highest passer rating 1972

Billy Kilmer had the best passer rating in 1972, with a 84.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1972
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
84.8
1972
12
120
225
53.3
1,648
7.3
137.3
19
11
8.4
4.9
9
67
2Norm Snead
N. Snead
84.0
1972
14
196
325
60.3
2,307
7.1
164.8
17
12
5.2
3.7
8
66
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
80.2
1972
14
215
378
56.9
2,651
7.0
189.4
18
13
4.8
3.4
26
203
4Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
79.5
1972
14
149
281
53.0
1,998
7.1
142.7
18
12
6.4
4.3
14
136
5Bob Berry
B. Berry
78.5
1972
14
154
277
55.6
2,158
7.8
154.1
13
12
4.7
4.3
39
255
6Marty Domres
M. Domres
76.6
1972
12
115
222
51.8
1,392
6.3
116.0
11
6
5.0
2.7
11
96
7Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
75.9
1972
13
147
269
54.6
1,983
7.4
152.5
18
16
6.7
5.9
14
114
8Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
74.6
1972
12
132
238
55.5
1,783
7.5
148.6
14
14
5.9
5.9
12
82
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
74.0
1972
13
171
301
56.8
1,918
6.4
147.5
7
7
2.3
2.3
18
155
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
72.8
1972
14
175
305
57.4
1,835
6.0
131.1
13
12
4.3
3.9
28
255
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
72.5
1972
13
162
324
50.0
2,816
8.7
216.6
19
21
5.9
6.5
11
101
12Greg Landry
G. Landry
71.8
1972
14
134
268
50.0
2,066
7.7
147.6
18
17
6.7
6.3
25
149
13Craig Morton
C. Morton
65.9
1972
14
185
339
54.6
2,396
7.1
171.1
15
21
4.4
6.2
23
179
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
64.6
1972
14
230
448
51.3
2,781
6.2
198.6
18
21
4.0
4.7
43
347
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
64.1
1972
14
147
308
47.7
1,887
6.1
134.8
12
12
3.9
3.9
29
237
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
63.8
1972
14
165
323
51.1
2,027
6.3
144.8
12
15
3.7
4.6
12
102
17Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
63.5
1972
14
136
258
52.7
1,666
6.5
119.0
14
17
5.4
6.6
38
320
18Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
61.0
1972
14
144
305
47.2
1,994
6.5
142.4
13
16
4.3
5.2
23
183
19John Reaves
J. Reaves
58.4
1972
11
108
224
48.2
1,508
6.7
137.1
7
12
3.1
5.4
38
322
20Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
57.1
1972
14
144
299
48.2
1,711
5.7
122.2
7
12
2.3
4.0
37
310
21John Hadl
J. Hadl
56.7
1972
14
190
370
51.4
2,449
6.6
174.9
15
26
4.1
7.0
19
187
22Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
55.5
1972
14
86
199
43.2
1,252
6.3
89.4
6
9
3.0
4.5
13
86
23Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
49.8
1972
14
75
198
37.9
1,246
6.3
89.0
9
12
4.5
6.1
32
175
24Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
45.7
1972
14
169
355
47.6
2,196
6.2
156.9
8
25
2.3
7.0
39
385
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