1961 NFL Completion Percentage Leaders

Milt Plum led the whole NFL in completion percentage in 1961 with 58.6%, 0.3 percentage points ahead of Bart Starr (58.3%). It was one of 3 times Milt Plum led in completion percentage.

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#	Player	Team	G	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	Y/A	TD	INT	SK	RTG
1	MP Milt Plum	CLE	14	177	302	58.6%	2,416	8.00	18	10	—	90.3
2	Bart Starr	GB	14	172	295	58.3%	2,418	8.20	16	16	—	80.3
3	Y.A. Tittle	NYG	13	163	285	57.2%	2,272	7.97	17	12	—	85.3
4	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	14	235	416	56.5%	3,723	8.95	32	24	—	88.1
5	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	14	157	280	56.1%	1,997	7.13	18	17	—	74.7
6	BW Billy Wade	CHI	13	139	250	55.6%	2,258	9.03	22	13	—	93.7
7	John Brodie	SF	14	155	283	54.8%	2,588	9.15	14	12	—	84.7
8	Johnny Unitas	BAC	14	229	420	54.5%	2,990	7.12	16	24	—	66.1
9	Zeke Bratkowski	LAN	13	124	230	53.9%	1,547	6.73	8	13	—	63.1
10	Eddie LeBaron	DAL	14	120	236	50.9%	1,741	7.38	14	16	—	66.7
11	Sam Etcheverry	SLC	14	96	196	49.0%	1,275	6.51	14	11	—	70.4
12	Jim Ninowski	DET	13	117	247	47.4%	1,921	7.78	7	18	—	53.0
13	Norm Snead	WAS	14	172	375	45.9%	2,337	6.23	11	22	—	51.6