highest completion percentage in first game by a rookie qb after 1970 min 20 attempts

Since 1971, Gardner Minshew has the best completion percentage by a rookie quarterback with 20+ passing attempts in his first game, at 88.0 percent in 2019.

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highest completion percentage in first game by a rookie qb after 1970 min 20 passing attempts

	NAME	PCT	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	88.0	25	2019	JAX	1	22	275	11.0	275.0	2	1	122.5	8.0	4.0	1	3
2	Nate Sudfeld N. Sudfeld	82.6	23	2017	PHI	1	19	134	5.8	134.0	0	0	90.9	0.0	0.0	3	24
3	Luke Falk L. Falk	80.0	25	2019	NYJ	1	20	198	7.9	198.0	0	0	99.7	0.0	0.0	2	15
4	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	76.2	21	2018	NYJ	1	16	198	9.4	198.0	2	1	116.8	9.5	4.8	2	18
5	John Fourcade J. Fourcade	76.2	21	1987	NO	1	16	222	10.6	222.0	3	1	129.4	14.3	4.8	1	27
6	Joe Milton III J. Milton III	75.9	29	2024	NE	1	22	241	8.3	241.0	1	0	111.4	3.4	0.0	0	0
7	Mac Jones M. Jones	74.4	39	2021	NE	1	29	281	7.2	281.0	1	0	102.6	2.6	0.0	1	13
8	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	74.1	27	1993	SEA	1	20	154	5.7	154.0	0	1	72.1	0.0	3.7	4	13
9	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	73.9	23	2018	CLE	1	17	201	8.7	201.0	0	0	100.1	0.0	0.0	1	8
10	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	73.1	26	2012	WAS	1	19	320	12.3	320.0	2	0	139.9	7.7	0.0	2	14
11	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	72.7	22	2018	SF	1	16	262	11.9	262.0	3	0	151.9	13.6	0.0	0	0
12	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	70.8	24	2024	WAS	1	17	184	7.7	184.0	0	0	93.1	0.0	0.0	2	23
13	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	69.7	33	2010	CLE	1	23	281	8.5	281.0	1	2	80.5	3.0	6.1	5	23
14	Austin Davis A. Davis	69.6	23	2014	STL	1	16	192	8.3	192.0	0	1	76.7	0.0	4.3	4	21
15	Steve Myer S. Myer	69.0	29	1977	SEA	1	20	165	5.7	165.0	1	1	80.4	3.4	3.4
16	Thad Lewis T. Lewis	68.8	32	2012	CLE	1	22	204	6.4	204.0	1	1	83.3	3.1	3.1	3	14
17	Nick Foles N. Foles	68.8	32	2012	PHI	1	22	219	6.8	219.0	1	1	85.3	3.1	3.1	2	11
18	Jake Luton J. Luton	68.4	38	2020	JAX	1	26	304	8.0	304.0	1	1	90.2	2.6	2.6	2	16
19	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	66.7	33	2020	LAC	1	22	311	9.4	311.0	1	1	94.4	3.0	3.0	2	15
20	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	66.7	30	2017	CLE	1	20	222	7.4	222.0	1	1	85.7	3.3	3.3	7	42
21	Connor Cook C. Cook	66.7	21	2016	OAK	1	14	150	7.1	150.0	1	1	83.4	4.8	4.8	2	7
22	EJ Manuel	66.7	27	2013	BUF	1	18	150	5.6	150.0	2	0	105.5	7.4	0.0	0	0
23	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	66.7	27	2004	CIN	1	18	248	9.2	248.0	2	1	105.2	7.4	3.7	1	10
24	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	66.7	21	2002	STL	1	14	186	8.9	186.0	3	0	134.1	14.3	0.0	3	22
25	Chris Simms C. Simms	65.6	32	2004	TB	1	21	175	5.5	175.0	0	1	66.5	0.0	3.1	4	20

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