highest passer rating 1972 to 1984 minimum 1000 attempts

Between the 1972 and 1984 seasons, Joe Montana had the best passer rating when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with a 92.7 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player 1972 to 1984 minimum 1000 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.7
2,077
88
1,324
63.7
15,609
7.5
177.4
106
54
5.1
2.6
116
821
2Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
83.3
1,355
52
782
57.7
10,192
7.5
196.0
61
43
4.5
3.2
155
1,212
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.2
2,618
104
1,492
57.0
19,855
7.6
190.9
135
95
5.2
3.6
259
1,743
4Danny White
D. White
82.7
1,943
131
1,155
59.4
14,754
7.6
112.6
109
90
5.6
4.6
152
1,328
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
82.3
4,289
170
2,555
59.6
31,720
7.4
186.6
189
154
4.4
3.6
372
2,696
6Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
81.5
2,670
93
1,611
60.3
18,519
6.9
199.1
126
99
4.7
3.7
175
1,567
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
81.4
1,983
99
1,166
58.8
14,811
7.5
149.6
115
96
5.8
4.8
180
1,499
8Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
81.2
4,380
144
2,585
59.0
33,854
7.7
235.1
201
185
4.6
4.2
256
1,820
9Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
79.0
3,301
156
1,877
56.9
23,432
7.1
150.2
152
122
4.6
3.7
303
2,443
10Bert Jones
B. Jones
78.2
2,551
102
1,430
56.1
18,190
7.1
178.3
124
101
4.9
4.0
232
2,020
11Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
77.5
1,397
48
776
55.5
10,163
7.3
211.7
60
52
4.3
3.7
107
816
12Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
77.5
1,485
68
787
53.0
10,131
6.8
149.0
90
62
6.1
4.2
101
716
13Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
75.9
3,738
167
2,244
60.0
27,618
7.4
165.4
193
217
5.2
5.8
277
2,477
14Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
75.5
3,219
118
1,802
56.0
22,732
7.1
192.6
149
140
4.6
4.3
327
2,714
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
75.3
3,310
141
1,739
52.5
24,320
7.3
172.5
193
164
5.8
5.0
249
2,165
16Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
74.8
3,439
125
1,944
56.5
23,713
6.9
189.7
154
149
4.5
4.3
224
1,889
17Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
74.8
1,288
62
730
56.7
9,376
7.3
151.2
70
71
5.4
5.5
72
620
18Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
74.7
1,684
85
952
56.5
11,885
7.1
139.8
69
71
4.1
4.2
158
1,271
19Greg Landry
G. Landry
73.8
1,695
106
954
56.3
11,552
6.8
109.0
67
68
4.0
4.0
225
1,758
20Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
73.5
3,313
140
1,759
53.1
22,827
6.9
163.1
151
133
4.6
4.0
305
2,361
21Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
72.7
2,754
133
1,556
56.5
20,801
7.6
156.4
126
153
4.6
5.6
264
2,176
22Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
72.0
2,380
76
1,326
55.7
15,631
6.6
205.7
100
102
4.2
4.3
147
970
23Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
72.0
1,508
67
826
54.8
9,248
6.1
138.0
59
52
3.9
3.4
109
822
24Craig Morton
C. Morton
71.7
2,851
140
1,568
55.0
20,211
7.1
144.4
121
136
4.2
4.8
314
2,312
25Jim Hart
J. Hart
70.3
3,567
139
1,892
53.0
24,282
6.8
174.7
147
155
4.1
4.3
194
1,481
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

More 49ers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,167

Purdy

Brock Purdy

RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
SF 49ers

1 - 1

6

Final

41

SEA Seahawks

1 - 0

Sat 17 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176