NFL Career Passer Rating Leaders Through 1985
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1985 season. See current passer rating leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1985
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Tm | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22 | Joe Montana | 92.4 | sfo |
2 | 44 | Otto Graham | 86.6 | cle |
3 | 66 | Roger Staubach | 83.4 | dal |
4 | 70 | Sonny Jurgensen | 82.6 | 2TM |
70 | Len Dawson | 82.6 | 3TM | |
5 | 68 | Neil Lomax | 82.3 | crd |
79 | Danny White | 82.3 | dal | |
6 | 76 | Ken Anderson | 82.0 | cin |
7 | 96 | Dan Fouts | 81.8 | sdg |
8 | 89 | Bart Starr | 80.5 | gnb |
9 | 91 | Fran Tarkenton | 80.4 | 2TM |
10 | 123 | Bill Kenney | 78.7 | kan |
11 | 109 | Bert Jones | 78.2 | 2TM |
109 | Johnny Unitas | 78.2 | 2TM | |
12 | 114 | Frank Ryan | 77.6 | 3TM |
13 | 117 | Joe Theismann | 77.4 | was |
14 | 120 | Bob Griese | 77.1 | mia |
15 | 130 | Steve Bartkowski | 76.0 | atl |
16 | 124 | Gary Danielson | 75.6 | 2TM |
17 | 131 | Ken Stabler | 75.3 | 3TM |
18 | 134 | Norm Van Brocklin | 75.1 | 2TM |
19 | 136 | Sid Luckman | 75.0 | chi |
20 | 140 | Brian Sipe | 74.8 | cle |
140 | Don Meredith | 74.8 | dal | |
21 | 143 | Roman Gabriel | 74.3 | 2TM |
143 | Y.A. Tittle | 74.3 | 3TM | |
22 | 147 | Earl Morrall | 74.1 | 6TM |
23 | 149 | Frankie Albert | 73.5 | sfo |
149 | Craig Morton | 73.5 | 3TM | |
24 | 156 | Ron Jaworski | 73.1 | 2TM |
25 | 153 | Greg Landry | 72.9 | 3TM |
153 | Daryle Lamonica | 72.9 | 2TM | |
26 | 159 | John Brodie | 72.3 | sfo |
27 | 161 | Milt Plum | 72.2 | 4TM |
161 | Sammy Baugh | 72.2 | was | |
161 | Billy Wade | 72.2 | 2TM | |
28 | 105 | Phil Simms | 72.0 | nyg |
29 | 166 | Billy Kilmer | 71.6 | 3TM |
30 | 167 | Bill Munson | 71.5 | 5TM |
31 | 156 | Tommy Kramer | 71.3 | min |
32 | 169 | Terry Bradshaw | 70.9 | pit |
169 | Lynn Dickey | 70.9 | 2TM | |
33 | 175 | Vince Ferragamo | 70.4 | 2TM |
34 | 173 | Bill Nelsen | 70.2 | 2TM |
35 | 176 | Steve Grogan | 69.7 | nwe |
145 | Steve DeBerg | 69.7 | 3TM | |
36 | 180 | Charley Johnson | 69.2 | 3TM |
37 | 183 | Joe Ferguson | 68.9 | 2TM |
38 | 184 | Charlie Conerly | 68.2 | nyg |
39 | 188 | Tom Flores | 67.6 | 3TM |
188 | Richard Todd | 67.6 | 2TM | |
40 | 192 | Jim Zorn | 67.5 | 2TM |
41 | 191 | John Hadl | 67.4 | 4TM |
42 | 193 | Archie Manning | 67.1 | 3TM |
43 | 194 | Jim Hart | 66.6 | 2TM |
44 | 190 | Jim Plunkett | 66.3 | 3TM |
45 | 178 | Doug Williams | 66.2 | tam |
46 | 195 | Norm Snead | 65.5 | 5TM |
195 | Joe Namath | 65.5 | 2TM | |
47 | 198 | Bobby Layne | 63.4 | 4TM |
48 | 199 | Mike Livingston | 63.3 | kan |
49 | 202 | Ed Brown | 62.8 | 3TM |
50 | 204 | Bob Waterfield | 61.6 | ram |
51 | 205 | Eddie LeBaron | 61.4 | 2TM |
52 | 206 | George Blanda | 60.6 | 4TM |
53 | 207 | Babe Parilli | 59.6 | 5TM |
54 | 208 | Dan Pastorini | 59.1 | 4TM |
55 | 209 | Jack Kemp | 57.3 | 3TM |
56 | 210 | Tobin Rote | 56.8 | 4TM |
57 | 211 | Cotton Davidson | 54.9 | 3TM |
58 | 212 | Mike Phipps | 52.6 | 2TM |
59 | 213 | Frank Tripucka | 52.2 | 4TM |
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