highest completion percentage 1981

Joe Montana had the best completion percentage in 1981, at 63.7 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1981
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
63.7
1981
16
311
488
3,565
7.3
222.8
19
12
88.4
3.9
2.5
26
193
2Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
62.6
1981
16
300
479
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
25
140
3Craig Morton
C. Morton
59.8
1981
15
225
376
3,195
8.5
213.0
21
14
90.5
5.6
3.7
54
394
4Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
59.4
1981
13
236
397
2,788
7.0
214.5
13
9
82.4
3.3
2.3
24
201
5Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
59.1
1981
16
360
609
4,802
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
19
134
6Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
59.1
1981
16
293
496
3,568
7.2
223.0
19
20
77.3
3.8
4.0
28
259
7Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
57.9
1981
13
165
285
1,988
7.0
152.9
14
18
69.5
4.9
6.3
29
254
8Archie Manning
A. Manning
57.8
1981
12
134
232
1,447
6.2
120.6
5
11
63.6
2.2
4.7
21
164
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
57.6
1981
13
204
354
2,593
7.3
199.5
17
15
79.0
4.8
4.2
40
298
10Bert Jones
B. Jones
57.3
1981
15
244
426
3,094
7.3
206.3
21
20
76.9
4.9
4.7
31
263
11Danny White
D. White
57.0
1981
16
223
391
3,098
7.9
193.6
22
13
87.5
5.6
3.3
30
234
12Richard Todd
R. Todd
56.1
1981
16
279
497
3,231
6.5
201.9
25
13
81.8
5.0
2.6
30
224
13Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
55.7
1981
16
297
533
3,829
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
37
287
14Jim Hart
J. Hart
55.6
1981
10
134
241
1,694
7.0
169.4
11
14
68.7
4.6
5.8
16
119
15Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
55.2
1981
16
313
567
3,876
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
16Phil Simms
P. Simms
54.4
1981
10
172
316
2,031
6.4
203.1
11
9
74.0
3.5
2.8
38
301
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
54.3
1981
14
201
370
2,887
7.8
206.2
22
14
83.9
5.9
3.8
17
155
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
54.3
1981
14
322
593
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
19Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
54.2
1981
16
250
461
3,095
6.7
193.4
23
20
73.8
5.0
4.3
21
197
20Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
53.6
1981
13
147
274
1,983
7.2
152.5
9
16
63.6
3.3
5.8
20
160
21David Woodley
D. Woodley
52.2
1981
15
191
366
2,470
6.7
164.7
12
13
69.8
3.3
3.6
24
191
22Pat Haden
P. Haden
51.7
1981
13
138
267
1,815
6.8
139.6
9
13
64.4
3.4
4.9
28
227
23Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
50.6
1981
16
252
498
3,652
7.3
228.3
24
20
74.1
4.8
4.0
15
137
24Doug Williams
D. Williams
50.5
1981
16
238
471
3,563
7.6
222.7
19
14
76.8
4.0
3.0
18
135
25Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
50.4
1981
14
119
236
1,575
6.7
112.5
4
10
59.9
1.7
4.2
32
286
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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