nfl most interceptions thrown by one player 1978

Fran Tarkenton had the most intercepted passes in 1978, with 32 interceptions.

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Data note: Intercepted Passes: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	INT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	32	1978	MIN	16	345	572	60.3	3,468	6.1	216.8	25	68.9	4.4	5.6	27	254
2	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	30	1978	OAK	16	237	406	58.4	2,944	7.3	184.0	16	63.3	3.9	7.4	37	347
3	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	23	1978	NE	16	181	362	50.0	2,824	7.8	176.5	15	63.6	4.1	6.4	21	184
4	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	23	1978	NYG	15	143	301	47.5	2,096	7.0	139.7	12	52.1	4.0	7.6	28	205
5	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	22	1978	CIN	12	173	319	54.2	2,219	7.0	184.9	10	58.0	3.1	6.9	30	237
6	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	22	1978	SF	12	137	302	45.4	1,570	5.2	130.8	8	40.0	2.6	7.3	17	156
7	Bill Troup B. Troup	21	1978	BAL	12	154	296	52.0	1,882	6.4	156.8	10	53.6	3.4	7.1	32	340
8	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	20	1978	PIT	16	207	368	56.3	2,915	7.9	182.2	28	84.7	7.6	5.4	21	222
9	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	20	1978	SD	15	224	381	58.8	2,999	7.9	199.9	24	83.0	6.3	5.2	22	130
10	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	20	1978	SEA	16	248	443	56.0	3,283	7.4	205.2	15	72.1	3.4	4.5	44	284
11	Pat Haden P. Haden	19	1978	LA	16	229	444	51.6	2,995	6.7	187.2	13	65.1	2.9	4.3	32	216
12	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	18	1978	ATL	14	187	369	50.7	2,489	6.7	177.8	10	61.1	2.7	4.9	39	349
13	Jim Hart J. Hart	18	1978	STL	15	240	477	50.3	3,121	6.5	208.1	16	66.7	3.4	3.8	20	166
14	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	18	1978	WAS	16	187	390	47.9	2,593	6.6	162.1	13	61.6	3.3	4.6	42	391
15	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	17	1978	DET	16	199	351	56.7	2,294	6.5	143.4	18	73.5	5.1	4.8	25	237
16	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	17	1978	HOU	16	199	368	54.1	2,473	6.7	154.6	16	70.4	4.3	4.6	15	123
17	David Whitehurst D. Whitehurst	17	1978	GB	16	168	328	51.2	2,093	6.4	130.8	10	59.9	3.0	5.2	35	258
18	Bob Avellini B. Avellini	16	1978	CHI	13	141	264	53.4	1,718	6.5	132.2	5	54.8	1.9	6.1	26	208
19	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	16	1978	PHI	16	206	398	51.8	2,487	6.2	155.4	16	67.9	4.0	4.0	41	288
20	Archie Manning A. Manning	16	1978	NO	16	291	471	61.8	3,416	7.3	213.5	17	81.7	3.6	3.4	37	301
21	Matt Robinson M. Robinson	16	1978	NYJ	16	124	266	46.6	2,002	7.5	125.1	13	63.5	4.9	6.0	28	228
22	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	16	1978	DAL	15	231	413	55.9	3,190	7.7	212.7	25	84.9	6.1	3.9	32	219
23	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	15	1978	BUF	16	175	330	53.0	2,136	6.5	133.5	16	70.5	4.8	4.5	29	243
24	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	15	1978	CLE	16	222	399	55.6	2,906	7.3	181.6	21	80.7	5.3	3.8	29	229
25	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	13	1978	KC	14	159	290	54.8	1,573	5.4	112.4	5	57.4	1.7	4.5	18	171

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