best completion percentage 1972 to 1981

From 1972 through 1981, Joe Montana had the highest completion percentage, at 63.8 percent.

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  • Data note: Completion Percentage, Pass Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEPCTGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
63.8
47
500
784
5,456
7.0
116.1
35
21
87.9
4.5
2.7
41
293
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
62.8
35
233
371
2,722
7.3
77.8
19
14
86.3
5.1
3.8
28
204
3Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
60.5
142
1,918
3,168
23,948
7.6
168.6
176
184
78.4
5.6
5.8
241
2,172
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
60.4
48
472
781
5,228
6.7
108.9
27
34
73.7
3.5
4.4
90
754
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
60.3
93
1,611
2,670
18,519
6.9
199.1
126
99
81.5
4.7
3.7
175
1,567
6Bob Griese
B. Griese
58.8
99
1,166
1,983
14,811
7.5
149.6
115
96
81.4
5.8
4.8
180
1,499
7Norm Snead
N. Snead
58.3
44
554
950
6,349
6.7
144.3
38
56
67.3
4.0
5.9
45
326
8Danny White
D. White
58.0
92
539
930
7,115
7.7
77.3
53
44
81.5
5.7
4.7
68
572
9Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
57.7
112
1,849
3,203
24,256
7.6
216.6
145
142
78.4
4.5
4.4
201
1,391
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
57.6
137
1,964
3,408
24,785
7.3
180.9
155
120
80.9
4.5
3.5
297
2,164
11Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
57.5
43
416
724
4,668
6.4
108.6
19
30
68.3
2.6
4.1
103
709
12Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
57.0
104
1,492
2,618
19,855
7.6
190.9
135
95
83.2
5.2
3.6
259
1,743
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
56.3
105
943
1,675
11,353
6.8
108.1
66
65
74.2
3.9
3.9
225
1,758
14Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
56.3
36
309
549
4,174
7.6
115.9
37
31
79.6
6.7
5.6
37
335
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
56.3
104
1,552
2,758
19,083
6.9
183.5
124
118
75.0
4.5
4.3
184
1,539
16Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
56.1
52
541
964
6,746
7.0
129.7
35
38
73.7
3.6
3.9
90
723
17Bert Jones
B. Jones
56.1
98
1,382
2,464
17,663
7.2
180.2
122
97
78.8
5.0
3.9
224
1,948
18Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
56.1
53
734
1,309
8,017
6.1
151.3
43
66
64.3
3.3
5.0
55
456
19Archie Manning
A. Manning
55.9
121
1,762
3,151
20,567
6.5
170.0
109
145
68.2
3.5
4.6
298
2,290
20Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
55.4
55
971
1,754
11,366
6.5
206.7
73
76
71.0
4.2
4.3
99
668
21John Brodie
J. Brodie
55.3
20
168
304
2,031
6.7
101.6
12
20
61.7
3.9
6.6
12
68
22Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
54.9
93
906
1,651
11,358
6.9
122.1
57
91
65.0
3.5
5.5
167
1,429
23Craig Morton
C. Morton
54.9
137
1,550
2,825
20,018
7.1
146.1
121
133
72.0
4.3
4.7
311
2,293
24Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
54.8
67
826
1,508
9,248
6.1
138.0
59
52
72.0
3.9
3.4
109
822
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
54.8
115
1,157
2,113
14,294
6.8
124.3
86
89
71.9
4.1
4.2
191
1,637

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