nfl qb completion leader in 1970

John Brodie had the most completions by a quarterback in 1970, with 223 completions.

NAMECMPSEASONTMGPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
223
1970
14
378
59.0
2,941
7.8
210.1
24
10
93.8
6.3
2.6
8
67
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
219
1970
14
389
56.3
2,777
7.1
198.4
19
12
82.2
4.9
3.1
36
249
3Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
211
1970
14
407
51.8
2,552
6.3
182.3
16
12
72.2
3.9
2.9
20
134
4Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
202
1970
14
337
59.9
2,354
7.0
168.1
23
10
91.5
6.8
3.0
25
214
5Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
194
1970
14
385
50.4
2,130
5.5
152.1
16
18
61.5
4.2
4.7
24
206
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
181
1970
14
335
54.0
2,323
6.9
165.9
15
20
66.1
4.5
6.0
21
181
7Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
179
1970
14
356
50.3
2,516
7.1
179.7
22
15
76.5
6.2
4.2
15
127
8Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
178
1970
14
321
55.5
2,507
7.8
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
9Jim Hart
J. Hart
171
1970
14
373
45.8
2,575
6.9
183.9
14
18
61.5
3.8
4.8
26
216
10Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
166
1970
14
321
51.7
2,213
6.9
158.1
14
18
65.1
4.4
5.6
19
158
11John Hadl
J. Hadl
162
1970
14
327
49.5
2,388
7.3
170.6
22
15
77.1
6.7
4.6
42
327
12Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
159
1970
12
313
50.8
2,156
6.9
179.7
16
16
68.9
5.1
5.1
8
79
13Bob Berry
B. Berry
156
1970
12
269
58.0
1,806
6.7
150.5
16
13
78.1
5.9
4.8
36
274
14Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
144
1970
10
281
51.2
1,652
5.9
165.2
7
12
59.8
2.5
4.3
15
124
15Virgil Carter
V. Carter
143
1970
13
278
51.4
1,647
5.9
126.7
9
9
66.9
3.2
3.2
21
154
16Bob Griese
B. Griese
142
1970
14
245
58.0
2,019
8.2
144.2
12
17
72.1
4.9
6.9
31
282
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
141
1970
14
262
53.8
1,876
7.2
134.0
13
14
71.0
5.0
5.3
34
277
18Bart Starr
B. Starr
140
1970
14
255
54.9
1,645
6.5
117.5
8
13
63.9
3.1
5.1
29
252
19Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
135
1970
13
237
57.0
1,557
6.6
119.8
6
17
55.5
2.5
7.2
19
155
20Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
128
1970
12
257
49.8
1,720
6.7
143.3
7
10
64.3
2.7
3.9
23
161
21Pete Liske
P. Liske
112
1970
11
238
47.1
1,340
5.6
121.8
7
11
55.3
2.9
4.6
28
228
22Craig Morton
C. Morton
102
1970
12
207
49.3
1,819
8.8
151.6
15
7
89.8
7.2
3.4
20
166
23Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
98
1970
11
219
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
32.6
1.4
7.8
27
231
24Al Woodall
A. Woodall
96
1970
10
188
51.1
1,265
6.7
126.5
9
9
68.7
4.8
4.8
29
222
25Joe Namath
J. Namath
90
1970
5
179
50.3
1,259
7.0
251.8
5
12
54.7
2.8
6.7
6
63
StatMuse has season-level data for completions going back to the 1932 season.

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