nfl leaders in completions per game in 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most completions per game played, with 13.28.

NAMECMP/GPCMPGPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
13.28
611
46
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
84
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
2Otto Graham
O. Graham
12.11
872
72
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
88
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
11.46
1,318
115
2,382
55.3
17,206
7.2
149.6
112
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
11.4
1,368
120
2,553
53.6
20,539
8.0
171.2
143
159
73.0
5.6
6.2
5Bobby Layne
B. Layne
11.34
1,349
119
2,758
48.9
20,035
7.3
168.4
151
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
6Jim Finks
J. Finks
9.37
637
68
1,311
48.6
8,300
6.3
122.1
53
80
57.0
4.0
6.1
7Tobin Rote
T. Rote
9.17
1,082
118
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
119
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
9.06
299
33
531
56.3
4,201
7.9
127.3
27
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
9Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
8.92
107
12
239
44.8
1,608
6.7
134.0
11
22
44.4
4.6
9.2
10Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
8.88
994
112
1,989
50.0
13,587
6.8
121.3
119
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
11Frankie Albert
F. Albert
8.78
316
36
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
27
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
12Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
8.62
681
79
1,334
51.0
9,430
7.1
119.4
68
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
13Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
8.58
206
24
430
47.9
3,026
7.0
126.1
12
29
52.5
2.8
6.7
14Billy Wade
B. Wade
8.57
497
58
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
44
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
15Ray Nagel
R. Nagel
7.5
30
4
62
48.4
192
3.1
48.0
0
5
21.7
0.0
8.1
16Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
7.46
261
35
498
52.4
3,761
7.6
107.5
27
34
66.9
5.4
6.8
17Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
7.44
201
27
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
23
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
18Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
7
133
19
313
42.5
2,287
7.3
120.4
15
18
60.0
4.8
5.8
19Ed Brown
E. Brown
6.97
502
72
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
52
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
20M.C. Reynolds
M.C. Reynolds
6.89
124
18
234
53.0
1,751
7.5
97.3
15
12
77.4
6.4
5.1
21Lamar McHan
L. McHan
6.68
481
72
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
58
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
22Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
6.57
539
82
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
59
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
23Bart Starr
B. Starr
6.42
289
45
550
52.5
3,661
6.7
81.4
19
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
24Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
6.2
155
25
323
48.0
1,773
5.5
70.9
9
25
42.0
2.8
7.7
25Adrian Burk
A. Burk
6.1
500
82
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
61
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
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