lowest completion percentage in a season minimum 400 attempts

Babe Parilli has the lowest completion percentage with 400+ passing attempts in a season, at 40.6 percent in 1965.

Interpreted as:
lowest completion percentage by a player in a season minimum 400 passing attempts
NAMEPCTATTSEASONTMGPCMPYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
40.6
426
1965
14
173
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
2George Blanda
G. Blanda
42.1
442
1965
14
186
2,542
5.8
181.6
20
30
47.9
4.5
6.8
3Vince Evans
V. Evans
44.7
436
1981
16
195
2,354
5.4
147.1
11
20
51.1
2.5
4.6
23
173
4Al Dorow
A. Dorow
45.0
438
1961
14
197
2,651
6.1
189.4
19
30
50.7
4.3
6.8
5George Blanda
G. Blanda
47.1
418
1962
14
197
2,810
6.7
200.7
27
42
51.3
6.5
10.0
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
47.3
440
1968
14
208
3,473
7.9
248.1
27
32
64.5
6.1
7.3
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
47.4
439
1976
14
208
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
8Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
47.6
466
1988
15
222
3,240
7.0
216.0
13
35
48.8
2.8
7.5
33
292
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
48.0
402
1980
13
193
2,321
5.8
178.5
15
19
58.9
3.7
4.7
36
233
10Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
48.2
473
1964
14
228
3,465
7.3
247.5
31
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
11Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
48.4
457
1977
14
221
2,803
6.1
200.2
12
24
54.8
2.6
5.3
36
273
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
48.7
423
1979
16
206
3,286
7.8
205.4
28
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
13Doug Williams
D. Williams
48.8
521
1980
16
254
3,396
6.5
212.3
20
16
69.9
3.8
3.1
23
194
14Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
48.9
417
1986
12
204
2,225
5.3
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
49.3
471
1966
14
232
3,379
7.2
241.4
19
27
62.6
4.0
5.7
16Kerry Collins
K. Collins
49.4
433
1995
15
214
2,717
6.3
181.1
14
19
61.9
3.2
4.4
24
150
17Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
49.5
416
1968
13
206
3,245
7.8
249.6
25
15
80.9
6.0
3.6
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
49.9
429
1993
13
214
2,494
5.8
191.8
15
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
19Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
50.1
429
2002
14
215
2,294
5.3
163.9
12
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
50.3
477
1978
15
240
3,121
6.5
208.1
16
18
66.7
3.4
3.8
20
166
21Doug Williams
D. Williams
50.5
471
1981
16
238
3,563
7.6
222.7
19
14
76.8
4.0
3.0
18
135
22Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
50.6
498
1981
16
252
3,652
7.3
228.3
24
20
74.1
4.8
4.0
15
137
23Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
50.7
402
1997
13
204
2,682
6.7
206.3
17
12
73.8
4.2
3.0
23
146
24Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
50.8
636
1995
15
323
3,507
5.5
233.8
13
16
63.7
2.0
2.5
23
170
25John Hadl
J. Hadl
50.8
427
1967
14
217
3,365
7.9
240.4
24
22
74.5
5.6
5.2
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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