nfl qb completion leader in 1971

John Hadl had the most completions by a quarterback in 1971, with 233 completions.

NAMECMPSEASONTMGPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
233
1971
14
431
54.1
3,075
7.1
219.6
21
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
226
1971
13
386
58.5
2,567
6.7
197.5
11
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
3John Brodie
J. Brodie
208
1971
14
387
53.7
2,642
6.8
188.7
18
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
203
1971
14
373
54.4
2,259
6.1
161.4
13
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
5Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
180
1971
14
352
51.1
2,238
6.4
159.9
17
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
6Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
174
1971
14
325
53.5
2,319
7.1
165.6
13
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
7Len Dawson
L. Dawson
167
1971
14
301
55.5
2,504
8.3
178.9
15
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
166
1971
14
306
54.2
2,221
7.3
158.6
13
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
9Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
158
1971
14
328
48.2
2,158
6.6
154.1
19
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
10Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
149
1971
13
291
51.2
1,813
6.2
139.5
11
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
11Bob Griese
B. Griese
145
1971
14
263
55.1
2,089
7.9
149.2
19
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
12Pete Liske
P. Liske
143
1971
14
269
53.2
1,957
7.3
139.8
11
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
13Virgil Carter
V. Carter
138
1971
10
222
62.2
1,624
7.3
162.4
10
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
14Bob Berry
B. Berry
136
1971
11
226
60.2
2,005
8.9
182.3
11
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
136
1971
14
261
52.1
2,237
8.6
159.8
16
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
16Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
127
1971
14
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
17Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
126
1971
13
211
59.7
1,882
8.9
144.8
15
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
18Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
118
1971
14
242
48.8
1,717
7.1
122.6
16
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
19Jim Hart
J. Hart
110
1971
11
243
45.3
1,626
6.7
147.8
8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
20Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
96
1971
14
210
45.7
1,191
5.7
85.1
6
5
63.4
2.9
2.4
10
68
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
92
1971
13
176
52.3
942
5.4
72.5
3
9
52.3
1.7
5.1
15
129
22Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
91
1971
12
225
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
23Don Horn
D. Horn
89
1971
9
173
51.4
1,056
6.1
117.3
3
14
42.4
1.7
8.1
8
67
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
86
1971
12
177
48.6
1,164
6.6
97.0
6
9
60.1
3.4
5.1
40
332
25Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
84
1971
14
167
50.3
1,210
7.2
86.4
7
12
58.2
4.2
7.2
11
89
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