| Award | Player | Team |
| Player of the Year | Frank Pollard | Kansas City |
| Front Office Bowl MVP | Pat Leahy | New York |
| Coach of the Year | Kirk Crownover | Memphis |
| Legend of the Game | John Bunting | New York |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Frank Pollard | Kansas City |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Al Richardson | Baltimore |
| Offensive Rookie of the Year | Mike Rozier | Philadelphia |
| Defensive Rookie of the Year | Carl Banks | Arizona |
| All-League First Team Quarterback | Ron Jaworski | Philadelphia |
| All-League First Team Running Back | Frank Pollard | Kansas City |
| All-League First Team Fullback | William Andrews | Atlanta |
| All-League First Team Tight End | Rodney Holman | Dallas |
| All-League First Team Wide Receiver | Eric Truvillion | Memphis |
| All-League First Team Wide Receiver | Mark Duper | Miami |
| All-League First Team Center | Fred Quillan | San Francisco |
| All-League First Team Offensive Guard | Dave Huffman | Memphis |
| All-League First Team Offensive Guard | Dan Fike | Kansas City |
| All-League First Team Offensive Tackle | Mark Tuinei | Kansas City |
| All-League First Team Offensive Tackle | Mike Kenn | Atlanta |
| All-League First Team Punter | Ray Stachowicz | New Orleans |
| All-League First Team Kicker | Nick Lowery | Memphis |
| All-League First Team Defensive End | Charles Mann | Washington |
| All-League First Team Defensive End | Dexter Manley | Washington |
| All-League First Team Defensive Tackle | Doug English | Detroit |
| All-League First Team Defensive Tackle | Steve McMichael | Chicago |
| All-League First Team Inside Linebacker | Dick Ambrose | Jacksonville |
| All-League First Team Outside Linebacker | Al Richardson | Baltimore |
| All-League First Team Outside Linebacker | Chris Keating | Memphis |
| All-League First Team Cornerback | Dave Brown | Jacksonville |
| All-League First Team Cornerback | Ronnie Lott | San Francisco |
| All-League First Team Safety | Roland James | Arizona |
| All-League First Team Safety | Joey Browner | Minnesota |
| All-League Second Team Quarterback | Neil Lomax | St. Louis |
| All-League Second Team Running Back | Freeman McNeil | New York |
| All-League Second Team Fullback | Mike Guman | Birmingham |
| All-League Second Team Tight End | Walt Arnold | Pittsburgh |
| All-League Second Team Wide Receiver | Harold Carmichael | Philadelphia |
| All-League Second Team Wide Receiver | Wes Chandler | San Diego |
| All-League Second Team Center | Bart Oates | Arizona |
| All-League Second Team Offensive Guard | Chuck Commiskey | Arizona |
| All-League Second Team Offensive Guard | Kurt Petersen | Arizona |
| All-League Second Team Offensive Tackle | Ken Jones | Buffalo |
| All-League Second Team Offensive Tackle | Anthony Munoz | Cincinnati |
| All-League Second Team Punter | Mitch Hoopes | Portland (OR) |
| All-League Second Team Kicker | Morten Andersen | Cincinnati |
| All-League Second Team Defensive End | William Gay | Detroit |
| All-League Second Team Defensive End | Dan Hampton | Chicago |
| All-League Second Team Defensive Tackle | Abdul Salaam | Minnesota |
| All-League Second Team Defensive Tackle | Mike Dawson | Detroit |
| All-League Second Team Inside Linebacker | A.J. Duhe | Miami |
| All-League Second Team Outside Linebacker | Fulton Kuykendall | Birmingham |
| All-League Second Team Outside Linebacker | John Bunting | New York |
| All-League Second Team Cornerback | Louis Breeden | New York |
| All-League Second Team Cornerback | Eric Wright | Washington |
| All-League Second Team Safety | Leonard Smith | Cincinnati |
| All-League Second Team Safety | Clinton Burrell | Cleveland |
| League's Fastest Man | Mark Clayton | Denver |
| League's Strongest Man | Jackie Slater | Los Angeles |