nfl quarterback highest interception percentage single season with at least 50 attempts

Bill Shepherd has the most interceptions per hundred attempts by a quarterback with 50+ passing attempts in a season, with 21.9 per hundred in his rookie season in 1935.

Interpreted as:
NFL quarterback highest interception percentage single season with at least 50 passing attempts
NAMEINT%ATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%SCKSCKY
1Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
21.9
64
1935
TOT
12
28
43.8
417
6.5
34.8
2
14
36.5
3.1
2Tommy Wade
T. Wade
19.7
66
1965
4
33
50.0
463
7.0
115.8
2
13
43.5
3.0
3John McCarthy
J. McCarthy
19.4
67
1944
7
20
29.9
250
3.7
35.7
0
13
3.0
0.0
4Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
18.2
88
1942
11
37
42.0
951
10.8
86.5
11
16
82.1
12.5
5Len Barnum
L. Barnum
18.2
55
1941
11
19
34.5
260
4.7
23.6
0
10
11.0
0.0
6Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
15.8
57
1971
7
19
33.3
315
5.5
45.0
0
9
13.3
0.0
3
21
7John Hufnagel
J. Hufnagel
15.7
51
1975
5
16
31.4
287
5.6
57.4
1
8
18.6
2.0
13
84
8Milt Plum
M. Plum
15.6
77
1963
10
27
35.1
339
4.4
33.9
2
12
18.7
2.6
9Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
14.8
54
1977
4
20
37.0
310
5.7
77.5
2
8
29.6
3.7
7
57
10Kim McQuilken
K. McQuilken
14.8
61
1975
3
20
32.8
253
4.1
84.3
1
9
12.6
1.6
5
45
11Terry Luck
T. Luck
14.0
50
1977
4
25
50.0
316
6.3
79.0
1
7
37.2
2.0
1
8
12Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
13.7
124
1943
10
43
34.7
846
6.8
84.6
9
17
44.0
7.3
13Fred Enke
F. Enke
13.2
53
1950
12
22
41.5
424
8.0
35.3
5
7
61.9
9.4
14Stan Heath
S. Heath
13.2
106
1949
12
26
24.5
355
3.3
29.6
1
14
4.6
0.9
15Don Horn
D. Horn
13.2
76
1970
7
28
36.8
428
5.6
61.1
2
10
25.4
2.6
6
59
16Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
13.1
130
1954
12
67
51.5
1,087
8.4
90.6
8
17
60.8
6.2
17Gene Malinowski
G. Malinowski
13.0
54
1948
12
15
27.8
218
4.0
18.2
3
7
22.8
5.6
18Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
12.9
62
2004
5
35
56.5
463
7.5
92.6
2
8
51.4
3.2
7
54
19Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
12.8
164
1956
12
82
50.0
1,119
6.8
93.3
4
21
40.7
2.4
20George Shaw
G. Shaw
12.7
110
1962
13
49
44.5
783
7.1
60.2
4
14
41.4
3.6
21Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12.7
79
1975
8
41
51.9
556
7.0
69.5
4
10
52.0
5.1
2
19
22Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
12.5
96
1986
16
50
52.1
610
6.4
38.1
5
12
49.7
5.2
9
68
23Tom Flores
T. Flores
12.5
64
1967
14
22
34.4
260
4.1
18.6
0
8
8.1
0.0
24Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
12.4
105
1942
11
57
54.3
1,024
9.8
93.1
10
13
80.1
9.5
25Ralph Guglielmi
R. Guglielmi
12.4
89
1959
9
36
40.4
617
6.9
68.6
4
11
40.1
4.5
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions per hundred attempts and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM