highest completion percentage in a single game by a rookie qb minimum 5 attempts

4 quarterbacks are tied for the best completion percentage by a rookie quarterback in a game with 5+ passing attempts, at 100.0 percent. The first three are Drew Henson on November 21, 2004, Jon Kitna on December 21, 1997 and Kerwin Bell on December 5, 1996.

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highest completion percentage in a single regular-season game by a rookie qb minimum 5 passing attempts
NAMEPCTATTDATETMOPPCMPYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Henson
D. Henson
100.0
6
11/21/2004
@
6
47
7.8
1
0
138.9
16.7
0.0
1
21
2Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
100.0
8
12/21/1997
vs
8
88
11.0
0
0
112.5
0.0
0.0
1
5
3Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
100.0
5
12/5/1996
vs
5
75
15.0
1
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
0
0
4Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
100.0
5
10/30/1994
@
5
30
6.0
0
0
91.7
0.0
0.0
0
0
5Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
93.3
15
11/18/2012
vs
14
200
13.3
4
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
8
6Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
91.3
23
9/23/2024
@
21
254
11.0
2
0
141.7
8.7
0.0
2
6
7Dewey Warren
D. Warren
90.9
11
10/20/1968
vs
10
150
13.6
1
0
149.1
9.1
0.0
8Bo Nix
B. Nix
89.7
29
1/5/2025
vs
26
321
11.1
4
0
152.4
13.8
0.0
0
0
9Brett Rypien
B. Rypien
88.9
9
9/27/2020
vs
8
53
5.9
0
1
51.6
0.0
11.1
1
0
10Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
88.9
36
12/18/2016
vs
32
279
7.8
0
0
99.0
0.0
0.0
3
15
11Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
88.0
25
9/8/2019
vs
22
275
11.0
2
1
122.5
8.0
4.0
1
3
12Max Brosmer
M. Brosmer
87.5
8
1/4/2026
vs
7
57
7.1
0
0
96.4
0.0
0.0
2
13
13Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
87.5
8
9/14/2003
vs
7
92
11.5
1
0
154.2
12.5
0.0
0
0
14Peter Tom Willis
P. Tom Willis
87.5
8
12/16/1990
@
7
84
10.5
1
0
150.0
12.5
0.0
1
7
15Erik Wilhelm
E. Wilhelm
87.5
8
12/17/1989
vs
7
76
9.5
1
0
145.8
12.5
0.0
1
3
16Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
87.5
8
10/14/1951
@
7
97
12.1
1
0
156.8
12.5
0.0
17Mike Glennon
M. Glennon
87.0
23
11/17/2013
vs
20
231
10.0
2
0
137.5
8.7
0.0
2
7
18Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
86.7
30
9/29/2024
@
26
233
7.8
1
1
96.3
3.3
3.3
0
0
19Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
86.7
15
9/13/2015
@
13
209
13.9
4
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
20Jake Browning
J. Browning
86.5
37
12/4/2023
@
32
354
9.6
1
0
115.5
2.7
0.0
2
12
21Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
85.7
28
9/30/2019
vs
24
229
8.2
2
0
124.6
7.1
0.0
0
0
22Sean Mannion
S. Mannion
85.7
7
11/29/2015
@
6
31
4.4
0
0
85.1
0.0
0.0
0
0
23Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
85.7
7
9/29/2014
@
6
70
10.0
1
0
147.9
14.3
0.0
1
6
24Mike Kruczek
M. Kruczek
85.7
7
12/5/1976
vs
6
84
12.0
0
0
116.7
0.0
0.0
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
85.7
7
12/15/1974
vs
6
123
17.6
1
0
158.3
14.3
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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