best passer rating from 1970 to 1972

From 1970 through 1972, Sonny Jurgensen had the best passer rating, with a 87.5 rating.

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  • Data note: Passer Rating, Pass Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
87.5
26
257
424
60.6
3,157
7.4
121.4
25
16
5.9
3.8
28
243
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
82.8
25
179
313
57.2
2,522
8.1
100.9
17
14
5.4
4.5
50
364
3Bob Griese
B. Griese
80.2
34
340
605
56.2
4,746
7.8
139.6
35
30
5.8
5.0
61
575
4John Brodie
J. Brodie
80.1
34
501
875
57.3
6,488
7.4
190.8
51
42
5.8
4.8
27
217
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
79.6
40
353
665
53.1
5,375
8.1
134.4
43
35
6.5
5.3
80
579
6Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
79.1
42
218
410
53.2
3,362
8.2
80.0
27
23
6.6
5.6
39
334
7Bob Berry
B. Berry
77.6
37
446
772
57.8
5,969
7.7
161.3
40
41
5.2
5.3
96
679
8Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
75.9
41
660
1,153
57.2
7,995
6.9
195.0
48
46
4.2
4.0
89
684
9Len Dawson
L. Dawson
75.3
42
483
868
55.6
6,215
7.2
148.0
41
39
4.7
4.5
92
835
10Virgil Carter
V. Carter
74.9
33
328
582
56.4
3,850
6.6
116.7
22
20
3.8
3.4
40
313
11Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
74.8
42
446
879
50.7
6,231
7.1
148.4
56
43
6.4
4.9
47
435
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
74.7
36
365
689
53.0
5,346
7.8
148.5
37
36
5.4
5.2
52
421
13Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
73.6
24
243
432
56.3
2,695
6.2
112.3
12
11
2.8
2.5
41
314
14Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
71.5
39
421
768
54.8
5,426
7.1
139.1
38
41
4.9
5.3
44
332
15Norm Snead
N. Snead
71.4
35
414
735
56.3
5,100
6.9
145.7
33
38
4.5
5.2
36
314
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
70.8
42
556
1,082
51.4
6,817
6.3
162.3
45
37
4.2
3.4
57
436
17John Hadl
J. Hadl
67.3
42
585
1,128
51.9
7,912
7.0
188.4
58
66
5.1
5.9
77
659
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
66.1
22
280
562
49.8
4,612
8.2
209.6
29
39
5.2
6.9
17
164
19Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
63.8
36
322
613
52.5
4,027
6.6
111.9
24
33
3.9
5.4
35
267
20Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
63.6
38
174
385
45.2
2,324
6.0
61.2
11
10
2.9
2.6
19
145
21Archie Manning
A. Manning
63.3
26
316
625
50.6
3,945
6.3
151.7
24
30
3.8
4.8
83
679
22Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
63.0
35
346
654
52.9
4,266
6.5
121.9
21
33
3.2
5.0
48
401
23Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
62.3
30
347
669
51.9
4,616
6.9
153.9
29
42
4.3
6.3
33
330
24Pete Liske
P. Liske
61.3
39
326
645
50.5
4,270
6.6
109.5
21
33
3.3
5.1
52
469
25Al Woodall
A. Woodall
61.1
15
138
285
48.4
1,660
5.8
110.7
9
11
3.2
3.9
38
307

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