NFL Passes Completed per Game Year-by-Year Leaders

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Leaders Table
Year Player C/G Tm
2025Dak Prescott (32)23.8DAL
2024Joe Burrow (28)27.1CIN
2023Patrick Mahomes (28)25.1KAN
2022Tom Brady (45)28.8TAM
2021Tom Brady (44)28.5TAM
2020Ben Roethlisberger (38)26.6PIT
2019Matt Ryan (34)27.2ATL
2018Ben Roethlisberger (36)28.3PIT
2017Drew Brees+ (38)24.1NOR
2017Tom Brady (40)24.1NWE
2016Drew Brees+ (37)29.4NOR
2015Drew Brees+ (36)28.5NOR
2014Drew Brees+ (35)28.5NOR
2013Peyton Manning+ (37)28.1DEN
2012Matthew Stafford (24)27.2DET
2011Drew Brees+ (32)29.3NOR
2010Peyton Manning+ (34)28.1IND
2009Matt Schaub (28)24.8HOU
2008Drew Brees+ (29)25.8NOR
2007Drew Brees+ (28)27.5NOR
2006Jon Kitna (34)23.3DET
2005Kurt Warner+ (34)24.2ARI
2004Daunte Culpepper (27)23.7MIN
2003Peyton Manning+ (27)23.7IND
2002Rich Gannon (37)26.1OAK
2001Kurt Warner+ (30)23.4STL
2000Peyton Manning+ (24)22.3IND
1999Steve Beuerlein (34)21.4CAR
1998Brett Favre+ (29)21.7GNB
1997Brad Johnson (29)21.2MIN
1996Drew Bledsoe (24)23.3NWE
1995Steve Young+ (34)27.2SFO
1994Drew Bledsoe (22)25.0NWE
1993John Elway+ (33)21.8DEN
1992Dan Marino+ (31)20.6MIA
1991Warren Moon+ (35)25.3HOU
1990Warren Moon+ (34)24.1HOU
1989Don Majkowski (25)22.1GNB
1988Dan Marino+ (27)22.1MIA
1987Neil Lomax (28)22.9STL
1986Joe Montana+ (30)23.9SFO
1985Dan Marino+ (24)21.0MIA
1984Dan Fouts+ (33)24.4SDG
1983Bill Kenney (28)21.6KAN
1982Ken Anderson (33)24.2CIN
1981Tommy Kramer (26)23.0MIN
1980Dan Fouts+ (29)21.8SDG
1979Steve DeBerg (25)21.7SFO
1978Fran Tarkenton+ (38)21.6MIN
1977Fran Tarkenton+ (37)17.2MIN
1976Fran Tarkenton+ (36)19.6MIN
1975Fran Tarkenton+ (35)19.5MIN
1974Roman Gabriel (34)17.5PHI
1973Roman Gabriel (33)19.3PHI
1972Archie Manning (23)16.4NOR
1971Fran Tarkenton+ (31)17.4NYG
1970John Brodie (35)15.9SFO
1969Sonny Jurgensen+ (35)19.6WAS
1969Daryle Lamonica (28)15.8OAK
1968John Brodie (33)16.7SFO
1968Daryle Lamonica (27)15.8OAK
1967Sonny Jurgensen+ (33)20.6WAS
1967Joe Namath+ (24)18.4NYJ
1966Sonny Jurgensen+ (32)18.1WAS
1966Joe Namath+ (23)16.6NYJ
1965John Brodie (30)18.6SFO
1965George Blanda+ (38)13.3HOU
1964George Blanda+ (37)18.7HOU
1964Billy Wade (34)16.5CHI
1963Y.A. Tittle+ (37)17.0NYG
1963George Blanda+ (36)16.0HOU
1962Frank Tripucka (35)17.1DEN
1962Billy Wade (32)16.1CHI
1961Sonny Jurgensen+ (27)16.8PHI
1961Al Dorow (32)14.1NYT
1960Frank Tripucka (33)17.7DEN
1960Johnny Unitas+ (27)15.8BAL
1959Johnny Unitas+ (26)16.1BAL
1958Norm Van Brocklin+ (32)16.5PHI
1957Y.A. Tittle+ (31)14.7SFO
1956Tobin Rote (28)12.2GNB
1955Jim Finks+ (28)13.8PIT
1954George Blanda+ (27)16.4CHI
1953George Blanda+ (26)14.1CHI
1952Otto Graham+ (31)15.1CLE
1951Bobby Layne+ (25)12.7DET
1950Y.A. Tittle+ (24)13.4BCL
1949Johnny Lujack (24)13.5CHI
1949Y.A. Tittle+ (23)13.5BCL
1948Sammy Baugh+ (34)15.4WAS
1948Glenn Dobbs (28)13.2LAD
1947Sammy Baugh+ (33)17.5WAS
1947Bud Schwenk (30)12.0BCL
1946Bob Waterfield+ (26)11.5RAM
1946Glenn Dobbs (26)11.3BDA
1945Sammy Baugh+ (31)12.8WAS
1944Sammy Baugh+ (30)10.3WAS
1943Sammy Baugh+ (29)13.3WAS
1942Cecil Isbell (27)13.3GNB
1941Cecil Isbell (26)10.6GNB
1940Davey O'Brien (23)11.3PHI
1939Parker Hall (23)9.6RAM
1938Sammy Baugh+ (24)7.0WAS
1937Sammy Baugh+ (23)7.4WAS
1936Arnie Herber+ (26)6.4GNB
1935Ed Danowski (24)4.8NYG
1934Arnie Herber+ (24)3.8GNB
1933Benny Friedman+ (28)6.0BKN
1932Jack McBride (31)4.0NYG