1978 NFL Field Goal Percentage by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in field goal percentage in 1978, with 82.6%, 0.8% ahead of the San Diego Chargers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 62.9%.

Led the whole NFL in 1978 Miami Dolphins 16 games

82.6% Field Goal Percentage 0.8% clear of San Diego Chargers

#	Team	Conference	G	FG%
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	82.6%
2	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	81.8%
3	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	77.8%
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	77.3%
5	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	76.9%
6	New York Jets	AFC	16	73.3%
7	New York Giants	NFC	16	72.4%
8	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	71.4%
9	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	67.9%
10	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	67.4%
11	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	66.7%
12	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	65.2%
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	63.3%
14	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	63.2%
	NFL average			62.9%
15	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	61.9%
16	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	61.5%
16	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	61.5%
18	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	60.0%
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	58.3%
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	57.9%
21	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	53.3%
22	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	50.0%
22	New England Patriots	AFC	16	50.0%
22	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	50.0%
25	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	48.0%
26	Baltimore Colts	AFC	16	47.1%
26	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	47.1%
28	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	46.2%

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.