highest passer rating 1987 to 1998 minimum 1000 attempts

Between the 1987 and 1998 seasons, Steve Young had the best passer rating when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with a 102.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player 1987 to 1998 minimum 1000 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
102.4
3,564
147
2,355
66.1
29,461
8.3
200.4
218
82
6.1
2.3
282
1,508
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
93.5
2,513
81
1,591
63.3
19,053
7.6
235.2
132
63
5.3
2.5
150
933
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
89.1
3,756
113
2,318
61.7
26,803
7.1
237.2
213
118
5.7
3.1
232
1,463
4Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
86.3
1,719
58
1,038
60.4
12,512
7.3
215.7
72
43
4.2
2.5
152
872
5Phil Simms
P. Simms
85.4
2,155
79
1,250
58.0
15,877
7.4
201.0
95
54
4.4
2.5
209
1,341
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
84.5
4,299
144
2,589
60.2
31,874
7.4
221.3
215
158
5.0
3.7
280
2,097
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
84.5
5,939
172
3,514
59.2
42,736
7.2
248.5
266
168
4.5
2.8
203
1,388
8Warren Moon
W. Moon
83.9
5,471
160
3,257
59.5
39,561
7.2
247.3
250
173
4.6
3.2
319
2,300
9Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
83.3
3,585
122
2,032
56.7
25,143
7.0
206.1
181
104
5.0
2.9
357
2,686
10Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
82.8
4,011
140
2,479
61.8
28,346
7.1
202.5
141
115
3.5
2.9
227
1,527
11Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
82.6
2,586
98
1,560
60.3
17,869
6.9
182.3
99
70
3.8
2.7
215
1,265
12John Elway
J. Elway
82.4
5,502
176
3,179
57.8
39,838
7.2
226.4
234
161
4.3
2.9
394
2,869
13Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
81.6
2,862
100
1,650
57.7
19,026
6.6
190.3
104
57
3.6
2.0
241
1,762
14Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
80.9
2,302
91
1,335
58.0
16,550
7.2
181.9
94
72
4.1
3.1
137
1,163
15Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
80.9
2,587
118
1,494
57.8
18,526
7.2
157.0
119
90
4.6
3.5
223
1,549
16Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
80.5
2,338
134
1,357
58.0
16,430
7.0
122.6
94
71
4.0
3.0
207
1,159
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
80.2
3,489
146
2,059
59.0
24,470
7.0
167.6
154
126
4.4
3.6
301
2,264
18Jeff George
J. George
79.7
3,402
111
1,971
57.9
23,229
6.8
209.3
124
92
3.6
2.7
312
2,331
19Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
79.5
4,203
146
2,394
57.0
29,988
7.1
205.4
193
152
4.6
3.6
255
1,903
20Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
79.4
2,091
88
1,184
56.6
14,452
6.9
164.2
91
66
4.4
3.2
131
755
21Jeff Blake
J. Blake
79.4
1,841
64
1,029
55.9
12,504
6.8
195.4
77
51
4.2
2.8
143
880
22Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
79.3
2,861
107
1,701
59.5
19,977
7.0
186.7
128
112
4.5
3.9
156
1,071
23Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
78.9
2,604
100
1,461
56.1
18,416
7.1
184.2
115
88
4.4
3.4
96
658
24Jim Everett
J. Everett
78.9
4,776
152
2,768
58.0
33,819
7.1
222.5
195
167
4.1
3.5
249
1,835
25Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
78.7
3,282
156
1,933
58.9
22,111
6.7
141.7
111
93
3.4
2.8
310
1,828
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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