Franchise 57 seasons 427–465–5 all-time 17 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls
2002 players
Passing
| Drew Brees | 526 | 320 | 3,284 | 17 | 16 | 6.2 |
| Doug Flutie | 11 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Reche Caldwell | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
Rushing
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 372 | 1,683 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Drew Brees | 38 | 130 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 26 | 128 | 1 | 4.9 |
| Tim Dwight | 12 | 108 | 1 | 9.0 |
| Curtis Conway | 7 | 53 | 2 | 7.6 |
| Jesse Chatman | 6 | 19 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Reche Caldwell | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Doug Flutie | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Fred McCrary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 |
Receiving
| Curtis Conway | 94 | 57 | 852 | 5 | 9.1 |
| Tim Dwight | 93 | 50 | 623 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Stephen Alexander | 76 | 45 | 510 | 1 | 6.7 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 101 | 79 | 489 | 1 | 4.8 |
| Eric Parker | 30 | 17 | 268 | 1 | 8.9 |
| Reche Caldwell | 43 | 22 | 208 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Josh Norman | 25 | 16 | 201 | 1 | 8.0 |
| Fred McCrary | 31 | 22 | 96 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 17 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Jesse Chatman | 3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 14.7 |
| Justin Peelle | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2.1 |
Defense
| Donnie Edwards | OLB | 107 | 78 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | S | 78 | 59 | 2.0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Junior Seau | LB | 73 | 49 | 1.5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ryan McNeil | DB | 71 | 64 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | DB | 70 | 59 | 2.0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Quentin Jammer | CB | 56 | 47 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | OLB | 45 | 36 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zeke Moreno | LB | 39 | 32 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rogers Beckett | S | 34 | 32 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Raylee Johnson | DE | 33 | 25 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Fisk | NT | 31 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Wiley | DE | 30 | 25 | 6.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Leonardo Carson | DT | 29 | 20 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Keith Lyle | FS | 24 | 19 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Vernon Fox | DB | 23 | 17 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Adrian Dingle | DE | 22 | 21 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Williams | NT | 19 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Polk | LB | 15 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Ruff | LB | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Goodspeed | RB | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | FS | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Sanchez | DB | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Peelle | TE | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeQuincy Scott | DT | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tay Cody | CB | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | WR | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Chatman | RB | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Binn | LS | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norman | TE | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | RB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | RB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronney Jenkins | RB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christie | K | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Bennett | P | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | WR | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hallen | C | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Garmon | G | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Alexander | TE | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaughn Parker | OT | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Richey | K | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Williams | OT | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | QB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Ball | C | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reche Caldwell | WR | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |