highest passer rating 1973 to 1982 minimum 1000 attempts

Between the 1973 and 1982 seasons, Joe Montana had the highest passer rating when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with a 88.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player 1973 to 1982 minimum 1000 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
88.0
1,130
56
713
63.1
8,069
7.1
144.1
52
32
4.6
2.8
61
459
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.7
2,598
100
1,483
57.1
19,757
7.6
197.6
135
93
5.2
3.6
251
1,684
3Danny White
D. White
83.6
1,177
101
695
59.0
9,194
7.8
91.0
69
56
5.9
4.8
93
836
4Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
82.8
3,416
133
2,011
58.9
25,362
7.4
190.7
160
122
4.7
3.6
305
2,163
5Bob Griese
B. Griese
81.9
1,886
93
1,113
59.0
14,173
7.5
152.4
111
92
5.9
4.9
173
1,454
6Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
81.8
2,292
79
1,396
60.9
15,868
6.9
200.9
108
86
4.7
3.8
149
1,364
7Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
79.8
3,533
121
2,053
58.1
27,139
7.7
224.3
162
153
4.6
4.3
213
1,485
8Bert 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
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
77.9
3,283
136
1,991
60.6
24,767
7.5
182.1
178
191
5.4
5.8
246
2,203
10Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
76.2
1,260
56
667
52.9
8,483
6.7
151.5
71
51
5.6
4.0
92
649
11Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
76.1
2,994
126
1,587
53.0
22,356
7.5
177.4
179
152
6.0
5.1
220
1,928
12Greg Landry
G. Landry
74.7
1,407
91
809
57.5
9,287
6.6
102.1
48
48
3.4
3.4
200
1,609
13Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
74.2
1,185
53
661
55.8
7,221
6.1
136.2
47
37
4.0
3.1
97
720
14Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
74.1
2,943
110
1,653
56.2
20,147
6.8
183.2
128
126
4.3
4.3
197
1,656
15Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
74.0
2,365
124
1,318
55.7
16,327
6.9
131.7
99
98
4.2
4.1
221
1,860
16Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
73.2
2,440
111
1,290
52.9
16,758
6.9
151.0
115
101
4.7
4.1
218
1,706
17Craig Morton
C. Morton
72.5
2,512
126
1,383
55.1
17,815
7.1
141.4
106
115
4.2
4.6
291
2,133
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
72.0
2,062
64
1,147
55.6
13,403
6.5
209.4
88
88
4.3
4.3
120
798
19Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
71.4
1,161
60
641
55.2
8,089
7.0
134.8
45
52
3.9
4.5
109
868
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
70.8
3,350
126
1,779
53.1
22,807
6.8
181.0
138
142
4.1
4.2
174
1,326
21Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
70.1
2,518
93
1,347
53.5
17,407
6.9
187.2
116
125
4.6
5.0
236
2,066
22Pat Haden
P. Haden
69.6
1,363
65
731
53.6
9,296
6.8
143.0
52
60
3.8
4.4
115
888
23Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
69.4
3,314
136
1,716
51.8
22,604
6.8
166.2
143
148
4.3
4.5
230
1,906
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
68.5
2,835
114
1,599
56.4
18,666
6.6
163.7
97
132
3.4
4.7
284
2,177
25Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
68.5
2,768
94
1,483
53.6
18,876
6.8
200.8
100
124
3.6
4.5
191
1,418
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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12
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