most interception percentage in a rookie season

Clyde LeForce has the most interceptions per hundred attempts by a rookie, with 11.4 per hundred in 1947.

Interpreted as:
most interception percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in a rookie season
NAMEINT%SEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%SCKSCKY
1Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
11.4
1947
9
94
175
53.7
1,384
7.9
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
11.0
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
25
242
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
10.7
1950
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
26.7
3.1
4Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.9
1945
10
89
171
52.0
1,609
9.4
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
5Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
9.6
1952
12
77
177
43.5
1,416
8.0
118.0
13
17
56.6
7.3
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
9.2
1962
14
107
260
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
43.3
5.8
7Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
9.2
1942
11
126
295
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
25.5
2.0
8Lamar McHan
L. McHan
8.6
1954
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
32.4
2.4
9Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
8.5
1939
11
99
201
49.3
1,324
6.6
120.4
6
17
45.3
3.0
10Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
8.2
1937
11
81
171
47.4
1,127
6.6
102.5
8
14
50.5
4.7
11George Shaw
G. Shaw
8.0
1955
12
119
237
50.2
1,586
6.7
132.2
10
19
52.5
4.2
12Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
7.9
1967
13
102
214
47.7
1,386
6.5
106.6
8
17
48.2
3.7
13Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
7.8
1971
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
20
152
14Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
7.7
1952
12
96
194
49.5
1,420
7.3
118.3
14
15
65.7
7.2
15Fred Enke
F. Enke
7.7
1948
12
100
221
45.2
1,328
6.0
110.7
11
17
49.4
5.0
16Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
7.3
1978
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
40.0
2.6
17
156
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
7.1
1966
14
129
295
43.7
1,795
6.1
128.2
12
21
47.8
4.1
18Kent Nix
K. Nix
7.1
1967
12
136
268
50.7
1,587
5.9
132.3
8
19
49.5
3.0
19Tom Sherman
T. Sherman
7.1
1968
14
90
226
39.8
1,199
5.3
85.6
12
16
45.6
5.3
20Bill Munson
B. Munson
6.7
1964
11
108
223
48.4
1,533
6.9
139.4
9
15
56.5
4.0
21Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
6.6
1975
13
139
274
50.7
1,976
7.2
152.0
11
18
60.4
4.0
22
207
22Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
6.5
1968
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
33.0
1.4
23Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
6.3
1951
11
102
238
42.9
1,797
7.6
163.4
12
15
59.8
5.0
24Mickey Slaughter
M. Slaughter
6.3
1963
13
112
223
50.2
1,689
7.6
129.9
12
14
67.3
5.4
25Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
6.3
1979
16
183
368
49.7
2,238
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
40
361
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions per hundred attempts and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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