who lead the league in completion percentage in 1989

Joe Montana had the best completion percentage in 1989, with 70.2 percent.

Interpreted as:
Who lead the league in completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in 1989?
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
70.2
1989
13
271
386
3,521
9.1
270.8
26
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
2Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
62.9
1989
14
222
353
2,686
7.6
191.9
15
15
82.7
4.2
4.2
22
171
3Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
60.5
1989
12
196
324
2,529
7.8
210.8
11
16
75.8
3.4
4.9
14
111
4Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
60.4
1989
15
288
477
3,346
7.0
223.1
12
18
74.3
2.5
3.8
50
391
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
60.3
1989
16
280
464
3,631
7.8
226.9
23
14
88.9
5.0
3.0
35
267
6Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
59.1
1989
16
303
513
3,533
6.9
220.8
18
14
80.3
3.5
2.7
34
192
7Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
58.9
1989
16
353
599
4,318
7.2
269.9
27
20
82.3
4.5
3.3
47
268
8Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
58.8
1989
14
280
476
3,768
7.9
269.1
22
13
88.1
4.6
2.7
16
108
9Jim Everett
J. Everett
58.7
1989
16
304
518
4,310
8.3
269.4
29
17
90.6
5.6
3.3
29
214
10Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
58.3
1989
13
228
391
3,130
8.0
240.8
25
18
86.2
6.4
4.6
30
216
11Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
57.3
1989
15
286
499
3,309
6.6
220.6
21
20
74.8
4.2
4.0
37
289
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
56.7
1989
16
258
455
3,525
7.7
220.3
28
11
92.1
6.2
2.4
36
288
13Phil Simms
P. Simms
56.3
1989
15
228
405
3,061
7.6
204.1
14
14
77.6
3.5
3.5
40
244
14Gary Hogeboom
G. Hogeboom
56.0
1989
14
204
364
2,591
7.1
185.1
14
19
69.5
3.8
5.2
40
266
15Dan Marino
D. Marino
56.0
1989
16
308
550
3,997
7.3
249.8
24
22
76.9
4.4
4.0
10
86
16Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
55.3
1989
12
176
318
2,132
6.7
177.7
10
10
73.5
3.1
3.1
28
167
17Bubby Brister
B. Brister
54.7
1989
14
187
342
2,365
6.9
168.9
9
10
73.1
2.6
2.9
45
452
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
54.5
1989
16
290
532
3,400
6.4
212.5
21
15
75.5
3.9
2.8
45
343
19Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
53.8
1989
14
258
480
3,133
6.5
223.8
20
22
68.9
4.2
4.6
38
294
20John Elway
J. Elway
53.6
1989
15
223
416
3,051
7.3
203.4
18
18
73.7
4.3
4.3
35
298
21Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
53.6
1989
14
194
362
2,543
7.0
181.6
9
12
70.5
2.5
3.3
27
194
22Chris Miller
C. Miller
53.2
1989
15
280
526
3,459
6.6
230.6
16
10
76.1
3.0
1.9
41
318
23Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
52.9
1989
11
155
293
1,749
6.0
159.0
9
18
55.7
3.1
6.1
19
155
24Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
52.5
1989
13
190
362
2,317
6.4
178.2
15
13
71.3
4.1
3.6
20
125
25Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
51.0
1989
16
156
306
2,058
6.7
128.6
16
16
68.2
5.2
5.2
10
68
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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