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Sammy Baugh led the league an NFL record 8 times.
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]
NFL annual completion percentage leaders [ edit ]
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.
AFL annual completion percentage leaders [ edit ]
Len Dawson led the AFL in pass completion percentage 7 times. He also led the NFL in 1975 .
Most seasons leading a league [ edit ]
Count
Player
Seasons
Team(s)
Ref.
8
Sammy Baugh
1940 , 1942 , 1943 , 1945 –1949
Washington Redskins
[3] [8]
Len Dawson
1962 , 1964 –1969 , 1975
Dallas Texans /Kansas City Chiefs
[3] [29]
6
Drew Brees
2009 –2011 , 2017 –2019
New Orleans Saints
[3] [50]
5
Joe Montana
1980 , 1981 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989
San Francisco 49ers
[3] [33]
Steve Young
1992 , 1994 –1997
San Francisco 49ers
[3] [39]
4
Bart Starr
1962 , 1966 , 1968 , 1969
Green Bay Packers
[3] [21]
3
Ken Anderson
1974 , 1982 , 1983
Cincinnati Bengals
[3] [28]
Otto Graham
1953 –1955
Cleveland Browns
[3] [14]
Milt Plum
1959 –1961
Cleveland Browns
[3] [19]
Kurt Warner
1999 –2001
St. Louis Rams
[3] [43]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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