1978 nfl best season completion percentage leaders

Bob Griese had the best completion percentage in 1978, with 63.0 percent.

Interpreted as:
1978 NFL best season completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bob Griese
B. Griese
63.0
1978
11
148
235
1,791
7.6
162.8
11
11
82.4
4.7
4.7
18
165
2Archie Manning
A. Manning
61.8
1978
16
291
471
3,416
7.3
213.5
17
16
81.7
3.6
3.4
37
301
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
60.3
1978
16
345
572
3,468
6.1
216.8
25
32
68.9
4.4
5.6
27
254
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
58.8
1978
15
224
381
2,999
7.9
199.9
24
20
83.0
6.3
5.2
22
130
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
58.4
1978
16
237
406
2,944
7.3
184.0
16
30
63.3
3.9
7.4
37
347
6Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
56.7
1978
16
199
351
2,294
6.5
143.4
18
17
73.5
5.1
4.8
25
237
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
56.3
1978
16
207
368
2,915
7.9
182.2
28
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
8Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
56.0
1978
16
248
443
3,283
7.4
205.2
15
20
72.1
3.4
4.5
44
284
9Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
55.9
1978
15
231
413
3,190
7.7
212.7
25
16
84.9
6.1
3.9
32
219
10Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
55.6
1978
16
222
399
2,906
7.3
181.6
21
15
80.7
5.3
3.8
29
229
11Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
54.8
1978
14
159
290
1,573
5.4
112.4
5
13
57.4
1.7
4.5
18
171
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
54.7
1978
14
146
267
1,802
6.7
128.7
11
8
77.0
4.1
3.0
36
238
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
54.2
1978
12
173
319
2,219
7.0
184.9
10
22
58.0
3.1
6.9
30
237
14Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
54.1
1978
16
199
368
2,473
6.7
154.6
16
17
70.4
4.3
4.6
15
123
15Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
53.4
1978
13
141
264
1,718
6.5
132.2
5
16
54.8
1.9
6.1
26
208
16Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
53.0
1978
16
175
330
2,136
6.5
133.5
16
15
70.5
4.8
4.5
29
243
17Bill Troup
B. Troup
52.0
1978
12
154
296
1,882
6.4
156.8
10
21
53.6
3.4
7.1
32
340
18Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
51.8
1978
16
206
398
2,487
6.2
155.4
16
16
67.9
4.0
4.0
41
288
19Pat Haden
P. Haden
51.6
1978
16
229
444
2,995
6.7
187.2
13
19
65.1
2.9
4.3
32
216
20David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
51.2
1978
16
168
328
2,093
6.4
130.8
10
17
59.9
3.0
5.2
35
258
21Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
50.7
1978
14
187
369
2,489
6.7
177.8
10
18
61.1
2.7
4.9
39
349
22Jim Hart
J. Hart
50.3
1978
15
240
477
3,121
6.5
208.1
16
18
66.7
3.4
3.8
20
166
23Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
50.0
1978
16
181
362
2,824
7.8
176.5
15
23
63.6
4.1
6.4
21
184
24Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
47.9
1978
16
187
390
2,593
6.6
162.1
13
18
61.6
3.3
4.6
42
391
25Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
47.5
1978
15
143
301
2,096
7.0
139.7
12
23
52.1
4.0
7.6
28
205
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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