From 1981 through 1986, Ken Anderson had the highest completion percentage when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with 64.9 percent.
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Best completion percentage by a player (min 1000 pass attempts) 1981 to 1986| NAME | PCT | ATT | GP | CMP | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | K. Anderson | 64.9 | 1,415 | 60 | 918 | 11,030 | 7.8 | 183.8 | 66 | 46 | 90.6 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 103 | 692 |
| 2 |  | J. Montana | 63.1 | 2,582 | 80 | 1,629 | 19,607 | 7.6 | 245.1 | 125 | 67 | 91.6 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 148 | 1,062 |
| 3 |  | D. Marino | 60.9 | 2,050 | 59 | 1,249 | 16,177 | 7.9 | 274.2 | 142 | 67 | 95.2 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 58 | 476 |
| 4 | | K. O'Brien | 60.8 | 1,173 | 41 | 713 | 8,980 | 7.7 | 219.0 | 56 | 35 | 88.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 124 | 920 |
| 5 |  | D. Fouts | 60.5 | 2,646 | 74 | 1,602 | 21,069 | 8.0 | 284.7 | 132 | 102 | 86.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 113 | 871 |
| 6 | | S. Bartkowski | 60.5 | 1,733 | 61 | 1,048 | 12,451 | 7.2 | 204.1 | 78 | 53 | 84.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 177 | 1,354 |
| 7 | | D. White | 59.8 | 2,007 | 76 | 1,201 | 15,051 | 7.5 | 198.0 | 111 | 81 | 84.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 154 | 1,345 |
| 8 | | J. Theismann | 59.4 | 1,985 | 68 | 1,180 | 14,480 | 7.3 | 212.9 | 93 | 69 | 83.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 177 | 1,379 |
| 9 | | T. Eason | 58.8 | 1,273 | 63 | 749 | 9,269 | 7.3 | 147.1 | 54 | 40 | 82.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 146 | 1,113 |
| 10 | | L. Dickey | 57.9 | 1,771 | 65 | 1,026 | 14,242 | 8.0 | 219.1 | 101 | 94 | 80.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 167 | 1,271 |
| 11 | | D. Krieg | 57.5 | 1,820 | 66 | 1,046 | 13,677 | 7.5 | 207.2 | 107 | 73 | 84.2 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 192 | 1,524 |
| 12 | | J. Plunkett | 57.4 | 1,372 | 53 | 788 | 10,277 | 7.5 | 193.9 | 61 | 64 | 76.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 140 | 1,177 |
| 13 | | B. Esiason | 57.4 | 1,002 | 41 | 575 | 7,932 | 7.9 | 193.5 | 54 | 32 | 87.5 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 63 | 535 |
| 14 | | N. Lomax | 57.3 | 2,247 | 82 | 1,287 | 15,989 | 7.1 | 195.0 | 92 | 67 | 80.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 268 | 2,035 |
| 15 | | J. McMahon | 57.2 | 1,111 | 50 | 635 | 8,218 | 7.4 | 164.4 | 49 | 41 | 79.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 111 | 675 |
| 16 | | S. DeBerg | 57.1 | 1,521 | 76 | 869 | 10,471 | 6.9 | 137.8 | 65 | 72 | 72.9 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 111 | 917 |
| 17 | | R. Todd | 56.6 | 1,620 | 58 | 917 | 11,039 | 6.8 | 190.3 | 71 | 70 | 74.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 129 | 1,021 |
| 18 | | B. Sipe | 56.5 | 1,248 | 37 | 705 | 8,506 | 6.8 | 229.9 | 47 | 56 | 71.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 74 | 660 |
| 19 | | V. Ferragamo | 55.6 | 1,066 | 39 | 593 | 7,162 | 6.7 | 183.6 | 39 | 60 | 65.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 57 | 435 |
| 20 | | T. Kramer | 55.4 | 2,097 | 63 | 1,162 | 14,699 | 7.0 | 233.3 | 96 | 86 | 75.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 137 | 884 |
| 21 | | B. Kenney | 54.8 | 1,974 | 76 | 1,081 | 14,079 | 7.1 | 185.3 | 85 | 70 | 77.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 155 | 1,176 |
| 22 | | P. Simms | 54.7 | 1,825 | 60 | 999 | 13,521 | 7.4 | 225.4 | 76 | 70 | 76.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 193 | 1,525 |
| 23 |  | W. Moon | 54.4 | 1,315 | 45 | 715 | 9,536 | 7.3 | 211.9 | 40 | 59 | 69.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 134 | 1,069 |
| 24 | | E. Hipple | 54.0 | 1,501 | 81 | 811 | 10,463 | 7.0 | 129.2 | 55 | 67 | 69.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 152 | 1,137 |
| 25 | | R. Jaworski | 54.0 | 2,349 | 80 | 1,269 | 16,095 | 6.9 | 201.2 | 96 | 90 | 73.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 195 | 1,541 |
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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