NFL Single-Season Completions Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NFL single-season completions record is 490, set by Tom Brady in 2022. It has stood for 3 years. The mark has been raised 26 times since 1932.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Record Holders

27 marks since 1932

Year	Player	CMP	Stood for
2022	Tom Brady	490	still standing
2021	Tom Brady	485	1 year
2011	Drew Brees	471	10 years
2010	Peyton Manning	450	1 year
2007	Drew Brees	443	3 years
2002	Rich Gannon	418	5 years
1991	Warren Moon	404	11 years
1986	Dan Marino	378	5 years
1984	Dan Marino	362	2 years
1981	Dan Fouts	360	3 years
1980	Dan Fouts	348	1 year
1979	Steve DeBerg	347	1 year
1978	Fran Tarkenton	345	1 year
1967	Sonny Jurgensen	288	11 years
1966	Sonny Jurgensen	254	1 year
1965	John Brodie	242	1 year
1963	Johnny Unitas	237	2 years
1961	Sonny Jurgensen	235	2 years
1947	Sammy Baugh	210	14 years
1942	Cecil Isbell	146	5 years
1940	Davey O'Brien	124	2 years
1939	Parker Hall	106	1 year
1937	Sammy Baugh	81	2 years
1936	Arnie Herber	77	1 year
1935	Ed Danowski	57	1 year
1933	Harry Newman	53	2 years
1932	Arnie Herber	37	1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

94 seasons

Year	Leader	CMP
2025	Dak Prescott	404
2024	Joe Burrow	460
2023	Dak Prescott	410
2022	Tom Brady	490	new record
2021	Tom Brady	485	new record
2020	Matt Ryan	407
2019	Matt Ryan	408
2018	Ben Roethlisberger	452
2017	Drew Brees	386
2016	Drew Brees	471
2015	Philip Rivers	437
2014	Drew Brees	456
2013	Peyton Manning	450
2012	Matthew Stafford	435
2011	Drew Brees	471	new record
2010	Peyton Manning	450	new record
2009	Matt Schaub	396
2008	Drew Brees	413
2007	Drew Brees	443	new record
2006	Jon Kitna	372
2005	Brett Favre	373
2004	Daunte Culpepper	379
2003	Peyton Manning	379
2002	Rich Gannon	418	new record
2001	Kurt Warner	375
2000	Peyton Manning	357
1999	Steve Beuerlein	343
1998	Brett Favre	347
1997	Dan Marino	319
1996	Drew Bledsoe	373
1995	Warren Moon	377
1994	Drew Bledsoe	400
1993	John Elway	348
1992	Dan Marino	330
1991	Warren Moon	404	new record
1990	Warren Moon	362
1989	Don Majkowski	353
1988	Dan Marino	354
1987	Neil Lomax	275
1986	Dan Marino	378	new record
1985	Dan Marino	336
1984	Dan Marino	362	new record
1983	Bill Kenney	346
1982	Ken Anderson	218
1981	Dan Fouts	360	new record
1980	Dan Fouts	348	new record
1979	Steve DeBerg	347	new record
1978	Fran Tarkenton	345	new record
1977	Bert Jones	224
1976	Fran Tarkenton	255
1975	Fran Tarkenton	273
1974	Ken Anderson	213
1973	Roman Gabriel	270
1972	Archie Manning	230
1971	John Hadl	233
1970	John Brodie	223
1969	Sonny Jurgensen	274
1968	John Brodie	234
1967	Sonny Jurgensen	288	new record
1966	Sonny Jurgensen	254	new record
1965	John Brodie	242	new record
1964	Charley Johnson	223
1963	Johnny Unitas	237	new record
1962	Billy Wade	225
1961	Sonny Jurgensen	235	new record
1960	Johnny Unitas	190
1959	Johnny Unitas	193
1958	Norm Van Brocklin	198
1957	Y.A. Tittle	176
1956	Tobin Rote	146
1955	Jim Finks	165
1954	Tobin Rote	180
1953	George Blanda	169
1952	Otto Graham	181
1951	Bobby Layne	152
1950	Y.A. Tittle	161
1949	Johnny Lujack	162
1948	Sammy Baugh	185
1947	Sammy Baugh	210	new record
1946	Bob Waterfield	127
1945	Sammy Baugh	128
1944	Frank Filchock	84
1943	Sammy Baugh	133
1942	Cecil Isbell	146	new record
1941	Cecil Isbell	117
1940	Davey O'Brien	124	new record
1939	Parker Hall	106	new record
1938	Ed Danowski	70
1937	Sammy Baugh	81	new record
1936	Arnie Herber	77	new record
1935	Ed Danowski	57	new record
1934	Arnie Herber	42
1933	Harry Newman	53	new record
1932	Arnie Herber	37	new record