during which nfl season did quarterbacks throw the most combined interceptions

Quarterbacks had their most intercepted passes in a season in 1978, with 631 interceptions.

Regular season

	POSITION	INT	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Quarterback	631	1978	696	6,252	11,765	53.1	78,911	6.7	113.4	465	65.1	4.0	5.4	1,016	8,361
2	Quarterback	625	1980	716	7,682	13,654	56.3	95,569	7.0	133.5	602	73.8	4.4	4.6	1,023	8,081
3	Quarterback	612	1983	746	7,960	13,975	57.0	100,119	7.2	134.2	610	75.7	4.4	4.4	1,210	9,211
4	Quarterback	603	1981	751	7,719	14,122	54.7	99,183	7.0	132.1	582	72.8	4.1	4.3	1,018	8,153
5	Quarterback	599	1985	793	7,893	14,371	54.9	101,202	7.0	127.6	591	73.5	4.1	4.2	1,299	9,843
6	Quarterback	591	1979	742	6,975	12,884	54.1	88,233	6.8	118.9	533	70.4	4.1	4.6	1,049	8,280
7	Quarterback	581	1967	583	5,078	10,189	49.8	69,564	6.8	119.3	505	64.8	5.0	5.7
8	Quarterback	577	1984	741	8,050	14,258	56.5	101,583	7.1	137.1	604	76.1	4.2	4.0	1,304	9,946
9	Quarterback	576	1986	760	7,993	14,413	55.5	100,678	7.0	132.5	576	74.1	4.0	4.0	1,191	9,002
10	Quarterback	562	1999	698	9,554	16,726	57.1	112,929	6.8	161.8	660	77.0	3.9	3.4	1,241	7,892
11	Quarterback	556	1989	703	7,987	14,312	55.8	102,230	7.1	145.4	576	75.6	4.0	3.9	1,098	7,944
12	Quarterback	555	1977	630	4,989	9,705	51.4	63,085	6.5	100.1	378	61.2	3.9	5.7	947	7,907
13	Quarterback	550	1988	708	7,659	14,093	54.3	97,445	6.9	137.6	553	73.0	3.9	3.9	1,031	7,725
14	Quarterback	539	2001	656	9,522	16,137	59.0	109,162	6.8	166.4	626	78.5	3.9	3.3	1,193	7,554
15	Quarterback	538	1996	624	9,176	15,909	57.7	106,343	6.7	170.4	622	76.9	3.9	3.4	1,101	7,042
16	Quarterback	538	1969	589	5,306	10,292	51.6	71,569	7.0	121.5	505	68.6	4.9	5.2	896	7,440
17	Quarterback	536	1987	697	7,386	13,459	54.9	93,680	7.0	134.4	607	75.3	4.5	4.0	1,101	8,197
18	Quarterback	535	1971	587	4,728	9,286	50.9	62,278	6.7	106.1	380	62.1	4.1	5.8	758	6,485
19	Quarterback	535	1968	575	4,870	9,721	50.1	67,794	7.0	117.9	482	66.5	5.0	5.5
20	Quarterback	534	2007	671	10,414	17,023	61.2	116,615	6.9	173.8	715	82.5	4.2	3.1	1,097	7,123
21	Quarterback	533	2003	673	9,674	16,438	58.9	108,987	6.6	161.9	649	78.4	3.9	3.2	1,089	6,829
22	Quarterback	533	1962	521	4,308	8,386	51.4	62,399	7.4	119.8	454	67.5	5.4	6.4
23	Quarterback	529	1975	611	5,210	9,923	52.5	66,133	6.7	108.2	426	65.7	4.3	5.3	898	7,294
24	Quarterback	527	2000	699	9,485	16,294	58.2	109,837	6.7	157.1	632	78.1	3.9	3.2	1,231	7,523
25	Quarterback	526	1966	662	4,960	10,012	49.5	68,675	6.9	103.7	475	65.9	4.7	5.3

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