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 | 27 | Joe Montana | 92.4 | sfo |
| 2 | 48 | Otto Graham | 86.6 | cle |
| 3 | 70 | Roger Staubach | 83.4 | dal |
| 4 | 74 | Sonny Jurgensen | 82.6 | 2TM |
| 74 | Len Dawson | 82.6 | 3TM | |
| 5 | 72 | Neil Lomax | 82.3 | crd |
| 83 | Danny White | 82.3 | dal | |
| 6 | 80 | Ken Anderson | 82.0 | cin |
| 7 | 100 | Dan Fouts | 81.8 | sdg |
| 8 | 93 | Bart Starr | 80.5 | gnb |
| 9 | 95 | Fran Tarkenton | 80.4 | 2TM |
| 10 | 126 | Bill Kenney | 78.7 | kan |
| 11 | 112 | Bert Jones | 78.2 | 2TM |
| 112 | Johnny Unitas | 78.2 | 2TM | |
| 12 | 117 | Frank Ryan | 77.6 | 3TM |
| 13 | 120 | Joe Theismann | 77.4 | was |
| 14 | 123 | Bob Griese | 77.1 | mia |
| 15 | 133 | Steve Bartkowski | 76.0 | atl |
| 16 | 127 | Gary Danielson | 75.6 | 2TM |
| 17 | 134 | Ken Stabler | 75.3 | 3TM |
| 18 | 137 | Norm Van Brocklin | 75.1 | 2TM |
| 19 | 139 | Sid Luckman | 75.0 | chi |
| 20 | 143 | Brian Sipe | 74.8 | cle |
| 143 | Don Meredith | 74.8 | dal | |
| 21 | 146 | Roman Gabriel | 74.3 | 2TM |
| 146 | Y.A. Tittle | 74.3 | 3TM | |
| 22 | 150 | Earl Morrall | 74.1 | 6TM |
| 23 | 152 | Frankie Albert | 73.5 | sfo |
| 152 | Craig Morton | 73.5 | 3TM | |
| 24 | 159 | Ron Jaworski | 73.1 | 2TM |
| 25 | 156 | Greg Landry | 72.9 | 3TM |
| 156 | Daryle Lamonica | 72.9 | 2TM | |
| 26 | 162 | John Brodie | 72.3 | sfo |
| 27 | 164 | Milt Plum | 72.2 | 4TM |
| 164 | Sammy Baugh | 72.2 | was | |
| 164 | Billy Wade | 72.2 | 2TM | |
| 28 | 109 | Phil Simms | 72.0 | nyg |
| 29 | 169 | Billy Kilmer | 71.6 | 3TM |
| 30 | 170 | Bill Munson | 71.5 | 5TM |
| 31 | 159 | Tommy Kramer | 71.3 | min |
| 32 | 172 | Terry Bradshaw | 70.9 | pit |
| 172 | Lynn Dickey | 70.9 | 2TM | |
| 33 | 178 | Vince Ferragamo | 70.4 | 2TM |
| 34 | 176 | Bill Nelsen | 70.2 | 2TM |
| 35 | 179 | Steve Grogan | 69.7 | nwe |
| 148 | Steve DeBerg | 69.7 | 3TM | |
| 36 | 183 | Charley Johnson | 69.2 | 3TM |
| 37 | 186 | Joe Ferguson | 68.9 | 2TM |
| 38 | 187 | Charlie Conerly | 68.2 | nyg |
| 39 | 191 | Tom Flores | 67.6 | 3TM |
| 191 | Richard Todd | 67.6 | 2TM | |
| 40 | 195 | Jim Zorn | 67.5 | 2TM |
| 41 | 194 | John Hadl | 67.4 | 4TM |
| 42 | 196 | Archie Manning | 67.1 | 3TM |
| 43 | 197 | Jim Hart | 66.6 | 2TM |
| 44 | 193 | Jim Plunkett | 66.3 | 3TM |
| 45 | 181 | Doug Williams | 66.2 | tam |
| 46 | 198 | Norm Snead | 65.5 | 5TM |
| 198 | Joe Namath | 65.5 | 2TM | |
| 47 | 201 | Bobby Layne | 63.4 | 4TM |
| 48 | 202 | Mike Livingston | 63.3 | kan |
| 49 | 205 | Ed Brown | 62.8 | 3TM |
| 50 | 207 | Bob Waterfield | 61.6 | ram |
| 51 | 208 | Eddie LeBaron | 61.4 | 2TM |
| 52 | 209 | George Blanda | 60.6 | 4TM |
| 53 | 210 | Babe Parilli | 59.6 | 5TM |
| 54 | 211 | Dan Pastorini | 59.1 | 4TM |
| 55 | 212 | Jack Kemp | 57.3 | 3TM |
| 56 | 213 | Tobin Rote | 56.8 | 4TM |
| 57 | 214 | Cotton Davidson | 54.9 | 3TM |
| 58 | 215 | Mike Phipps | 52.6 | 2TM |
| 59 | 216 | Frank Tripucka | 52.2 | 4TM |

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