nfl player lowest completion percentage with at least 500 pass attempts

Doug Williams has the lowest completion percentage in a season when throwing 500+ pass attempts, with 48.8 percent in 1980.

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NAMEPCTATTSEASONTMGPCMPYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Doug 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
2Drew 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
3Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
51.0
541
1986
16
276
4,109
7.6
256.8
22
22
72.9
4.1
4.1
28
240
4George Blanda
G. Blanda
51.9
505
1964
14
262
3,287
6.5
234.8
17
27
61.4
3.4
5.3
5Eli Manning
E. Manning
52.8
557
2005
16
294
3,762
6.8
235.1
24
17
75.9
4.3
3.1
28
184
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
52.9
510
2016
15
270
3,509
6.9
233.9
19
14
75.8
3.7
2.7
36
277
7Chris Miller
C. Miller
53.2
526
1989
15
280
3,459
6.6
230.6
16
10
76.1
3.0
1.9
41
318
8Kerry Collins
K. Collins
53.5
565
2005
15
302
3,759
6.7
250.6
20
12
77.3
3.5
2.1
39
261
9Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
53.5
535
1979
16
286
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
10Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
53.6
532
1985
16
285
3,602
6.8
225.1
27
20
76.2
5.1
3.8
52
448
11Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
53.6
530
2002
16
284
2,972
5.6
185.8
18
20
65.7
3.4
3.8
36
248
12Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
53.6
528
2002
16
283
3,572
6.8
223.3
27
15
80.1
5.1
2.8
36
236
13Phil Simms
P. Simms
53.7
533
1984
16
286
4,044
7.6
252.8
22
18
78.1
4.1
3.4
55
434
14Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
53.8
560
1988
16
301
3,808
6.8
238.0
24
16
77.6
4.3
2.9
57
442
15Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
53.9
581
2001
16
313
3,216
5.5
201.0
12
22
61.1
2.1
3.8
25
185
16John Elway
J. Elway
54.0
605
1985
16
327
3,891
6.4
243.2
22
23
70.2
3.6
3.8
38
307
17Andrew Luck
A. Luck
54.1
627
2012
16
339
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
18Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
54.3
540
2001
15
293
2,931
5.4
195.4
11
19
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
19Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
54.3
593
1981
14
322
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
72.6
4.4
4.0
19
149
20Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
54.5
532
1989
16
290
3,400
6.4
212.5
21
15
75.5
3.9
2.8
45
343
21Trent Green
T. Green
54.6
509
1998
15
278
3,441
6.8
229.4
23
11
81.8
4.5
2.2
49
338
22Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
54.7
506
1985
15
277
3,522
7.0
234.8
19
26
67.8
3.8
5.1
39
255
23Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
54.8
507
2010
16
278
3,291
6.5
205.7
17
13
75.3
3.4
2.6
27
171
24Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
54.8
558
2012
16
306
4,065
7.3
254.1
27
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
25Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
55.2
567
1981
16
313
3,876
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
34
310
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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