| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
QB | Drew Brees* | 25 | 3 | 15 | 262 for 400, 3,159 yards, 27 td, 7 int, & 53 rushes for 85 yards and 2 td | |
RB | LaDainian Tomlinson*+ | 25 | 3 | 15 | 339 rushes for 1,335 yards, 17 td, & 53 catches for 441 yards and 1 td | |
FB | Lorenzo Neal | 34 | 11 | 10 | 16 rushes for 53 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 66 yards and 0 td | |
WR | Kassim Osgood | 24 | 1 | 7 | 15 catches for 308 yards, 2 td | |
WR | Eric Parker | 25 | 2 | 13 | 47 catches for 690 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 53 yards and 0 td | |
TE | Antonio Gates*+ | 24 | 1 | 15 | 81 catches for 964 yards, 13 td | |
LT | Roman Oben | 32 | 8 | 16 | | |
LG | Toniu Fonoti | 23 | 2 | 16 | | |
C | Nick Hardwick | 23 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
RG | Mike Goff | 28 | 6 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
RT | Shane Olivea | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
LDE | Jacques Cesaire | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
NT | Jamal Williams | 28 | 6 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
RDE | Igor Olshansky | 22 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
LOLB | Ben Leber | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
LILB | Donnie Edwards | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
RILB | Randall Godfrey | 31 | 8 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
ROLB | Steve Foley | 29 | 6 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
LCB | Sammy Davis | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
RCB | Quentin Jammer | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
SS | Terrence Kiel | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
FS | Jerry Wilson | 31 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
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