League Leaders Who Led?

1965 NFL Completion Percentage Leaders

Share of passes completed

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John Brodie led the whole NFL in completion percentage in 1965 with 61.9%, 3.7 percentage points ahead of Johnny Unitas (58.2%). It was one of 3 times John Brodie led in completion percentage.

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# Player Team G CMP ATT CMP% YDS Y/A TD INT SK RTG
1 John Brodie John Brodie SF 13 242 391 61.9% 3,112 7.96 30 16 95.4
2 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas BAC 11 164 282 58.2% 2,530 8.97 23 12 97.4
3 Rudy Bukich CHI 14 176 312 56.4% 2,641 8.47 20 9 93.7
4 Bart Starr Bart Starr GB 14 140 251 55.8% 2,055 8.19 16 9 89.0
5 Bill Munson LAN 10 144 267 53.9% 1,701 6.37 10 14 64.2
6 Sonny Jurgensen Sonny Jurgensen WAS 13 190 356 53.4% 2,367 6.65 15 16 69.6
7 Norm Snead Norm Snead PHI 11 150 288 52.1% 2,346 8.15 15 13 78.0
8 Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton MIN 14 171 329 52.0% 2,609 7.93 19 11 83.8
9 Earl Morrall Earl Morrall NYG 14 155 302 51.3% 2,446 8.10 22 12 86.3
10 Frank Ryan Frank Ryan CLE 12 119 243 49.0% 1,751 7.21 18 13 75.3
11 Charley Johnson SLC 11 155 322 48.1% 2,439 7.58 18 15 73.0
12 Milt Plum DET 14 143 308 46.4% 1,710 5.55 12 19 51.2
13 Don Meredith Don Meredith DAL 14 141 305 46.2% 2,415 7.92 22 13 79.9
14 Bill Nelsen Bill Nelsen PIT 12 121 270 44.8% 1,917 7.10 8 17 52.7