highest completion percentage 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Ken Anderson had the best completion percentage, at 64.1 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player 1980s
NAMEPCTGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
64.1
73
1,084
1,690
12,808
7.6
175.5
72
59
86.8
4.3
3.5
127
866
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
63.9
135
2,580
4,036
30,958
7.7
229.3
215
107
94.0
5.3
2.7
252
1,741
3Craig Morton
C. Morton
60.6
30
426
703
5,538
7.9
184.6
33
30
83.3
4.7
4.3
83
603
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
59.9
101
2,156
3,599
28,301
7.9
280.2
172
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
5Danny White
D. White
59.9
106
1,705
2,847
21,229
7.5
200.3
152
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
6Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
59.8
54
784
1,312
8,860
6.8
164.1
44
79
66.1
3.4
6.0
92
823
7Dieter Brock
D. Brock
59.7
15
218
365
2,658
7.3
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
8Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
59.6
82
1,471
2,467
17,589
7.1
214.5
96
68
83.0
3.9
2.8
261
1,942
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
59.6
103
2,174
3,650
27,853
7.6
270.4
220
125
89.3
6.0
3.4
83
670
10Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
59.4
77
1,305
2,196
15,995
7.3
207.7
109
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
11Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
59.2
57
1,032
1,742
12,901
7.4
226.3
81
63
82.7
4.6
3.6
130
1,014
12Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
59.1
84
1,442
2,439
17,442
7.2
207.6
110
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
13Tony Eason
T. Eason
58.5
74
898
1,536
10,987
7.2
148.5
61
50
80.3
4.0
3.3
173
1,315
14Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
58.5
65
1,134
1,940
13,888
7.2
213.7
75
47
83.4
3.9
2.4
139
888
15Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
58.3
71
864
1,481
11,025
7.4
155.3
62
56
79.9
4.2
3.8
149
1,145
16Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
58.1
53
804
1,385
9,667
7.0
182.4
57
51
77.9
4.1
3.7
88
645
17Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
58.0
81
1,304
2,249
17,771
7.9
219.4
116
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
18Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
57.8
103
1,644
2,843
20,858
7.3
202.5
169
116
83.7
5.9
4.1
269
2,158
19Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
57.8
53
1,042
1,802
12,638
7.0
238.5
77
70
77.6
4.3
3.9
97
877
20Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
57.7
74
459
796
5,672
7.1
76.6
22
27
74.9
2.8
3.4
115
804
21Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
57.6
108
1,817
3,153
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
22Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
57.6
23
394
684
5,498
8.0
239.0
40
26
87.2
5.8
3.8
30
223
23Archie Manning
A. Manning
57.4
46
606
1,055
7,343
7.0
159.6
38
50
71.2
3.6
4.7
120
945
24Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
57.3
78
1,050
1,831
13,335
7.3
171.0
77
66
79.2
4.2
3.6
174
1,057
25Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
57.2
124
1,634
2,855
19,824
6.9
159.9
118
128
73.8
4.1
4.5
189
1,573
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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