qb completion% leaders 1961

Milt Plum had the best completion percentage by a quarterback in 1961, at 58.6 percent.

Interpreted as:
qb completion% with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders 1961
NAMEPCTSEASONTMGPCMPATTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Milt Plum
M. Plum
58.6
1961
CLE CLE
14
177
302
2,416
8.0
172.6
18
10
90.3
6.0
3.3
2Bart Starr
B. Starr
58.3
1961
GB GB
14
172
295
2,418
8.2
172.7
16
16
80.3
5.4
5.4
3Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
57.2
1961
NYG NYG
13
163
285
2,272
8.0
174.8
17
12
85.3
6.0
4.2
4Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
56.5
1961
PHI PHI
14
235
416
3,723
8.9
265.9
32
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
56.1
1961
MIN MIN
14
157
280
1,997
7.1
142.6
18
17
74.7
6.4
6.1
6Billy Wade
B. Wade
55.6
1961
CHI CHI
13
139
250
2,258
9.0
173.7
22
13
93.7
8.8
5.2
7John Brodie
J. Brodie
54.8
1961
SF SF
14
155
283
2,588
9.1
184.9
14
12
84.7
4.9
4.2
8Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
54.5
1961
BAL BAL
14
229
420
2,990
7.1
213.6
16
24
66.1
3.8
5.7
9Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
53.9
1961
LA LA
13
124
230
1,547
6.7
119.0
8
13
63.1
3.5
5.7
10Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
52.5
1961
BOS BOS
14
104
198
1,314
6.6
93.9
13
9
76.5
6.6
4.5
11Tom Flores
T. Flores
51.9
1961
OAK OAK
14
190
366
2,176
5.9
155.4
15
19
62.1
4.1
5.2
12George Blanda
G. Blanda
51.7
1961
HOU HOU
14
187
362
3,330
9.2
237.9
36
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
13Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
50.8
1961
DLC DLC
14
120
236
1,741
7.4
124.4
14
16
66.7
5.9
6.8
14Sam Etcheverry
S. Etcheverry
49.0
1961
STL STL
14
96
196
1,275
6.5
91.1
14
11
70.4
7.1
5.6
15Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
48.5
1961
DEN DEN
14
167
344
1,690
4.9
120.7
10
21
47.3
2.9
6.1
16Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
47.4
1961
DET DET
13
117
247
1,921
7.8
147.8
7
18
53.0
2.8
7.3
17Butch Songin
B. Songin
46.2
1961
BOS BOS
14
98
212
1,429
6.7
102.1
14
9
73.0
6.6
4.2
18Norm Snead
N. Snead
45.9
1961
WAS WAS
14
172
375
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
22
51.6
2.9
5.9
19Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
45.8
1961
DLT DLT
14
151
330
2,445
7.4
174.6
17
23
59.2
5.2
7.0
20Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
45.3
1961
SD SD
14
165
364
2,686
7.4
191.9
15
22
59.2
4.1
6.0
21Al Dorow
A. Dorow
45.0
1961
NYT NYT
14
197
438
2,651
6.1
189.4
19
30
50.7
4.3
6.8
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