highest completion percentage 1979

Dan Fouts had the highest completion percentage in 1979, at 62.6 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1979
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
62.6
1979
16
332
530
4,082
7.7
255.1
24
24
82.6
4.5
4.5
28
195
2Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
61.0
1979
16
304
498
3,615
7.3
225.9
26
22
82.2
5.2
4.4
34
284
3Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
60.0
1979
16
347
578
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
73.1
2.9
3.6
17
119
4Archie Manning
A. Manning
60.0
1979
16
252
420
3,169
7.5
198.1
15
20
75.6
3.6
4.8
17
140
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
59.1
1979
16
270
457
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
15
75.3
3.3
3.3
42
326
6Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
59.0
1979
16
233
395
2,797
7.1
174.8
20
13
83.9
5.1
3.3
34
263
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
57.9
1979
16
267
461
3,586
7.8
224.1
27
11
92.3
5.9
2.4
36
240
8Bob Griese
B. Griese
56.8
1979
14
176
310
2,160
7.0
154.3
14
16
72.0
4.5
5.2
26
223
9Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
56.4
1979
16
285
505
3,661
7.2
228.8
20
18
77.7
4.0
3.6
23
201
10Pat Haden
P. Haden
56.2
1979
10
163
290
1,854
6.4
185.4
11
14
68.1
3.8
4.8
21
178
11Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
55.8
1979
15
189
339
2,340
6.9
156.0
16
10
80.7
4.7
2.9
46
324
12Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
55.7
1979
16
315
566
3,397
6.0
212.3
23
24
69.3
4.1
4.2
36
249
13David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
55.6
1979
13
179
322
2,247
7.0
172.8
10
18
64.5
3.1
5.6
32
256
14Craig Morton
C. Morton
55.1
1979
14
204
370
2,626
7.1
187.6
16
19
70.6
4.3
5.1
30
241
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
54.9
1979
16
259
472
3,724
7.9
232.8
26
25
77.0
5.5
5.3
24
196
16Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
54.1
1979
16
146
270
1,484
5.5
92.8
6
14
55.8
2.2
5.2
37
244
17Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
53.7
1979
14
204
380
2,505
6.6
178.9
17
20
67.3
4.5
5.3
39
286
18Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
53.5
1979
16
286
535
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
19Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
52.5
1979
12
134
255
1,535
6.0
127.9
9
8
69.6
3.5
3.1
15
145
20Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
52.0
1979
16
238
458
3,572
7.8
223.3
14
15
74.4
3.1
3.3
43
387
21Jim Hart
J. Hart
51.3
1979
14
194
378
2,218
5.9
158.4
9
20
55.2
2.4
5.3
25
183
22Richard Todd
R. Todd
51.2
1979
15
171
334
2,660
8.0
177.3
16
22
66.5
4.8
6.6
25
222
23Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
50.8
1979
16
190
374
2,669
7.1
166.8
18
12
76.8
4.8
3.2
34
272
24Phil Simms
P. Simms
50.6
1979
12
134
265
1,743
6.6
145.3
13
14
66.0
4.9
5.3
39
319
25Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
50.3
1979
15
163
324
2,090
6.5
139.3
14
18
62.1
4.3
5.6
29
212
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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