highest career passer rating before 2017

Before 2017, Dak Prescott had the highest passer rating, with a 104.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest career passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player before 2017

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	104.9	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	229.2	23	4	5.0	0.9	25	143
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	104.1	142	3,034	4,657	65.1	36,827	7.9	259.3	297	72	6.4	1.5	341	2,163
3	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	99.6	80	1,476	2,281	64.7	18,193	8.0	227.4	127	45	5.6	2.0	205	1,275
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	97.2	237	5,244	8,224	63.8	61,582	7.5	259.8	456	152	5.5	1.8	417	2,596
5	Tony Romo T. Romo	97.1	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	7.9	219.1	248	117	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
6	Steve Young S. Young	96.8	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	8.0	196.0	232	107	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
7	Peyton Manning P. Manning	96.5	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	270.5	539	251	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
8	Drew Brees D. Brees	96.3	233	5,836	8,758	66.6	66,111	7.5	283.7	465	220	5.3	2.5	358	2,547
9	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	94.7	180	3,811	5,917	64.4	45,833	7.7	254.6	314	156	5.3	2.6	362	2,178
10	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	94.1	185	3,804	5,932	64.1	46,814	7.9	253.0	301	160	5.1	2.7	456	3,008
11	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	93.8	27	506	821	61.6	6,244	7.6	231.3	45	19	5.5	2.3	61	414
12	Kurt Warner K. Warner	93.7	124	2,666	4,070	65.5	32,344	7.9	260.8	208	128	5.1	3.1	260	1,669
13	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	93.6	142	3,288	5,064	64.9	37,701	7.4	265.5	240	114	4.7	2.3	255	1,681
14	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	93.6	46	1,025	1,556	65.9	12,113	7.8	263.3	72	42	4.6	2.7	65	505
15	Joe Montana J. Montana	92.3	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	40,551	7.5	211.2	273	139	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
16	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	92.3	43	530	851	62.3	6,257	7.4	145.5	37	14	4.3	1.6	83	437
17	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	92.3	9	128	195	65.6	1,380	7.1	153.3	6	2	3.1	1.0	21	140
18	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	90.1	89	1,632	2,471	66.0	17,823	7.2	200.3	102	64	4.1	2.6	162	965
19	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	89.1	145	2,093	3,274	63.9	24,867	7.6	171.5	133	90	4.1	2.7	178	1,226
20	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	89.1	93	1,920	3,060	62.7	22,214	7.3	238.9	142	81	4.6	2.6	181	1,077
21	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	88.9	69	1,011	1,692	59.8	12,271	7.3	177.8	72	30	4.3	1.8	171	1,060
22	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	88.4	42	766	1,210	63.3	8,983	7.4	213.9	42	26	3.5	2.1	123	856
23	Nick Foles N. Foles	88.1	42	776	1,285	60.4	9,215	7.2	219.4	56	27	4.4	2.1	75	510
24	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	88.0	175	3,777	6,040	62.5	44,269	7.3	253.0	285	180	4.7	3.0	318	2,214
25	Derek Carr D. Carr	87.9	47	1,055	1,732	60.9	11,194	6.5	238.2	81	31	4.7	1.8	71	458

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Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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