worst quarterback season passing completion percentage all-time

Gary Marangi has the worst completion percentage by a quarterback in a season, at 35.3 percent in 1976.

Interpreted as:
worst quarterback season passing completion percentage with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game all-time
NAME PCT SEASON TM GP CMP ATT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
35.3
1976
BUF BUF
11
82
232
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
30.8
3.0
6.9
22
166
2 Jug Girard
J. Girard
35.4
1949
GB GB
12
62
175
881
5.0
73.4
4
12
31.6
2.3
6.9
3 Dick Wood
D. Wood
36.1
1966
MIA MIA
14
83
230
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
30.6
1.7
6.1
4 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
37.1
1950
GB GB
12
83
224
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
26.7
3.1
10.7
5 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
37.1
1962
TOT
14
119
321
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
36.1
2.2
7.2
6 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
37.7
1955
CHC CHC
12
78
207
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
34.8
5.3
9.2
7 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.9
1972
CHI CHI
14
75
198
1,246
6.3
89.0
9
12
49.8
4.5
6.1
32
175
8 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
38.1
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
9 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
38.9
1953
GB GB
12
72
185
1,005
5.4
83.8
5
15
32.4
2.7
8.1
10 Johnny Green
J. Green
39.0
1960
BUF BUF
10
89
228
1,267
5.6
126.7
10
10
54.1
4.4
4.4
11 Boley Dancewicz
B. Dancewicz
39.1
1947
BOS
12
66
169
1,203
7.1
100.3
11
18
46.4
6.5
10.7
12 Tom Sherman
T. Sherman
39.8
1968
BOS BOS
14
90
226
1,199
5.3
85.6
12
16
45.6
5.3
7.1
13 Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
40.3
1967
DEN DEN
14
131
325
1,915
5.9
136.8
16
17
54.8
4.9
5.2
14 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
40.4
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
225
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
37.0
2.2
6.7
30
235
15 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
40.6
1965
BOS BOS
14
173
426
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
16 Paul Christman
P. Christman
40.6
1945
CHC CHC
8
89
219
1,147
5.2
143.4
5
12
42.6
2.3
5.5
17 Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
40.7
1967
TOT
11
94
231
1,114
4.8
101.3
9
14
43.8
3.9
6.1
18 John McCormick
J. McCormick
40.7
1965
DEN DEN
14
103
253
1,292
5.1
92.3
7
14
43.5
2.8
5.5
19 John Hadl
J. Hadl
41.2
1962
SD SD
14
107
260
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
43.3
5.8
9.2
20 Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
41.2
1988
DET DET
11
126
306
1,558
5.1
141.6
7
12
48.9
2.3
3.9
31
251
21 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
41.2
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
255
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
32.4
2.4
8.6
22 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
41.4
1951
GB GB
12
106
256
1,540
6.0
128.3
15
20
48.6
5.9
7.8
23 Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
41.4
1977
SEA SEA
10
104
251
1,687
6.7
168.7
16
19
54.3
6.4
7.6
11
43
24 Marlin Briscoe
M. Briscoe
41.5
1968
DEN DEN
11
93
224
1,589
7.1
144.5
14
13
62.9
6.3
5.8
25 Jim Root
J. Root
41.7
1953
CHC CHC
11
80
192
1,149
6.0
104.5
8
11
51.8
4.2
5.7
StatMuse has season-level data for completion percentage and pass attempts per team game going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
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4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
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4
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5
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11/9
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1:00 PM
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11/16
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NFC East W L T PCT
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4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
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1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
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1
0
.800
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2
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NFC West W L T PCT
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1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
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2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
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@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
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Sat
9/6
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9/6
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Schedule

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10/12
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1:00 PM