highest completion percentage 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the best completion percentage, at 58.7 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player 1940s
NAMEPCTGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
58.7
106
1,319
2,247
17,002
7.6
160.4
149
140
78.7
6.6
6.2
2Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
53.0
32
331
624
4,537
7.3
141.8
47
37
77.0
7.5
5.9
3Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
52.7
87
625
1,185
8,777
7.4
100.9
80
81
70.9
6.8
6.8
4Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
52.4
106
868
1,656
13,870
8.4
130.8
131
126
75.3
7.9
7.6
5Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
52.4
21
198
378
3,269
8.6
155.7
29
25
79.8
7.7
6.6
6Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
52.0
24
314
604
4,313
7.1
179.7
39
33
73.9
6.5
5.5
7Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
50.8
32
197
388
2,961
7.6
92.5
25
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
8Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
50.6
52
245
484
3,357
6.9
64.6
33
61
56.3
6.8
12.6
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
49.4
56
553
1,119
8,088
7.2
144.4
70
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
10Bobby Layne
B. Layne
48.7
23
171
351
2,028
5.8
88.2
12
20
54.4
3.4
5.7
11Ray Evans
R. Evans
46.7
9
64
137
924
6.7
102.7
5
17
41.7
3.6
12.4
12Ace Parker
A. Parker
46.4
30
110
237
1,579
6.7
52.6
12
20
50.2
5.1
8.4
13Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
46.1
42
222
482
2,811
5.8
66.9
31
34
56.8
6.4
7.1
14Ronnie Cahill
R. Cahill
45.9
10
50
109
608
5.6
60.8
3
21
33.1
2.8
19.3
15Fred Enke
F. Enke
44.9
24
163
363
2,121
5.8
88.4
17
22
54.2
4.7
6.1
16Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
44.8
11
124
277
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
17Paul Christman
P. Christman
44.7
50
453
1,014
6,749
6.7
135.0
51
69
55.5
5.0
6.8
18Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
44.2
55
244
552
3,268
5.9
59.4
27
49
42.9
4.9
8.9
19Paul Governali
P. Governali
43.6
32
218
500
3,348
6.7
104.6
31
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
20Parker Hall
P. Hall
43.5
31
223
513
2,786
5.4
89.9
21
54
35.0
4.1
10.5
21Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
42.8
6
62
145
833
5.7
138.8
9
14
42.8
6.2
9.7
22Arnie Herber
A. Herber
42.7
30
109
255
1,852
7.3
61.7
21
23
57.8
8.2
9.0
23Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
42.7
11
126
295
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
9.2
24Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
42.5
84
299
703
4,801
6.8
57.2
44
70
47.3
6.3
10.0
25Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
42.0
11
37
88
951
10.8
86.5
11
16
82.1
12.5
18.2
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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