nfl qb with lowest career completion percentage since 1966

Since 1966, John McCormick has the worst completion percentage by a quarterback, at 35.8 percent.

Interpreted as:
NFL qb with lowest career completion percentage with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game since 1966
NAMEPCTGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John McCormick
J. McCormick
35.8
15
76
212
1,082
5.1
72.1
6
16
31.2
2.8
7.5
2Dick Wood
D. Wood
36.1
14
83
230
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
30.6
1.7
6.1
3Kurt Kittner
K. Kittner
38.6
7
44
114
391
3.4
55.9
2
6
32.5
1.8
5.3
5
30
4Tom Sherman
T. Sherman
40.4
19
92
228
1,219
5.3
64.2
13
16
47.8
5.7
7.0
0
0
5George Wilson
G. Wilson
41.1
14
46
112
764
6.8
54.6
5
10
42.4
4.5
8.9
6Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
41.5
11
93
224
1,589
7.1
144.5
14
13
62.9
6.3
5.8
7Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
42.8
55
369
862
5,558
6.4
101.1
43
46
59.0
5.0
5.3
35
243
8Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
42.9
17
127
296
1,353
4.6
79.6
4
22
30.4
1.4
7.4
16
139
9Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
43.0
91
507
1,178
6,493
5.5
71.4
36
64
48.5
3.1
5.4
180
1,335
10Ron Smith
R. Smith
43.6
9
79
181
1,249
6.9
138.8
8
12
54.3
4.4
6.6
11Terry Nofsinger
T. Nofsinger
44.1
14
98
222
1,151
5.2
82.2
3
10
46.2
1.4
4.5
12George Blanda
G. Blanda
44.3
28
137
309
2,049
6.6
73.2
20
24
55.9
6.5
7.8
13Jesse Freitas
J. Freitas
44.7
13
98
219
1,244
5.7
95.7
8
13
50.5
3.7
5.9
31
214
14Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
44.8
64
335
748
4,756
6.4
74.3
23
38
55.0
3.1
5.1
58
458
15Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
45.1
42
497
1,102
6,935
6.3
165.1
38
64
53.2
3.4
5.8
21
187
16Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
45.2
82
535
1,184
7,494
6.3
91.4
41
76
50.9
3.5
6.4
41
353
17Mike Taliaferro
M. Taliaferro
45.3
54
351
774
4,369
5.6
80.9
31
51
49.3
4.0
6.6
45
467
18Don Trull
D. Trull
45.5
49
202
444
3,013
6.8
61.5
24
21
66.6
5.4
4.7
11
85
19Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
45.6
36
269
590
3,210
5.4
89.2
17
34
48.3
2.9
5.8
3
19
20Kent Nix
K. Nix
46.2
46
301
652
3,644
5.6
79.2
23
49
44.3
3.5
7.5
24
177
21Craig Krenzel
C. Krenzel
46.5
6
59
127
718
5.7
119.7
3
6
52.5
2.4
4.7
23
158
22Akili Smith
A. Smith
46.6
22
215
461
2,212
4.8
100.5
5
13
52.8
1.1
2.8
59
327
23Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
47.3
61
425
898
5,552
6.2
91.0
24
48
53.9
2.7
5.3
112
845
24Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
47.8
56
385
805
5,577
6.9
99.6
46
47
65.5
5.7
5.8
0
0
25Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
47.9
19
167
349
2,066
5.9
108.7
10
23
48.7
2.9
6.6
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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