highest passer rating 1978

Roger Staubach had the highest passer rating in 1978, with a 84.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1978
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
84.9
1978
15
231
413
55.9
3,190
7.7
212.7
25
16
6.1
3.9
32
219
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
84.7
1978
16
207
368
56.3
2,915
7.9
182.2
28
20
7.6
5.4
21
222
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
83.0
1978
15
224
381
58.8
2,999
7.9
199.9
24
20
6.3
5.2
22
130
4Bob Griese
B. Griese
82.4
1978
11
148
235
63.0
1,791
7.6
162.8
11
11
4.7
4.7
18
165
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
81.7
1978
16
291
471
61.8
3,416
7.3
213.5
17
16
3.6
3.4
37
301
6Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
80.7
1978
16
222
399
55.6
2,906
7.3
181.6
21
15
5.3
3.8
29
229
7Craig Morton
C. Morton
77.0
1978
14
146
267
54.7
1,802
6.7
128.7
11
8
4.1
3.0
36
238
8Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
73.5
1978
16
199
351
56.7
2,294
6.5
143.4
18
17
5.1
4.8
25
237
9Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
72.1
1978
16
248
443
56.0
3,283
7.4
205.2
15
20
3.4
4.5
44
284
10Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
70.5
1978
16
175
330
53.0
2,136
6.5
133.5
16
15
4.8
4.5
29
243
11Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
70.4
1978
16
199
368
54.1
2,473
6.7
154.6
16
17
4.3
4.6
15
123
12Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
68.9
1978
16
345
572
60.3
3,468
6.1
216.8
25
32
4.4
5.6
27
254
13Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
67.9
1978
16
206
398
51.8
2,487
6.2
155.4
16
16
4.0
4.0
41
288
14Jim Hart
J. Hart
66.7
1978
15
240
477
50.3
3,121
6.5
208.1
16
18
3.4
3.8
20
166
15Pat Haden
P. Haden
65.1
1978
16
229
444
51.6
2,995
6.7
187.2
13
19
2.9
4.3
32
216
16Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
63.6
1978
16
181
362
50.0
2,824
7.8
176.5
15
23
4.1
6.4
21
184
17Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
63.5
1978
16
124
266
46.6
2,002
7.5
125.1
13
16
4.9
6.0
28
228
18Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
63.3
1978
16
237
406
58.4
2,944
7.3
184.0
16
30
3.9
7.4
37
347
19Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
61.6
1978
16
187
390
47.9
2,593
6.6
162.1
13
18
3.3
4.6
42
391
20Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
61.1
1978
14
187
369
50.7
2,489
6.7
177.8
10
18
2.7
4.9
39
349
21David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
59.9
1978
16
168
328
51.2
2,093
6.4
130.8
10
17
3.0
5.2
35
258
22Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
58.0
1978
12
173
319
54.2
2,219
7.0
184.9
10
22
3.1
6.9
30
237
23Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
57.4
1978
14
159
290
54.8
1,573
5.4
112.4
5
13
1.7
4.5
18
171
24Bob Avellini
B. Avellini
54.8
1978
13
141
264
53.4
1,718
6.5
132.2
5
16
1.9
6.1
26
208
25Bill Troup
B. Troup
53.6
1978
12
154
296
52.0
1,882
6.4
156.8
10
21
3.4
7.1
32
340
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