leading nfl passers 1978

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 CHI
13
141
264
53.4
6.5
132.2
5
16
54.8
1.9
6.1
26
208
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9/6
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