worst completion percentage nfl qb in history

Cotton Davidson has the lowest career completion percentage by a quarterback, at 43.9 percent.

Interpreted as:
worst completion percentage with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts NFL qb in history
NAMEPCTATTGPCMPYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
43.9
1,752
111
770
11,760
6.7
105.9
73
108
54.9
4.2
6.2
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
45.7
2,907
149
1,329
18,850
6.5
126.5
148
191
56.8
5.1
6.6
3Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
46.7
3,073
122
1,436
21,218
6.9
173.9
114
183
57.3
3.7
6.0
21
187
4Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
46.8
3,153
177
1,475
21,265
6.7
120.1
165
203
59.8
5.2
6.4
0
0
5Ed Brown
E. Brown
47.5
1,886
128
896
14,591
7.7
114.0
94
131
61.6
5.0
6.9
6George Blanda
G. Blanda
47.9
3,653
180
1,750
24,622
6.7
136.8
208
248
60.8
5.7
6.8
7Tom Flores
T. Flores
48.9
1,715
106
838
11,959
7.0
112.8
93
92
67.6
5.4
5.4
1
11
8Bobby Layne
B. Layne
49.0
3,700
175
1,814
26,768
7.2
153.0
196
243
63.4
5.3
6.6
9Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
49.2
1,799
119
886
10,506
5.8
88.3
55
108
52.6
3.1
6.0
172
1,514
10Doug Williams
D. Williams
49.5
2,507
88
1,240
16,998
6.8
193.2
100
93
69.4
4.0
3.7
84
734
11Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
49.6
2,534
149
1,256
17,313
6.8
116.2
151
154
66.4
6.0
6.1
12Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
49.6
2,530
137
1,255
18,717
7.4
136.6
161
134
73.4
6.4
5.3
72
636
13Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
50.0
1,796
134
898
13,399
7.5
100.0
104
141
61.4
5.8
7.9
14Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
50.1
1,509
132
756
9,414
6.2
71.3
49
63
63.3
3.2
4.2
115
837
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
50.1
3,762
140
1,886
27,663
7.4
197.6
173
220
65.5
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
16Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
50.4
1,745
75
879
10,282
5.9
137.1
69
124
52.2
4.0
7.1
17John Hadl
J. Hadl
50.4
4,687
224
2,363
33,503
7.1
149.6
244
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
18Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
50.6
1,905
90
963
14,165
7.4
157.4
98
101
70.2
5.1
5.3
50
494
19Don Meredith
D. Meredith
50.7
2,308
104
1,170
17,199
7.5
165.4
135
111
74.8
5.8
4.8
20Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
50.8
2,808
118
1,426
20,063
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
21Mark Malone
M. Malone
50.9
1,648
73
839
10,175
6.2
139.4
60
81
61.9
3.6
4.9
86
671
22Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
50.9
3,055
140
1,556
18,515
6.1
132.3
103
161
59.1
3.4
5.3
246
2,229
23Jim Hart
J. Hart
51.1
5,076
201
2,593
34,665
6.8
172.5
209
247
66.6
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
24Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
51.1
2,133
126
1,090
16,042
7.5
127.3
149
111
77.6
7.0
5.2
4
35
25Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
51.2
3,392
165
1,737
24,410
7.2
147.9
170
181
69.2
5.0
5.3
118
894
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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