lowest completion percentage by an nfl qb with at least 16 starts

Akili Smith has the lowest career completion percentage by a quarterback with 16+ games, at 46.6 percent.

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Data note: Games Started: player season data complete from 1975

	NAME	PCT	GS	GP	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Akili Smith A. Smith	46.6	17	22	215	461	2,212	4.8	100.5	5	13	52.8	1.1	2.8	59	327
2	Matt Robinson M. Robinson	46.7	20	69	244	523	3,519	6.7	51.0	18	38	50.2	3.4	7.3	59	470
3	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	47.3	30	61	425	898	5,552	6.2	91.0	24	48	53.9	2.7	5.3	112	845
4	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	47.9	16	35	173	361	2,422	6.7	69.2	17	9	75.3	4.7	2.5	41	258
5	Todd Blackledge T. Blackledge	48.1	29	46	424	881	5,286	6.0	114.9	29	38	60.2	3.3	4.3	73	583
6	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	48.4	21	25	317	655	3,666	5.6	146.6	14	36	50.0	2.1	5.5	65	377
7	Joe Namath J. Namath	48.4	25	29	321	663	3,982	6.0	137.3	22	49	47.7	3.3	7.4	50	479
8	Scott Brunner S. Brunner	48.9	30	73	512	1,046	6,457	6.2	88.5	29	54	56.3	2.8	5.2	71	518
9	Heath Shuler H. Shuler	49.2	22	29	292	593	3,691	6.2	127.3	15	33	54.3	2.5	5.6	46	291
10	Doug Williams D. Williams	49.5	81	88	1,240	2,507	16,998	6.8	193.2	100	93	69.4	4.0	3.7	84	734
11	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	49.8	18	25	258	518	2,779	5.4	111.2	12	19	58.4	2.3	3.7	43	347
12	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	49.9	16	25	218	437	2,603	6.0	104.1	12	28	50.9	2.7	6.4	48	431
13	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	50.1	54	132	756	1,509	9,414	6.2	71.3	49	63	63.3	3.2	4.2	115	837
14	Bob Avellini B. Avellini	50.5	50	73	560	1,110	7,111	6.4	97.4	33	69	54.8	3.0	6.2	110	961
15	Vince Evans V. Evans	50.6	39	100	704	1,390	9,485	6.8	94.9	52	74	63.0	3.7	5.3	118	895
16	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	50.8	99	118	1,426	2,808	20,063	7.1	170.0	114	108	71.7	4.1	3.8	208	1,600
17	David Archer D. Archer	50.8	23	55	336	661	4,337	6.6	78.9	18	30	61.9	2.7	4.5	89	642
18	Mike Boryla M. Boryla	50.8	16	19	212	417	2,258	5.4	118.8	15	26	53.0	3.6	6.2	45	361
19	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	50.8	77	87	991	1,949	12,049	6.2	138.5	74	101	61.3	3.8	5.2	136	1,229
20	Steve Ramsey S. Ramsey	50.9	19	23	256	503	3,493	6.9	151.9	20	27	64.3	4.0	5.4	62	448
21	Mark Malone M. Malone	50.9	54	73	839	1,648	10,175	6.2	139.4	60	81	61.9	3.6	4.9	86	671
22	Billy Kilmer B. Kilmer	51.1	31	35	408	799	5,195	6.5	148.4	47	36	72.6	5.9	4.5	64	465
23	Danny Kanell D. Kanell	51.4	24	43	491	956	5,129	5.4	119.3	31	34	63.2	3.2	3.6	63	512
24	David Whitehurst D. Whitehurst	51.4	37	54	504	980	6,205	6.3	114.9	28	51	59.2	2.9	5.2	99	738
25	Kelly Stouffer K. Stouffer	51.5	16	22	225	437	2,333	5.3	106.0	7	19	54.5	1.6	4.3	50	431

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