List_of_National_Football_League_annual_pass_completion_percentage_leaders

List of NFL annual pass completion percentage leaders

List of NFL annual pass completion percentage leaders

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This is a list of National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks who have led the regular season in pass completion percentage each year. The record for completion percentage in a season is held by Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints who completed 74.4% of his passes in 2018. Five quarterbacks have led the NFL in completion percentage in four different seasons (Sammy Baugh, Bart Starr, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Drew Brees), and one player (Len Dawson) achieved the same feat in the AFL. Dawson holds the NFL record for most consecutive seasons leading the league with six.[1][2]

Sammy Baugh led the league an NFL record 8 times.

NFL annual completion percentage leaders

Drew Brees set the single-season completion percentage record five times and held the career record until the record was surpassed by Joe Burrow in the 2022–2023 season.
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AFL annual completion percentage leaders

Len Dawson led the AFL in pass completion percentage 7 times. He also led the NFL in 1975.
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