highest passer rating 1979

Roger Staubach had the best passer rating in 1979, with a 92.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player 1979
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
92.3
1979
16
267
461
57.9
3,586
7.8
224.1
27
11
5.9
2.4
36
240
2Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
83.9
1979
16
233
395
59.0
2,797
7.1
174.8
20
13
5.1
3.3
34
263
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
82.6
1979
16
332
530
62.6
4,082
7.7
255.1
24
24
4.5
4.5
28
195
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
82.2
1979
16
304
498
61.0
3,615
7.3
225.9
26
22
5.2
4.4
34
284
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
80.7
1979
15
189
339
55.8
2,340
6.9
156.0
16
10
4.7
2.9
46
324
6Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
77.7
1979
16
285
505
56.4
3,661
7.2
228.8
20
18
4.0
3.6
23
201
7Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
77.4
1979
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
28
20
6.6
4.7
45
341
8Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
77.0
1979
16
259
472
54.9
3,724
7.9
232.8
26
25
5.5
5.3
24
196
9Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
76.8
1979
16
190
374
50.8
2,669
7.1
166.8
18
12
4.8
3.2
34
272
10Archie Manning
A. Manning
75.6
1979
16
252
420
60.0
3,169
7.5
198.1
15
20
3.6
4.8
17
140
11Greg Landry
G. Landry
75.3
1979
16
270
457
59.1
2,932
6.4
183.3
15
15
3.3
3.3
42
326
12Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
74.4
1979
16
238
458
52.0
3,572
7.8
223.3
14
15
3.1
3.3
43
387
13Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
73.4
1979
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
28
26
5.2
4.9
43
347
14Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
73.1
1979
16
347
578
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
2.9
3.6
17
119
15Bob Griese
B. Griese
72.0
1979
14
176
310
56.8
2,160
7.0
154.3
14
16
4.5
5.2
26
223
16Craig Morton
C. Morton
70.6
1979
14
204
370
55.1
2,626
7.1
187.6
16
19
4.3
5.1
30
241
17Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
69.6
1979
12
134
255
52.5
1,535
6.0
127.9
9
8
3.5
3.1
15
145
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
69.3
1979
16
315
566
55.7
3,397
6.0
212.3
23
24
4.1
4.2
36
249
19Pat Haden
P. Haden
68.1
1979
10
163
290
56.2
1,854
6.4
185.4
11
14
3.8
4.8
21
178
20Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
67.3
1979
14
204
380
53.7
2,505
6.6
178.9
17
20
4.5
5.3
39
286
21Richard Todd
R. Todd
66.5
1979
15
171
334
51.2
2,660
8.0
177.3
16
22
4.8
6.6
25
222
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
66.0
1979
12
134
265
50.6
1,743
6.6
145.3
13
14
4.9
5.3
39
319
23David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
64.5
1979
13
179
322
55.6
2,247
7.0
172.8
10
18
3.1
5.6
32
256
24Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
62.1
1979
15
163
324
50.3
2,090
6.5
139.3
14
18
4.3
5.6
29
212
25Steve Fuller
S. Fuller
55.8
1979
16
146
270
54.1
1,484
5.5
92.8
6
14
2.2
5.2
37
244
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