highest completion percentage 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Sonny Jurgensen had the best completion percentage, at 61.3 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player 1970s
NAMEPCTGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
61.3
54
451
736
5,246
7.1
97.1
42
26
87.1
5.7
3.5
54
426
2Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
59.9
130
1,486
2,481
19,078
7.7
146.8
150
143
80.2
6.0
5.8
189
1,691
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
59.7
120
2,056
3,445
23,863
6.9
198.9
156
132
79.8
4.5
3.8
238
2,048
4Bob Griese
B. Griese
58.2
122
1,392
2,391
18,129
7.6
148.6
140
118
81.1
5.9
4.9
225
1,940
5Len Dawson
L. Dawson
58.0
76
780
1,344
9,608
7.1
126.4
55
61
75.0
4.1
4.5
154
1,334
6Bob Berry
B. Berry
58.0
54
493
850
6,419
7.6
118.9
46
44
78.4
5.4
5.2
100
708
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
57.1
125
1,662
2,911
22,279
7.7
178.2
152
107
83.6
5.2
3.7
301
2,048
8Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
56.9
80
1,141
2,005
14,739
7.4
184.2
82
101
72.8
4.1
5.0
150
1,047
9Norm Snead
N. Snead
56.8
65
772
1,360
9,142
6.7
140.6
54
82
65.5
4.0
6.0
73
574
10Virgil Carter
V. Carter
56.4
42
334
592
3,951
6.7
94.1
23
21
75.1
3.9
3.5
41
323
11Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
56.4
119
1,570
2,785
20,030
7.2
168.3
125
101
78.9
4.5
3.6
271
2,009
12Greg Landry
G. Landry
56.3
104
1,124
1,996
14,192
7.1
136.5
89
79
77.0
4.5
4.0
273
2,119
13John Brodie
J. Brodie
56.0
48
599
1,069
7,614
7.1
158.6
54
54
74.2
5.1
5.1
31
246
14Bert Jones
B. Jones
55.9
68
890
1,592
11,435
7.2
168.2
78
56
80.3
4.9
3.5
159
1,423
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
55.1
72
902
1,637
11,075
6.8
153.8
77
79
71.8
4.7
4.8
127
1,012
16Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
55.0
28
484
880
5,222
5.9
186.5
25
43
61.8
2.8
4.9
34
275
17Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
54.8
26
350
639
3,872
6.1
148.9
28
29
68.7
4.4
4.5
43
305
18Bart Starr
B. Starr
54.7
18
164
300
1,931
6.4
107.3
8
16
61.1
2.7
5.3
35
316
19Pat Haden
P. Haden
54.4
48
574
1,055
7,296
6.9
152.0
43
43
72.8
4.1
4.1
83
631
20Archie Manning
A. Manning
54.3
105
1,405
2,587
16,568
6.4
157.8
87
123
65.4
3.4
4.8
276
2,147
21Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
54.1
16
146
270
1,484
5.5
92.8
6
14
55.8
2.2
5.2
37
244
22Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
53.7
95
1,217
2,267
14,038
6.2
147.8
92
74
72.5
4.1
3.3
154
1,156
23Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
53.6
95
1,088
2,028
13,909
6.9
146.4
109
92
74.4
5.4
4.5
136
981
24Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
53.4
30
241
451
2,739
6.1
91.3
19
22
65.6
4.2
4.9
34
301
25James Harris
J. Harris
53.2
79
592
1,113
7,866
7.1
99.6
44
58
67.3
4.0
5.2
92
804
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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