1959 Completions Leaders
Passes completed
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Unitas | BAC | 12 | 193 | 367 | 52.6% | 2,899 | 7.90 | 32 | 14 | — | 92.0 |
| 2 | Norm Van Brocklin | PHI | 12 | 191 | 340 | 56.2% | 2,617 | 7.70 | 16 | 14 | — | 79.5 |
| 3 | Milt Plum | CLE | 12 | 156 | 266 | 58.7% | 1,992 | 7.49 | 14 | 8 | — | 87.2 |
| 4 | Billy Wade | LAN | 12 | 153 | 261 | 58.6% | 2,001 | 7.67 | 12 | 17 | — | 71.1 |
| 5 | Bobby Layne | PIT | 12 | 142 | 297 | 47.8% | 1,986 | 6.69 | 20 | 21 | — | 62.8 |
| 6 | Ed Brown | CHI | 12 | 125 | 247 | 50.6% | 1,881 | 7.62 | 13 | 10 | — | 76.7 |
| 7 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 10 | 113 | 194 | 58.3% | 1,706 | 8.79 | 14 | 4 | — | 102.7 |
| 8 | Y.A. Tittle | SF | 11 | 102 | 199 | 51.3% | 1,331 | 6.69 | 10 | 15 | — | 58.0 |
| 9 | King Hill | CHC | 11 | 82 | 181 | 45.3% | 1,015 | 5.61 | 7 | 13 | — | 46.2 |
| 10 | Eddie LeBaron | WAS | 12 | 77 | 173 | 44.5% | 1,077 | 6.23 | 8 | 11 | — | 54.0 |
| 11 | Bart Starr | GB | 12 | 70 | 134 | 52.2% | 972 | 7.25 | 6 | 7 | — | 69.0 |
| 12 | Earl Morrall | DET | 12 | 65 | 137 | 47.5% | 1,102 | 8.04 | 5 | 6 | — | 69.1 |
| 13 | Tobin Rote | DET | 10 | 62 | 162 | 38.3% | 861 | 5.32 | 5 | 19 | — | 26.8 |
| 14 | Lamar McHan | GB | 12 | 48 | 108 | 44.4% | 805 | 7.45 | 8 | 9 | — | 60.2 |
| 15 | Frank Ryan | LAN | 10 | 42 | 89 | 47.2% | 709 | 7.97 | 2 | 4 | — | 63.4 |
| 16 | Ralph Guglielmi | WAS | 9 | 36 | 89 | 40.5% | 617 | 6.93 | 4 | 11 | — | 40.1 |
| 17 | Zeke Bratkowski | CHI | 12 | 31 | 62 | 50.0% | 403 | 6.50 | 2 | 5 | — | 48.0 |
| 18 | John Brodie | SF | 12 | 30 | 64 | 46.9% | 354 | 5.53 | 2 | 7 | — | 35.0 |
| 19 | George Shaw | NYG | 5 | 24 | 36 | 66.7% | 433 | 12.03 | 1 | 1 | — | 105.4 |
| 20 | John Roach | CHC | 12 | 22 | 57 | 38.6% | 340 | 5.97 | 2 | 4 | — | 41.6 |
| 21 | Don Heinrich | NYG | 8 | 22 | 58 | 37.9% | 329 | 5.67 | 1 | 6 | — | 23.5 |
| 22 | M.C. Reynolds | CHC | 7 | 19 | 39 | 48.7% | 329 | 8.44 | 4 | 1 | — | 101.3 |
| 23 | Jerry Reichow | DET | 9 | 9 | 27 | 33.3% | 168 | 6.22 | 0 | 2 | — | 24.9 |
| 24 | Eagle Day | WAS | 4 | 6 | 13 | 46.2% | 79 | 6.08 | 0 | 1 | — | 33.8 |
| 25 | Joe Francis | GB | 12 | 5 | 18 | 27.8% | 91 | 5.06 | 0 | 1 | — | 25.0 |
| 26 | Paul Hornung | GB | 12 | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | 95 | 11.88 | 2 | 0 | — | 143.2 |
| 27 | Frank Gifford | NYG | 11 | 5 | 11 | 45.5% | 151 | 13.73 | 2 | 2 | — | 92.1 |
| 28 | Len Dawson | PIT | 12 | 3 | 7 | 42.9% | 60 | 8.57 | 1 | 0 | — | 113.1 |
| 29 | Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 12 | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 27 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | — | 114.2 |
| 30 | Tom Tracy | PIT | 12 | 3 | 12 | 25.0% | 159 | 13.25 | 0 | 2 | — | 39.6 |
| 31 | Jim Ninowski | CLE | 2 | 3 | 10 | 30.0% | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | — | 4.6 |
| 32 | Bobby Conrad | CHC | 12 | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 82 | 27.33 | 1 | 1 | — | 109.7 |
| 33 | Lenny Moore | BAC | 12 | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 25 | 8.33 | 1 | 0 | — | 131.9 |
| 34 | Ed Sutton | WAS | 11 | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 51 | 7.29 | 1 | 0 | — | 97.0 |
| 35 | Jon Arnett | LAN | 12 | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | — | 39.6 |
| 36 | Ray Brown | BAC | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | — | 41.7 |
| 37 | Bobby Luna | PIT | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 55 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 38 | Ray Mathews | PIT | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 38 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 118.8 |
| 39 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 12 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 72.9 |
| 40 | John Adams | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 41 | Dick Alban | PIT | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 42 | Alan Ameche | BAC | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 43 | Doug Atkins | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 44 | John Aveni | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 45 | Dave Baker | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 46 | Sam Baker | WAS | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 47 | John Baker | LAN | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 48 | Erich Barnes | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 49 | Tom Barnett | PIT | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 50 | Al Barry | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
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