highest passer rating 1971

Roger Staubach had the highest passer rating in 1971, with a 104.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1971
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
104.8
1971
13
126
211
59.7
1,882
8.9
144.8
15
4
7.1
1.9
23
175
2Bob Griese
B. Griese
90.9
1971
14
145
263
55.1
2,089
7.9
149.2
19
9
7.2
3.4
23
248
3Virgil Carter
V. Carter
86.2
1971
10
138
222
62.2
1,624
7.3
162.4
10
7
4.5
3.2
13
122
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
81.6
1971
14
167
301
55.5
2,504
8.3
178.9
15
13
5.0
4.3
30
303
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
80.9
1971
14
136
261
52.1
2,237
8.6
159.8
16
13
6.1
5.0
29
232
6Bob Berry
B. Berry
75.9
1971
11
136
226
60.2
2,005
8.9
182.3
11
16
4.9
7.1
21
150
7Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
75.4
1971
14
180
352
51.1
2,238
6.4
159.9
17
10
4.8
2.8
25
200
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
74.0
1971
14
166
306
54.2
2,221
7.3
158.6
13
13
4.2
4.2
16
110
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
68.9
1971
14
233
431
54.1
3,075
7.1
219.6
21
25
4.9
5.8
16
145
10Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
68.6
1971
14
158
328
48.2
2,158
6.6
154.1
19
16
5.8
4.9
36
319
11Pete Liske
P. Liske
67.1
1971
14
143
269
53.2
1,957
7.3
139.8
11
15
4.1
5.6
13
134
12Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
66.8
1971
14
118
242
48.8
1,717
7.1
122.6
16
16
6.6
6.6
18
172
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
65.4
1971
13
226
386
58.5
2,567
6.7
197.5
11
21
2.8
5.4
27
232
14John Brodie
J. Brodie
65.0
1971
14
208
387
53.7
2,642
6.8
188.7
18
24
4.7
6.2
11
111
15Edd Hargett
E. Hargett
63.4
1971
14
96
210
45.7
1,191
5.7
85.1
6
5
2.9
2.4
10
68
16Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
60.3
1971
14
174
325
53.5
2,319
7.1
165.6
13
23
4.0
7.1
22
222
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
59.7
1971
14
203
373
54.4
2,259
6.1
161.4
13
22
3.5
5.9
33
287
18Jim Hart
J. Hart
54.7
1971
11
110
243
45.3
1,626
6.7
147.8
8
14
3.3
5.8
13
139
19Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
46.1
1971
13
149
291
51.2
1,813
6.2
139.5
11
26
3.8
8.9
33
276
20Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
43.8
1971
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
2.6
7.8
20
152
21Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
1971
12
91
225
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
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