14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0	6

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1964	23	NYJ	K	11	14	0				0				1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	1	3.0	3	0	0
1970	29	NYJ	K	11	14	0				0				1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	1	1.0	1	0	0
1977	36	DEN	K	15	14	0	1	25	25.0	1	25	0.1	1.8			0					1	25.0	25	1	0
1978	37	DEN	K	15	16	0	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	0.1	-0.3			0					1	-4.0	-4	0	0
1979	38	DEN	K	15	16	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4			0					1	6.0	6	0	0
Career					228		3	27	9.0	1	25	0.0	0.1	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	5	6.2	31	1
9 yrs		DEN			130	0	3	27	9.0	1	25	0.0	0.2			0					3	9.0	27	1
7 yrs		NYJ			98	0				0				2	4	0	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0

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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1969*	28	NYJ	K	11	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1974	33	DEN	K	15	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					228				0				0	2	0	0	0.0
9 yrs		DEN			130	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		NYJ			98	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1964	23	NYJ	K	11	14	0				33	33	13	27	72	5.1
1965	24	NYJ	K	11	14	0				31	31	20	34	91	6.5
1966	25	NYJ	K	11	14	0				34	35	18	35	88	6.3
1967	26	NYJ	K	11	14	0				36	39	17	32	87	6.2
1968*	27	NYJ	K	11	14	0				43	43	34	46	145	10.4
1969*	28	NYJ	K	11	14	0				33	33	32	47	129	9.2
1970	29	NYJ	K	11	14	0				28	28	19	35	85	6.1
1971	30	DEN	K	15	14	0				18	18	25	38	93	6.6
1972	31	DEN	K	15	14	0				37	37	20	29	97	6.9
1973	32	DEN	K	15	14	0				40	40	22	33	106	7.6
1974	33	DEN	K	15	14	0				35	38	11	21	68	4.9
1975	34	DEN	K	15	14	0				23	26	21	28	86	6.1
1976	35	DEN	K	15	14	0				36	39	15	21	81	5.8
1977	36	DEN	K	15	14	0	1	1		31	34	13	19	76	5.4
1978	37	DEN	K	15	16	0				31	35	11	22	64	4.0
1979	38	DEN	K	15	16	0				32	34	13	21	71	4.4
Career					228		1	1	0	521	543	304	488	1439	6.3
9 yrs		DEN			130	0	1	1	0	283	301	151	232	742	5.7
7 yrs		NYJ			98	0			0	238	242	153	256	697	7.1

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1968*	27	NYJ	K	2	0	4	4	5	8	19	9.5
1969*	28	NYJ	K	1	0			2	2	6	6.0
1977	36	DEN	K	3	0	7	7	3	6	16	5.3
1978	37	DEN	K	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	4.0
1979	38	DEN	K	1	0	1	1			1	1.0
Career				8		13	13	11	18	46	5.8
3 yrs		DEN		5	0	9	9	4	8	21	4.2
2 yrs		NYJ		3	0	4	4	7	10	25	8.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Jim Turner born?

Jim Turner was born on March 28, 1941.

Where was Jim Turner born?

Jim Turner was born in Martinez, CA.

How tall was Jim Turner?

Jim Turner was 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Jim Turner weigh when playing?

Jim Turner weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Is Jim Turner in the Hall of Fame?

Jim Turner has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Jim Turner play?

Jim Turner played 228 games over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Jim Turner won?

Jim Turner won 1 Super Bowl.

When did Jim Turner retire?

Jim Turner last played in 1979.

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