Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the highest completion percentage by a quarterback in a game with more than 0 games played and 20+ passing attempts, at 80.0 percent against the New York Bulldogs on October 16, 1949.
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NFL quarterback highest passing completion percentage with a minimum of 20 passing attempts in a regular-season game 1940s| NAME | PCT | ATT | GP | DATE | TM | OPP | CMP | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Baugh | 80.0 | 20 | 1 | 10/16/1949 |  WAS | vs |  NYB | 16 | 254 | 12.7 | 4 | 0 | 158.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | | T. Thompson | 76.2 | 21 | 1 | 12/12/1948 |  PHI | vs |  DET | 16 | 258 | 12.3 | 4 | 0 | 156.3 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | | B. Waterfield | 75.9 | 29 | 1 | 12/1/1946 |  LA | @ |  NYG | 22 | 312 | 10.8 | 3 | 1 | 130.2 | 10.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | | S. Baugh | 75.8 | 33 | 1 | 11/23/1947 | WAS | vs |  CHC | 25 | 355 | 10.8 | 6 | 2 | 124.4 | 18.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 5 | | F. Filchock | 75.8 | 33 | 1 | 10/8/1944 | WAS | @ | PHI | 25 | 291 | 8.8 | 5 | 0 | 141.5 | 15.2 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | | S. Baugh | 74.2 | 31 | 1 | 11/14/1948 | WAS | vs | DET | 23 | 266 | 8.6 | 4 | 2 | 112.4 | 12.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 7 | | S. Baugh | 70.8 | 24 | 1 | 10/31/1948 | WAS | vs | BOS | 17 | 446 | 18.6 | 4 | 0 | 152.8 | 16.7 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | | S. Luckman | 69.2 | 26 | 1 | 10/19/1947 |  CHB | vs | DET | 18 | 342 | 13.2 | 3 | 1 | 134.3 | 11.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 9 | | P. Christman | 66.7 | 24 | 1 | 9/28/1947 | CHC | vs | DET | 16 | 320 | 13.3 | 2 | 0 | 137.5 | 8.3 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | | S. Luckman | 65.6 | 32 | 1 | 11/14/1943 | CHB | @ | NYG | 21 | 433 | 13.5 | 7 | 1 | 135.4 | 21.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 11 | | B. Waterfield | 62.5 | 24 | 1 | 11/27/1949 | LA | vs | NYB | 15 | 267 | 11.1 | 5 | 0 | 140.1 | 20.8 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | | C. LeForce | 62.5 | 24 | 1 | 11/16/1947 | DET | vs | WAS | 15 | 317 | 13.2 | 3 | 2 | 111.1 | 12.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 13 | | S. Baugh | 61.8 | 34 | 1 | 9/28/1947 | WAS | @ | PHI | 21 | 364 | 10.7 | 5 | 2 | 113.2 | 14.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 14 | | J. Lujack | 61.5 | 39 | 1 | 12/11/1949 | CHB | vs | CHC | 24 | 468 | 12.0 | 6 | 3 | 110.9 | 15.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 15 | | S. Baugh | 61.0 | 41 | 1 | 12/14/1947 | WAS | vs | BOS | 25 | 343 | 8.4 | 3 | 1 | 102.0 | 7.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 16 | | P. Christman | 60.6 | 33 | 1 | 10/13/1946 | CHC | @ | DET | 20 | 263 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 100.1 | 12.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 17 | | S. Baugh | 60.4 | 48 | 1 | 12/11/1949 | WAS | @ | LA | 29 | 308 | 6.4 | 3 | 2 | 82.6 | 6.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 18 | | S. Baugh | 59.5 | 42 | 1 | 12/12/1948 | WAS | @ | NYG | 25 | 354 | 8.4 | 3 | 3 | 80.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 19 | | B. Layne | 59.0 | 39 | 1 | 11/6/1949 | NYB | @ | NYG | 23 | 333 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | 93.2 | 5.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 20 | | T. Thompson | 57.1 | 21 | 1 | 11/13/1949 | PHI | @ | WAS | 12 | 269 | 12.8 | 4 | 0 | 141.4 | 19.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | | B. Waterfield | 57.1 | 42 | 1 | 10/30/1949 | LA | vs | CHB | 24 | 303 | 7.2 | 1 | 3 | 57.9 | 2.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 22 | | B. Waterfield | 57.1 | 21 | 1 | 11/22/1945 |  CLE | @ | DET | 12 | 329 | 15.7 | 2 | 3 | 93.9 | 9.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 23 | | S. Luckman | 56.0 | 25 | 1 | 10/12/1947 | CHB | vs | PHI | 14 | 314 | 12.6 | 3 | 0 | 140.4 | 12.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Lujack | 55.8 | 52 | 1 | 10/23/1949 | CHB | @ | NYG | 29 | 319 | 6.1 | 2 | 2 | 70.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 25 | | C. Conerly | 55.2 | 29 | 1 | 11/13/1949 | NYG | @ |  GB | 16 | 357 | 12.3 | 4 | 3 | 99.4 | 13.8 | 10.3 | ||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.
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