best completion percentage (min 1000 pass attempts) 1971 to 1986

Between the 1971 and 1986 seasons, Joe Montana had the highest completion percentage when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, at 63.2 percent.

Interpreted as:
best completion percentage by a player (min 1000 pass attempts) 1971 to 1986
NAMEPCTATTGPCMPYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
63.2
2,878
111
1,818
21,498
7.5
193.7
141
76
91.2
4.9
2.6
163
1,162
2Dan Marino
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
3Ken O'Brien
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
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
60.1
3,056
106
1,837
21,086
6.9
198.9
137
120
79.5
4.5
3.9
202
1,799
5Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
59.9
3,786
181
2,268
27,886
7.4
154.1
194
221
75.5
5.1
5.8
281
2,514
6Danny White
D. White
59.6
2,546
152
1,517
19,068
7.5
125.4
142
112
83.2
5.6
4.4
192
1,683
7Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
59.3
4,475
192
2,654
32,838
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
8Len Dawson
L. Dawson
59.1
1,082
62
639
7,732
7.1
124.7
42
47
75.9
3.9
4.3
120
1,057
9Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
59.0
5,240
170
3,091
40,523
7.7
238.4
244
227
80.9
4.7
4.3
295
2,128
10Tony Eason
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
11Bob Griese
B. Griese
58.4
2,246
113
1,311
16,900
7.5
149.6
134
105
82.5
6.0
4.7
203
1,747
12Norm Snead
N. Snead
57.7
1,025
51
591
6,819
6.7
133.7
39
62
65.3
3.8
6.0
52
393
13Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
57.4
1,822
67
1,046
13,677
7.5
204.1
107
73
84.1
5.9
4.0
193
1,530
14Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
57.4
1,002
41
575
7,932
7.9
193.5
54
32
87.5
5.4
3.2
63
535
15Neil Lomax
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
16Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
57.2
2,829
117
1,618
21,737
7.7
185.8
150
99
84.9
5.3
3.5
282
1,918
17Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
57.2
1,111
50
635
8,218
7.4
164.4
49
41
79.9
4.4
3.7
111
675
18Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
56.8
1,847
93
1,049
13,159
7.1
141.5
77
77
75.6
4.2
4.2
175
1,399
19Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
56.8
1,066
90
605
7,156
6.7
79.5
28
41
70.1
2.6
3.8
152
1,048
20Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
56.7
3,602
167
2,044
25,206
7.0
150.9
160
138
77.4
4.4
3.8
340
2,757
21Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
56.5
2,722
115
1,539
17,691
6.5
153.8
102
132
68.6
3.7
4.8
159
1,306
22Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
56.5
3,439
125
1,944
23,713
6.9
189.7
154
149
74.8
4.5
4.3
224
1,889
23Bert Jones
B. Jones
56.1
2,551
102
1,430
18,190
7.1
178.3
124
101
78.2
4.9
4.0
232
2,020
24Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
55.9
3,125
152
1,747
23,322
7.5
153.4
141
179
70.9
4.5
5.7
297
2,423
25Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
55.9
3,456
129
1,932
24,124
7.0
187.0
156
144
75.4
4.5
4.2
356
2,956
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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