highest completion percentage in a season 5000+ passing yards

Drew Brees has the best completion percentage with 5,000+ passing yards in a season, at 71.2 percent in 2011.

Interpreted as:
highest completion percentage by a player in a season 5000+ passing yards
NAMEPCTYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
71.2
5,476
2011
NO NO
16
468
657
8.3
342.3
46
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
70.0
5,208
2016
NO NO
16
471
673
7.7
325.5
37
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
68.6
5,162
2013
NO NO
16
446
650
7.9
322.6
39
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
4Peyton Manning
P. Manning
68.3
5,477
2013
DEN DEN
16
450
659
8.3
342.3
55
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
67.5
5,316
2021
TB TB
17
485
719
7.4
312.7
43
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
6Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
67.1
5,250
2022
KC KC
17
435
648
8.1
308.8
41
12
105.2
6.3
1.9
26
188
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
67.0
5,129
2018
PIT PIT
16
452
675
7.6
320.6
34
16
96.5
5.0
2.4
24
166
8Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
66.0
5,097
2018
KC KC
16
383
580
8.8
318.6
50
12
113.8
8.6
2.1
26
171
9Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
65.9
5,014
2021
LAC LAC
17
443
672
7.5
294.9
38
15
97.7
5.7
2.2
31
214
10Tom Brady
T. Brady
65.6
5,235
2011
NE NE
16
401
611
8.6
327.2
39
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
65.0
5,069
2008
NO NO
16
413
635
8.0
316.8
34
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
12Dan Marino
D. Marino
64.2
5,084
1984
MIA MIA
16
362
564
9.0
317.8
48
17
108.9
8.5
3.0
13
120
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
63.5
5,038
2011
DET DET
16
421
663
7.6
314.9
41
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
63.0
5,177
2012
NO NO
16
422
670
7.7
323.6
43
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
15Jameis Winston
J. Winston
60.7
5,109
2019
TB TB
16
380
626
8.2
319.3
33
30
84.3
5.3
4.8
47
282
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.556
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