highest passer rating all-time in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Charlie O'Rourke had the best passer rating, with a 82.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player all-time in the 1940s
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
82.1
11
37
88
42.0
951
10.8
86.5
11
16
12.5
18.2
2Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
79.8
21
198
378
52.4
3,269
8.6
155.7
29
25
7.7
6.6
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
78.7
106
1,319
2,247
58.7
17,002
7.6
160.4
149
140
6.6
6.2
4Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
77.0
32
331
624
53.0
4,537
7.3
141.8
47
37
7.5
5.9
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
75.3
106
868
1,656
52.4
13,870
8.4
130.8
131
126
7.9
7.6
6Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
73.9
24
314
604
52.0
4,313
7.1
179.7
39
33
6.5
5.5
7Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
70.9
87
625
1,185
52.7
8,777
7.4
100.9
80
81
6.8
6.8
8Paul Governali
P. Governali
59.5
32
218
500
43.6
3,348
6.7
104.6
31
33
6.2
6.6
9Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
59.2
56
553
1,119
49.4
8,088
7.2
144.4
70
94
6.3
8.4
10Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
58.1
32
197
388
50.8
2,961
7.6
92.5
25
37
6.4
9.5
11Arnie Herber
A. Herber
57.8
30
109
255
42.7
1,852
7.3
61.7
21
23
8.2
9.0
12Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
56.8
42
222
482
46.1
2,811
5.8
66.9
31
34
6.4
7.1
13Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
56.3
52
245
484
50.6
3,357
6.9
64.6
33
61
6.8
12.6
14Paul Christman
P. Christman
55.5
50
453
1,014
44.7
6,749
6.7
135.0
51
69
5.0
6.8
15Bobby Layne
B. Layne
54.4
23
171
351
48.7
2,028
5.8
88.2
12
20
3.4
5.7
16Fred Enke
F. Enke
54.2
24
163
363
44.9
2,121
5.8
88.4
17
22
4.7
6.1
17Ace Parker
A. Parker
50.2
30
110
237
46.4
1,579
6.7
52.6
12
20
5.1
8.4
18Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
47.3
84
299
703
42.5
4,801
6.8
57.2
44
70
6.3
10.0
19Johnny Clement
J. Clement
46.8
35
134
328
40.9
2,320
7.1
66.3
14
26
4.3
7.9
20Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
45.2
20
108
274
39.4
1,759
6.4
88.0
19
40
6.9
14.6
21Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
42.9
55
244
552
44.2
3,268
5.9
59.4
27
49
4.9
8.9
22Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
42.8
6
62
145
42.8
833
5.7
138.8
9
14
6.2
9.7
23Ray Evans
R. Evans
41.7
9
64
137
46.7
924
6.7
102.7
5
17
3.6
12.4
24Chuck Fenenbock
C. Fenenbock
41.7
20
65
168
38.7
1,092
6.5
54.6
10
20
6.0
11.9
25Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
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