List of National Football League annual pass completion percentage leaders

This is a list of National Football League quarterbacks. They have led the regular season in pass completion percentage each year.

Completion percentage leaders
Set record*Tied record^

 Year Player Completion % Team Ref 1933 Arnie Herber 40.3%* Green Bay Packers 1934 Arnie Herber (2)36.5% Green Bay Packers 1936 Ed Matesic 46.4%* Pittsburgh Pirates 1937 Ed Danowski 49.3%* New York Giants 1938 Ed Danowski (2) 54.3%* New York Giants 1939 Parker Hall 51.0%   1940 Sammy Baugh 62.7%* Washington Redskins 1941 Sid Luckman 57.1% Chicago Bears 1942 Sammy Baugh (2) 58.7% Washington Redskins 1943 Sammy Baugh (3) 55.6% Washington Redskins 1944 Frank Filchock 57.1% Washington Redskins 1945 Sammy Baugh (4) 70.3%* Washington Redskins 1946 Sammy Baugh (5) 54.0% Washington Redskins 1947 Sammy Baugh (6) 59.3% Washington Redskins 1948 Sammy Baugh (7) 58.7% Washington Redskins 1949 Sammy Baugh (8) 56.9% Washington Redskins 1950 Bob Waterfield 57.3% Los Angeles Rams 1951 Bobby Thomason 56.6% Green Bay Packers 1952 Norm Van Brocklin 55.1% Los Angeles Rams 1953 Otto Graham 64.7% Cleveland Browns 1954 Otto Graham (2) 59.2% Cleveland Browns 1955 Otto Graham (3) 53.0% Cleveland Browns  Bobby Layne Detroit Lions 1956 Ed Brown 57.1% Chicago Bears 1957 Y. A. Tittle 63.1% San Francisco 49ers 1958 John Brodie 59.9% San Francisco 49ers 1959 Milt Plum 58.6% Cleveland Browns  Billy Wade Los Angeles Rams 1960 Milt Plum (2) 60.4% Cleveland Browns 1961 Milt Plum (3) 58.6% Cleveland Browns 1962 Bart Starr 62.5% Green Bay Packers 1963 Y. A. Tittle (2) 60.2% New York Giants 1964 Rudy Bukich  61.9% Chicago Bears 1965 John Brodie (2) 61.9% San Francisco 49ers 1966 Bart Starr (2) 62.2% Green Bay Packers 1967 Johnny Unitas 58.5%  1968 Bart Starr (3) 63.7% Green Bay Packers 1969 Bart Starr (4) 62.2% Green Bay Packers 1970 Sonny Jurgensen  59.9% Washington Redskins 1971 Virgil Carter 62.2% Cincinnati Bengals 1972 Norm Snead 60.3% New York Giants 1973 Ken Stabler 62.7% Oakland Raiders 1974 Ken Anderson 64.9% Cincinnati Bengals 1975 Len Dawson 66.4% Kansas City Chiefs 1976 Ken Stabler (2) 66.7% Oakland Raiders 1977 Fran Tarkenton 60.1% Minnesota Vikings 1978 Bob Griese 63.0% Miami Dolphins 1979 Dan Fouts 62.6% San Diego Chargers 1980 Joe Montana 64.5% San Francisco 49ers 1981 Joe Montana (2) 63.7% San Francisco 49ers 1982 Ken Anderson (2) 70.6%* Cincinnati Bengals 1983 Ken Anderson (3) 66.7% Cincinnati Bengals 1984 Steve Bartkowski 67.3% Atlanta Falcons 1985 Joe Montana (3) 61.3% San Francisco 49ers 1986 Eric Hipple 63.0% Detroit Lions 1987 Joe Montana (4) 66.8% San Francisco 49ers 1988 Wade Wilson 61.4% Minnesota Vikings 1989 Joe Montana (5) 70.2% San Francisco 49ers 1990 Jim Kelly 63.3% Buffalo Bills 1991 Dave Krieg 65.6% Seattle Seahawks 1992 Steve Young 66.7% San Francisco 49ers 1993 Troy Aikman 69.1% Dallas Cowboys 1994 Steve Young (2) 70.3% San Francisco 49ers 1995 Steve Young (3) 66.9% San Francisco 49ers 1996 Steve Young (4) 67.7% San Francisco 49ers 1997 Steve Young (5) 67.7% San Francisco 49ers 1998 Brett Favre  63.0% Green Bay Packers   Steve Beuerlein Carolina Panthers 1999 Kurt Warner 65.1%  2000 Kurt Warner (2) 67.7%  2001 Kurt Warner (3) 68.7%  2002 Chad Pennington 68.9% New York Jets 2003 Peyton Manning 67.0% Indianapolis Colts 2004 Brian Griese 69.3% Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 Carson Palmer 67.8% Cincinnati Bengals 2006 David Carr 68.3% Houston Texans 2007 Tom Brady 68.9% New England Patriots 2008 Chad Pennington (2) 67.4% Miami Dolphins 2009 Drew Brees 70.6%^ New Orleans Saints 2010 Drew Brees (2) 68.1% New Orleans Saints 2011 Drew Brees (3) 71.2%* New Orleans Saints 2012 Peyton Manning (2) 68.6% Denver Broncos   Matt Ryan Atlanta Falcons 2013 Philip Rivers 69.5% San Diego Chargers 2014 Tony Romo 69.9% Dallas Cowboys 2015 Kirk Cousins 69.8% Washington Redskins 2016 Sam Bradford 71.6%* Minnesota Vikings 2017 Drew Brees (4) 72.0%* New Orleans Saints 2018 Drew Brees (5) 74.4%* New Orleans Saints 2019 Drew Brees (6) 74.3% New Orleans Saints 2020 Aaron Rodgers  70.7% Green Bay Packers 2021 Joe Burrow  70.4% Cincinnati Bengals 2022 Geno Smith  69.8% Seattle Seahawks

Related pages
List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders
List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders

References

Pass completion percentage leaders
Category:National Football League lists