What Is a Good NFL Completion Percentage? Answered with every NFL season in our data, 2016-2026

In 2025, NFL teams completed 64.3% overall. Among the 33 qualified quarterbacks the median was 65.0%, the top quarter reached 67.7% or better and the top tenth 69.3% or better. So a good completion percentage is about 67.7% or higher, and an elite one 69.3% or higher.

Completion percentage alone can mislead: a quarterback who throws deep or into tight windows completes fewer passes than one who throws short and safe, even if he is the better passer. That is why we also rank passers by ACE (Accuracy Compared to Expectation), which credits each completion against how hard the throw was.

Completion Percentage by Season

Season	All NFL teams	Median QB	Top quarter	Top tenth	Qualified QBs
2016	63.0%	63.6%	67.0%	67.8%	30
2017	62.1%	62.3%	64.3%	67.3%	32
2018	64.9%	66.0%	67.9%	69.4%	33
2019	63.5%	64.1%	66.1%	69.1%	32
2020	65.2%	65.8%	67.6%	69.2%	35
2021	64.8%	66.3%	67.6%	68.8%	31
2022	64.2%	65.2%	66.8%	68.0%	33
2023	64.5%	65.0%	67.2%	69.4%	32
2024	65.3%	65.8%	67.5%	70.6%	36
2025	64.3%	65.0%	67.7%	69.3%	33
2026 (in progress)	64.1%	64.1%	66.2%	67.8%	31

Qualified quarterbacks only (the minimum attempts for each season are on the Completion % leaderboard). All NFL teams in our data, 2016-2026. The 2026 season is included through Week 9.

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