highest career passing touchdowns per passing interception at least 1500 passing attempts before 2000

Before 2000, Steve Young had the most passing touchdowns per intercepted pass when throwing 1,500+ pass attempts, with 2.17.

Interpreted as:
highest career passing touchdowns per passing interception by a player at least 1500 passing attempts before 2000
NAMETD/INTATTTDINTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
2.17
4,149
232
107
169
2,667
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
1.96
5,391
273
139
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
3Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
1.84
3,057
114
62
108
1,766
57.8
20,408
6.7
189.0
82.0
3.7
2.0
250
1,825
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
1.67
4,351
235
141
129
2,659
61.1
30,894
7.1
239.5
87.1
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
1.67
8,358
420
252
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
6Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
1.65
2,160
86
52
73
1,297
60.0
15,572
7.2
213.3
85.4
4.0
2.4
181
1,046
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
1.55
4,075
198
128
149
2,301
56.5
28,557
7.0
191.7
81.4
4.9
3.1
464
3,426
8Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
1.51
3,153
136
90
108
1,817
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
9Jeff Blake
J. Blake
1.48
2,230
93
63
78
1,244
55.8
15,174
6.8
194.5
79.1
4.2
2.8
173
1,048
10Steve Bono
S. Bono
1.48
1,701
62
42
88
934
54.9
10,439
6.1
118.6
75.3
3.6
2.5
76
565
11Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
1.43
2,615
120
84
119
1,469
56.2
19,002
7.3
159.7
81.1
4.6
3.2
249
1,655
12Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
1.43
3,365
124
87
126
1,994
59.3
23,301
6.9
184.9
81.8
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
13Jeff George
J. George
1.41
3,731
147
104
123
2,162
57.9
26,045
7.0
211.7
81.0
3.9
2.8
340
2,559
14Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1.4
2,958
153
109
131
1,685
57.0
22,700
7.7
173.3
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
15Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
1.35
4,779
237
175
160
2,874
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
16Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
1.35
4,262
255
189
218
2,433
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
17Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1.35
4,498
201
149
183
2,366
52.6
29,444
6.5
160.9
74.3
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
18Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
1.34
5,205
247
184
187
2,969
57.0
37,920
7.3
202.8
81.1
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
19Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
1.34
2,133
149
111
126
1,090
51.1
16,042
7.5
127.3
77.6
7.0
5.2
4
35
20Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
1.34
2,894
135
101
130
1,668
57.6
20,865
7.2
160.5
81.2
4.7
3.5
255
1,779
21John Elway
J. Elway
1.33
7,250
300
226
234
4,123
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
22Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
1.32
2,338
94
71
152
1,357
58.0
16,430
7.0
108.1
80.5
4.0
3.0
207
1,159
23Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
1.32
2,273
90
68
99
1,304
57.4
14,998
6.6
151.5
78.1
4.0
3.0
189
1,089
24Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1.31
2,147
92
70
90
1,208
56.3
14,688
6.8
163.2
78.2
4.3
3.3
137
785
25Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1.31
5,311
261
199
213
3,105
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
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