highest completion percentage by a quarterback in first career start minimum 20 pass attempts

Drew Brees has the best completion percentage by a quarterback as a starter in a game with 20+ passing attempts, at 96.7 percent against the Colts on December 16, 2019.

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highest completion percentage by a quarterback in first career start minimum 20 pass attempts in a game

	NAME	PCT	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	96.7	30	12/16/2019	NO	vs	IND	29	307	10.2	4	0	148.9	13.3	0.0	0	0
2	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	96.6	29	11/25/2018	LAC	vs	ARI	28	259	8.9	3	0	138.4	10.3	0.0	4	23
3	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	95.7	23	11/26/2018	TEN	@	HOU	22	303	13.2	2	0	147.7	8.7	0.0	6	43
4	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	95.2	21	10/1/2023	SF	vs	ARI	20	283	13.5	1	0	134.6	4.8	0.0	1	12
5	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	95.0	20	9/13/2020	JAX	vs	IND	19	173	8.7	3	0	142.3	15.0	0.0	4	23
6	Tom Brady T. Brady	92.9	28	1/12/2008	NE	vs	JAX	26	262	9.4	3	0	141.4	10.7	0.0	1	4
7	Kurt Warner K. Warner	92.3	26	9/20/2009	ARI	@	JAX	24	243	9.3	2	0	131.3	7.7	0.0	0	0
8	Kyler Murray K. Murray	91.7	24	11/10/2024	ARI	vs	NYJ	22	266	11.1	1	0	126.7	4.2	0.0	1	7
9	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	91.3	23	12/26/1993	CLE	@	RAM	21	216	9.4	2	0	134.8	8.7	0.0	1	3
10	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	91.3	23	9/23/2024	WAS	@	CIN	21	254	11.0	2	0	141.7	8.7	0.0	2	6
11	Derek Carr D. Carr	91.2	34	10/24/2021	LV	vs	PHI	31	323	9.5	2	1	113.6	5.9	2.9	0	0
12	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	90.9	22	11/10/1974	CIN	vs	PIT	20	227	10.3	0	0	109.7	0.0	0.0
13	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	90.9	22	10/16/2022	JAX	@	IND	20	165	7.5	1	0	113.1	4.5	0.0	4	29
14	Derek Carr D. Carr	90.6	32	9/16/2018	OAK	@	DEN	29	288	9.0	1	0	114.6	3.1	0.0	1	7
15	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	90.5	21	12/13/1981	GB	@	NO	19	218	10.4	5	0	149.5	23.8	0.0	2	16
16	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	90.5	21	9/19/2021	CLE	vs	HOU	19	213	10.1	1	1	105.0	4.8	4.8	2	14
17	Steve Young S. Young	90.0	20	10/20/1991	SF	vs	DET	18	237	11.9	2	0	149.4	10.0	0.0	0	0
18	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	90.0	20	11/1/2012	SD	vs	KC	18	220	11.0	2	1	125.0	10.0	5.0	1	4
19	Tony Romo T. Romo	90.0	20	12/21/2014	DAL	vs	IND	18	218	10.9	4	0	151.7	20.0	0.0	1	11
20	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	90.0	20	9/24/2020	MIA	@	JAX	18	160	8.0	2	0	133.3	10.0	0.0	1	4
21	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	90.0	20	1/6/2024	PIT	@	BAL	18	152	7.6	1	0	115.0	5.0	0.0	3	18
22	Drew Brees D. Brees	89.7	29	10/8/2018	NO	vs	WAS	26	363	12.5	3	0	153.2	10.3	0.0	2	14
23	Bo Nix B. Nix	89.7	29	1/5/2025	DEN	vs	KC	26	321	11.1	4	0	152.4	13.8	0.0	0	0
24	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	89.5	38	11/11/2002	OAK	@	DEN	34	352	9.3	3	0	131.6	7.9	0.0	1	5
25	Peyton Manning P. Manning	89.3	28	12/29/2013	DEN	@	OAK	25	266	9.5	4	0	145.8	14.3	0.0	1	9

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