1961 Completions Leaders
Passes completed
| # | Player | Team | G | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonny Jurgensen | PHI | 14 | 235 | 416 | 56.5% | 3,723 | 8.95 | 32 | 24 | — | 88.1 |
| 2 | Johnny Unitas | BAC | 14 | 229 | 420 | 54.5% | 2,990 | 7.12 | 16 | 24 | — | 66.1 |
| 3 | Milt Plum | CLE | 14 | 177 | 302 | 58.6% | 2,416 | 8.00 | 18 | 10 | — | 90.3 |
| 4 | Norm Snead | WAS | 14 | 172 | 375 | 45.9% | 2,337 | 6.23 | 11 | 22 | — | 51.6 |
| 5 | Bart Starr | GB | 14 | 172 | 295 | 58.3% | 2,418 | 8.20 | 16 | 16 | — | 80.3 |
| 6 | Y.A. Tittle | NYG | 13 | 163 | 285 | 57.2% | 2,272 | 7.97 | 17 | 12 | — | 85.3 |
| 7 | Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 14 | 157 | 280 | 56.1% | 1,997 | 7.13 | 18 | 17 | — | 74.7 |
| 8 | John Brodie | SF | 14 | 155 | 283 | 54.8% | 2,588 | 9.15 | 14 | 12 | — | 84.7 |
| 9 | Billy Wade | CHI | 13 | 139 | 250 | 55.6% | 2,258 | 9.03 | 22 | 13 | — | 93.7 |
| 10 | Zeke Bratkowski | LAN | 13 | 124 | 230 | 53.9% | 1,547 | 6.73 | 8 | 13 | — | 63.1 |
| 11 | Eddie LeBaron | DAL | 14 | 120 | 236 | 50.9% | 1,741 | 7.38 | 14 | 16 | — | 66.7 |
| 12 | Jim Ninowski | DET | 13 | 117 | 247 | 47.4% | 1,921 | 7.78 | 7 | 18 | — | 53.0 |
| 13 | Sam Etcheverry | SLC | 14 | 96 | 196 | 49.0% | 1,275 | 6.51 | 14 | 11 | — | 70.4 |
| 14 | Don Meredith | DAL | 8 | 94 | 182 | 51.7% | 1,161 | 6.38 | 9 | 11 | — | 63.0 |
| 15 | Rudy Bukich | PIT | 11 | 89 | 156 | 57.1% | 1,253 | 8.03 | 11 | 16 | — | 67.0 |
| 16 | Bobby Layne | PIT | 8 | 75 | 149 | 50.3% | 1,205 | 8.09 | 11 | 16 | — | 62.8 |
| 17 | Frank Ryan | LAN | 14 | 72 | 142 | 50.7% | 1,115 | 7.85 | 5 | 7 | — | 68.3 |
| 18 | Earl Morrall | DET | 13 | 69 | 150 | 46.0% | 909 | 6.06 | 7 | 9 | — | 56.2 |
| 19 | Ralph Guglielmi | SLC | 9 | 56 | 116 | 48.3% | 927 | 7.99 | 5 | 8 | — | 61.2 |
| 20 | Ed Brown | CHI | 14 | 46 | 98 | 46.9% | 742 | 7.57 | 4 | 11 | — | 46.8 |
| 21 | George Shaw | MIN | 8 | 46 | 91 | 50.6% | 530 | 5.82 | 4 | 4 | — | 64.8 |
| 22 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 13 | 44 | 106 | 41.5% | 634 | 5.98 | 7 | 8 | — | 52.2 |
| 23 | Billy Kilmer | SF | 11 | 19 | 34 | 55.9% | 286 | 8.41 | 0 | 4 | — | 44.1 |
| 24 | George Izo | WAS | 5 | 16 | 40 | 40.0% | 214 | 5.35 | 1 | 6 | — | 26.5 |
| 25 | Bob Waters | SF | 8 | 13 | 28 | 46.4% | 183 | 6.54 | 1 | 2 | — | 50.2 |
| 26 | Len Dawson | CLE | 7 | 7 | 15 | 46.7% | 85 | 5.67 | 1 | 3 | — | 47.2 |
| 27 | Terry Nofsinger | PIT | 5 | 7 | 11 | 63.6% | 78 | 7.09 | 0 | 0 | — | 84.7 |
| 28 | Prentice Gautt | SLC | 14 | 6 | 11 | 54.6% | 100 | 9.09 | 1 | 1 | — | 77.8 |
| 29 | King Hill | PHI | 14 | 6 | 12 | 50.0% | 101 | 8.42 | 2 | 2 | — | 78.8 |
| 30 | Lee Grosscup | NYG | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22.7% | 87 | 3.96 | 1 | 3 | — | 19.1 |
| 31 | Charley Johnson | SLC | 4 | 5 | 13 | 38.5% | 51 | 3.92 | 0 | 2 | — | 10.9 |
| 32 | Tom Tracy | PIT | 14 | 4 | 12 | 33.3% | 73 | 6.08 | 0 | 0 | — | 55.2 |
| 33 | John Crow | SLC | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28.6% | 76 | 5.43 | 1 | 1 | — | 43.8 |
| 34 | Jon Arnett | LAN | 14 | 3 | 13 | 23.1% | 47 | 3.62 | 0 | 1 | — | 10.1 |
| 35 | Bob Gaiters | NYG | 14 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 42 | 14.00 | 2 | 0 | — | 158.3 |
| 36 | Paul Hornung | GB | 12 | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 42 | 8.40 | 1 | 0 | — | 126.7 |
| 37 | Lamar McHan | BAC | 7 | 3 | 15 | 20.0% | 28 | 1.87 | 1 | 4 | — | 22.2 |
| 38 | Tom Moore | GB | 13 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 42 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | — | 158.3 |
| 39 | Jim Brown | CLE | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 37 | 12.33 | 1 | 0 | — | 120.8 |
| 40 | Bobby Conrad | SLC | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 87.5 |
| 41 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 14 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 13 | 4.33 | 1 | 1 | — | 47.9 |
| 42 | Dick James | WAS | 14 | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | — | 42.7 |
| 43 | John Adams | CHI | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 112.5 |
| 44 | Buddy Humphrey | DAL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 77.1 |
| 45 | Herb Adderley | GB | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 46 | Grady Alderman | MIN | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 47 | Glen Amerson | PHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 48 | Art Anderson | CHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 49 | Taz Anderson | SLC | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 50 | Bill Anderson | WAS | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
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