When a record is set in a stat like completion percentage, we need some extra context to judge just how impressive that feat is in today's passing climate, where failed completions are on the rise. After all, the league-wide completion percentage was at an all-time high for the fourth year in a row in 2016, finishing at 63.0 percent. NFL passing totals are stunningly similar over the last two seasons, and we had to go out to three decimal places to show the tiny difference.
- 2015: 11,527 completions in 18,298 attempts (62.996 percent).
- 2016: 11,526 completions in 18,295 attempts (63.