1978 NFL Passing Yards Leaders

Fran Tarkenton led the NFL with 3,468 passing yards in 1978, 52 ahead of Archie Manning (3,416). It was one of 4 times Fran Tarkenton led in passing yards.

Led the whole NFL in 1978 Fran Tarkenton MIN

3,468 Passing Yards 52 clear of Archie Manning

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#	Player	Team	YDS	G	ATT	TD
1	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	3,468	16	572	25
2	Archie Manning	NO	3,416	16	471	17
3	Jim Zorn	SEA	3,283	16	443	15
4	Roger Staubach	DAL	3,190	15	413	25
5	Jim Hart	SLC	3,121	15	477	16
6	Dan Fouts	SD	2,999	15	381	24
7	Pat Haden	LAN	2,995	16	444	13
8	Ken Stabler	OAK	2,944	16	406	16
9	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	2,915	16	368	28
10	Brian Sipe	CLE	2,906	16	399	21
11	Steve Grogan	NE	2,824	16	362	15
12	Joe Theismann	WAS	2,593	16	390	13
13	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	2,489	14	369	10
14	Ron Jaworski	PHI	2,487	16	398	16
15	Dan Pastorini	HOO	2,473	16	368	16
16	Gary Danielson	DET	2,294	16	351	18
17	Ken Anderson	CIN	2,219	12	319	10
18	Joe Ferguson	BUF	2,136	16	330	16
19	JP Joe Pisarcik	NYG	2,096	15	301	12
20	David Whitehurst	GB	2,093	16	328	10
21	MR Matt Robinson	NYJ	2,002	16	266	13
22	BT Bill Troup	BAC	1,882	12	296	10
23	Craig Morton	DEN	1,802	14	267	11
24	Bob Griese	MIA	1,791	11	235	11
25	Bob Avellini	CHI	1,718	13	264	5
26	Mike Livingston	KC	1,573	14	290	5
27	Steve DeBerg	SF	1,570	12	302	8
28	Doug Williams	TB	1,170	10	194	7
29	Richard Todd	NYJ	849	5	107	6
30	DS Don Strock	MIA	825	16	135	12
31	JR John Reaves	CIN	790	9	144	3
32	NW Norris Weese	DEN	723	13	87	4
33	MR Mike Rae	TB	705	6	118	4
34	SB Scott Bull	SF	651	16	121	1
35	James Harris	SD	518	9	88	2
36	Mike Phipps	CHI	465	6	83	2
37	Greg Landry	DET	452	5	77	1
38	TA Tony Adams	KC	415	16	79	2
39	JJ June Jones	ATL	394	7	79	1
40	Bert Jones	BAC	370	3	42	4
41	Bill Munson	BUF	328	4	43	4
42	Billy Kilmer	WAS	316	5	46	4
43	Danny White	DAL	215	16	34	0
44	MM Mark Miller	CLE	212	8	39	1
45	MK Mike Kirkland	BAC	211	16	41	1
46	RD Randy Dean	NYG	188	6	39	1
47	CP Craig Penrose	DEN	185	4	37	2
48	TO Tom Owen	NE	182	2	26	0
49	GH Gary Huff	TB	169	6	36	1
50	SP Steve Pisarkiewicz	SLC	164	3	29	0

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