NFL Career Passer Rating Leaders Through 1971

These are the NFL career record holders through the 1971 season. See current passer rating leaders or select another stat or year:

Leaders through 1971

Leaders through 1971 Table
Rank	Current	Player (age)	Rate	Tm
1	48	Otto Graham	86.6	cle
2	74	Len Dawson	84.9	3TM
3	74	Sonny Jurgensen	82.3	2TM
4	93	Bart Starr	80.5	gnb
5	95	Fran Tarkenton	79.5	2TM
6	112	Johnny Unitas	79.0	clt
7	117	Frank Ryan	77.6	3TM
8	146	Roman Gabriel	75.5	ram
9	137	Norm Van Brocklin	75.1	2TM
10	139	Sid Luckman	75.0	chi
11	143	Don Meredith	74.8	dal
12	156	Daryle Lamonica	74.3	2TM
	146	Y.A. Tittle	74.3	3TM
13	150	Earl Morrall	73.8	5TM
14	152	Frankie Albert	73.5	sfo
15	162	John Brodie	73.0	sfo
16	164	Sammy Baugh	72.2	was
	164	Milt Plum	72.2	4TM
	164	Billy Wade	72.2	2TM
17	176	Bill Nelsen	71.1	2TM
18	194	John Hadl	70.3	sdg
19	198	Joe Namath	68.8	nyj
20	187	Charlie Conerly	68.2	nyg
21	183	Charley Johnson	67.6	2TM
	191	Tom Flores	67.6	3TM
22	198	Norm Snead	65.1	3TM
23	201	Bobby Layne	63.4	4TM
24	205	Ed Brown	62.8	3TM
25	207	Bob Waterfield	61.6	ram
26	208	Eddie LeBaron	61.4	2TM
27	209	George Blanda	60.6	4TM
28	210	Babe Parilli	59.6	5TM
29	197	Jim Hart	57.8	crd
30	212	Jack Kemp	57.3	3TM
31	213	Tobin Rote	56.8	4TM
32	214	Cotton Davidson	54.9	3TM
33	216	Frank Tripucka	52.2	4TM