best passer rating by a qb from 1984 to 1999 minimum 20000 passing yards

Between the 1984 and 1999 seasons, Steve Young had the highest passer rating by a quarterback when throwing for 20,000+ yards, with a 96.8 rating.

NAMERTGYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
96.8
33,124
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
8.0
196.0
232
107
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
93.2
28,572
120
2,364
3,746
63.1
7.6
238.1
195
95
5.2
2.5
219
1,412
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
87.1
30,894
129
2,659
4,351
61.1
7.1
239.5
235
141
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
86.0
59,151
231
4,794
8,062
59.5
7.3
256.1
400
246
5.0
3.1
260
1,850
5Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
84.4
35,467
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
7.4
221.7
237
175
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
6Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
82.6
31,310
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
7.0
203.3
158
127
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
7Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
82.0
20,408
108
1,766
3,057
57.8
6.7
189.0
114
62
3.7
2.0
250
1,825
8Phil Simms
P. Simms
82.0
27,237
127
2,070
3,651
56.7
7.5
214.5
160
114
4.4
3.1
361
2,530
9Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
81.8
23,301
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
6.9
184.9
124
87
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
10Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
81.4
28,557
149
2,301
4,075
56.5
7.0
191.7
198
128
4.9
3.1
464
3,426
11Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
81.2
20,865
130
1,668
2,894
57.6
7.2
160.5
135
101
4.7
3.5
255
1,779
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
81.1
37,920
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
7.3
202.8
247
184
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
81.0
49,117
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
7.2
238.4
290
232
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
14Jeff George
J. George
81.0
26,045
123
2,162
3,731
57.9
7.0
211.7
147
104
3.9
2.8
340
2,559
15Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
80.9
34,664
193
2,845
4,876
58.3
7.1
179.6
234
181
4.8
3.7
428
3,307
16John Elway
J. Elway
80.8
49,812
223
4,000
6,991
57.2
7.1
223.4
293
212
4.2
3.0
488
3,567
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
80.4
25,094
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
7.0
194.5
128
98
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
18Jim Everett
J. Everett
78.6
34,837
158
2,841
4,923
57.7
7.1
220.5
203
175
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
78.3
23,202
134
1,890
3,277
57.7
7.1
173.1
137
120
4.2
3.7
200
1,682
20Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
78.0
21,683
118
1,839
3,121
58.9
6.9
183.8
135
124
4.3
4.0
178
1,255
21Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
77.8
24,872
170
2,182
3,716
58.7
6.7
146.3
121
107
3.3
2.9
347
2,036
22Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
75.7
25,966
106
2,192
3,921
55.9
6.6
245.0
147
123
3.7
3.1
212
1,493
23Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
75.5
32,575
157
2,569
4,613
55.7
7.1
207.5
205
191
4.4
4.1
316
2,359
24Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
71.7
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
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