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1978 NFL regular season leaders

Top 10 in each major regular season passing, rushing, and receiving category.

Regular season boards reflect accepted statistics currently available. Missing NFL categories remain unavailable while source coverage is completed.

Passing yards

  1. 1FTFran TarkentonMIN3468
  2. 2AMArchie ManningNO3416
  3. 3JZJim ZornSEA3283
  4. 4RSRoger StaubachDAL3190
  5. 5JHJim HartSTL3121
  6. 6DFDan FoutsSD2999
  7. 7PHPat HadenLA2995
  8. 8KSKen StablerOAK2944
  9. 9TBTerry BradshawPIT2915
  10. 10BSBrian SipeCLE2906

Passing TD

  1. 1TBTerry BradshawPIT28
  2. 2RSRoger StaubachDAL25
  3. 3FTFran TarkentonMIN25
  4. 4DFDan FoutsSD24
  5. 5BSBrian SipeCLE21
  6. 6GDGary DanielsonDET18
  7. 7AMArchie ManningNO17
  8. 8JFJoe FergusonBUF16
  9. 9RJRon JaworskiPHI16
  10. 10KSKen StablerOAK16

Rushing yards

  1. 1ECEarl CampbellHOU1450
  2. 2WPWalter PaytonCHI1395
  3. 3TDTony DorsettDAL1325
  4. 4DWDelvin WilliamsMIA1258
  5. 5WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI1220
  6. 6TMTerdell MiddletonGB1116
  7. 7FHFranco HarrisPIT1082
  8. 8MVMark van EeghenOAK1080
  9. 9TMTerry MillerBUF1060
  10. 10TRTony ReedKC1053

Rushing TD

  1. 1DSDavid SimsSEA14
  2. 2ECEarl CampbellHOU13
  3. 3WPWalter PaytonCHI11
  4. 4TMTerdell MiddletonGB11
  5. 5HIHorace IvoryNE11
  6. 6KLKevin LongNYJ10
  7. 7WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI9
  8. 8MVMark van EeghenOAK9
  9. 9FHFranco HarrisPIT8
  10. 10RNRobert NewhouseDAL8

Receiving yards

  1. 1WWWesley WalkerNYJ1169
  2. 2SLSteve LargentSEA1168
  3. 3HCHarold CarmichaelPHI1072
  4. 4JJJohn JeffersonSD1001
  5. 5PTPat TilleySTL900
  6. 6RRReggie RuckerCLE893
  7. 7LSLynn SwannPIT880
  8. 8MGMel GraySTL871
  9. 9HCHenry ChildsNO869
  10. 10DCDave CasperOAK852

Receptions

  1. 1RYRickey YoungMIN88
  2. 2TGTony GalbreathNO74
  3. 3SLSteve LargentSEA71
  4. 4ARAhmad RashadMIN66
  5. 5PTPat TilleySTL62
  6. 6DCDave CasperOAK62
  7. 7LSLynn SwannPIT61
  8. 8CFChuck ForemanMIN61
  9. 9LMLydell MitchellSD57
  10. 10JJJohn JeffersonSD56

Receiving TD

  1. 1JJJohn JeffersonSD13
  2. 2LSLynn SwannPIT11
  3. 3NMNat MooreMIA10
  4. 4JSJohn StallworthPIT9
  5. 5SWSammy WhiteMIN9
  6. 6DCDave CasperOAK9
  7. 7BJBilly Joe DuPreeDAL9
  8. 8SLSteve LargentSEA8
  9. 9WWWesley WalkerNYJ8
  10. 10HCHarold CarmichaelPHI8

Sacks taken

  1. 1JZJim ZornSEA44
  2. 2JTJoe TheismannWSH42
  3. 3RJRon JaworskiPHI41
  4. 4SBSteve BartkowskiATL39
  5. 5KSKen StablerOAK37
  6. 6AMArchie ManningNO37
  7. 7MRMike RaeTB37
  8. 8CMCraig MortonDEN36
  9. 9DWDavid WhitehurstGB35
  10. 10PHPat HadenLA32

Scrimmage yards

  1. 1WPWalter PaytonCHI1875
  2. 2TDTony DorsettDAL1703
  3. 3TRTony ReedKC1536
  4. 4ECEarl CampbellHOU1498
  5. 5DWDelvin WilliamsMIA1450
  6. 6TMTerdell MiddletonGB1448
  7. 7WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI1415
  8. 8MVMark van EeghenOAK1371
  9. 9JWJoe WashingtonIND1333
  10. 10RHRoland HarperCHI1332

Total TD

  1. 1DSDavid SimsSEA15
  2. 2ECEarl CampbellHOU13
  3. 3JJJohn JeffersonSD13
  4. 4TMTerdell MiddletonGB12
  5. 5WPWalter PaytonCHI11
  6. 6HIHorace IvoryNE11
  7. 7LSLynn SwannPIT11
  8. 8NMNat MooreMIA10
  9. 9WMWilbert MontgomeryPHI10
  10. 10RNRobert NewhouseDAL10