Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards in 1978, with 3,468 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,468	1978	MIN	16	345	572	60.3	6.1	216.8	25	32	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
2	Archie Manning A. Manning	3,416	1978	NO	16	291	471	61.8	7.3	213.5	17	16	81.7	3.6	3.4	37	301
3	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3,283	1978	SEA	16	248	443	56.0	7.4	205.2	15	20	72.1	3.4	4.5	44	284
4	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	3,190	1978	DAL	15	231	413	55.9	7.7	212.7	25	16	84.9	6.1	3.9	32	219
5	Jim Hart J. Hart	3,121	1978	STL	15	240	477	50.3	6.5	208.1	16	18	66.7	3.4	3.8	20	166
6	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	2,999	1978	SD	15	224	381	58.8	7.9	199.9	24	20	83.0	6.3	5.2	22	130
7	Pat Haden P. Haden	2,995	1978	LA	16	229	444	51.6	6.7	187.2	13	19	65.1	2.9	4.3	32	216
8	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	2,944	1978	OAK	16	237	406	58.4	7.3	184.0	16	30	63.3	3.9	7.4	37	347
9	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	2,915	1978	PIT	16	207	368	56.3	7.9	182.2	28	20	84.7	7.6	5.4	21	222
10	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	2,906	1978	CLE	16	222	399	55.6	7.3	181.6	21	15	80.7	5.3	3.8	29	229
11	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	2,824	1978	NE	16	181	362	50.0	7.8	176.5	15	23	63.6	4.1	6.4	21	184
12	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	2,593	1978	WAS	16	187	390	47.9	6.6	162.1	13	18	61.6	3.3	4.6	42	391
13	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	2,489	1978	ATL	14	187	369	50.7	6.7	177.8	10	18	61.1	2.7	4.9	39	349
14	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	2,487	1978	PHI	16	206	398	51.8	6.2	155.4	16	16	67.9	4.0	4.0	41	288
15	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	2,473	1978	HOU	16	199	368	54.1	6.7	154.6	16	17	70.4	4.3	4.6	15	123
16	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	2,294	1978	DET	16	199	351	56.7	6.5	143.4	18	17	73.5	5.1	4.8	25	237
17	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	2,219	1978	CIN	12	173	319	54.2	7.0	184.9	10	22	58.0	3.1	6.9	30	237
18	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	2,136	1978	BUF	16	175	330	53.0	6.5	133.5	16	15	70.5	4.8	4.5	29	243
19	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	2,096	1978	NYG	15	143	301	47.5	7.0	139.7	12	23	52.1	4.0	7.6	28	205
20	David Whitehurst D. Whitehurst	2,093	1978	GB	16	168	328	51.2	6.4	130.8	10	17	59.9	3.0	5.2	35	258
21	Matt Robinson M. Robinson	2,002	1978	NYJ	16	124	266	46.6	7.5	125.1	13	16	63.5	4.9	6.0	28	228
22	Bill Troup B. Troup	1,882	1978	BAL	12	154	296	52.0	6.4	156.8	10	21	53.6	3.4	7.1	32	340
23	Craig Morton C. Morton	1,802	1978	DEN	14	146	267	54.7	6.7	128.7	11	8	77.0	4.1	3.0	36	238
24	Bob Griese B. Griese	1,791	1978	MIA	11	148	235	63.0	7.6	162.8	11	11	82.4	4.7	4.7	18	165
25	Bob Avellini B. Avellini	1,718	1978	CHI	13	141	264	53.4	6.5	132.2	5	16	54.8	1.9	6.1	26	208

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