highest passer rating 1973

Roger Staubach had the best passer rating in 1973, with a 94.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1973
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
94.6
1973
14
179
286
62.6
2,428
8.5
173.4
23
15
8.0
5.2
43
269
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
93.2
1973
14
169
274
61.7
2,113
7.7
150.9
15
7
5.5
2.6
31
270
3John Hadl
J. Hadl
88.8
1973
14
135
258
52.3
2,008
7.8
143.4
22
11
8.5
4.3
17
126
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
88.3
1973
14
163
260
62.7
1,997
7.7
142.6
14
10
5.4
3.8
34
261
5Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
86.0
1973
14
270
460
58.7
3,219
7.0
229.9
23
12
5.0
2.6
31
219
6Bob Griese
B. Griese
84.3
1973
13
116
218
53.2
1,422
6.5
109.4
17
8
7.8
3.7
11
75
7Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
81.3
1973
10
122
227
53.7
1,656
7.3
165.6
14
9
6.2
4.0
15
88
8Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
81.2
1973
14
179
329
54.4
2,428
7.4
173.4
18
12
5.5
3.6
24
163
9Jim Hart
J. Hart
80.0
1973
12
178
320
55.6
2,223
6.9
185.3
15
10
4.7
3.1
22
168
10Bob Lee
B. Lee
77.9
1973
12
120
230
52.2
1,786
7.8
148.8
10
8
4.3
3.5
28
256
11Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
74.9
1973
14
184
346
53.2
2,465
7.1
176.1
20
17
5.8
4.9
26
177
12Al Woodall
A. Woodall
67.8
1973
9
101
201
50.2
1,228
6.1
136.4
9
8
4.5
4.0
19
127
13Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
65.8
1973
14
193
376
51.3
2,550
6.8
182.1
13
17
3.5
4.5
37
350
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
65.2
1973
13
140
267
52.4
1,642
6.1
126.3
10
12
3.7
4.5
28
177
15Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
49.4
1973
14
148
299
49.5
1,719
5.7
122.8
9
20
3.0
6.7
44
362
16Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
49.0
1973
14
154
290
53.1
1,482
5.1
105.9
5
17
1.7
5.9
30
313
17Norm Snead
N. Snead
45.8
1973
10
131
235
55.7
1,483
6.3
148.3
7
22
3.0
9.4
9
67
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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