highest passer rating all-time in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the best passer rating, with a 87.3 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player all-time in the 1950s

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%
1	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	87.3	46	611	1,129	54.1	8,954	7.9	194.7	84	48	7.4	4.3
2	Milt Plum M. Plum	80.1	33	299	531	56.3	4,201	7.9	127.3	27	24	5.1	4.5
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	78.2	72	872	1,565	55.7	13,499	8.6	187.5	88	94	5.6	6.0
4	M.C. Reynolds	77.4	18	124	234	53.0	1,751	7.5	97.3	15	12	6.4	5.1
5	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	73.0	120	1,368	2,553	53.6	20,539	8.0	171.2	143	159	5.6	6.2
6	Billy Wade B. Wade	69.2	58	497	934	53.2	7,278	7.8	125.5	44	57	4.7	6.1
7	Y.A. Tittle	67.7	115	1,318	2,382	55.3	17,206	7.2	149.6	112	150	4.7	6.3
8	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	67.2	112	994	1,989	50.0	13,587	6.8	121.3	119	119	6.0	6.0
9	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	66.9	35	261	498	52.4	3,761	7.6	107.5	27	34	5.4	6.8
10	Ed Brown E. Brown	66.6	72	502	999	50.3	7,877	7.9	109.4	52	66	5.2	6.6
11	Bobby Layne B. Layne	65.2	119	1,349	2,758	48.9	20,035	7.3	168.4	151	173	5.5	6.3
12	Tommy O'Connell T. O'Connell	64.6	30	138	273	50.5	2,217	8.1	73.9	14	20	5.1	7.3
13	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	63.3	79	681	1,334	51.0	9,430	7.1	119.4	68	89	5.1	6.7
14	George Shaw G. Shaw	62.7	41	234	446	52.5	3,253	7.3	79.3	22	32	4.9	7.2
15	Bart Starr B. Starr	60.9	45	289	550	52.5	3,661	6.7	81.4	19	32	3.5	5.8
16	Bob Celeri B. Celeri	60.0	19	133	313	42.5	2,287	7.3	120.4	15	18	4.8	5.8
17	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	58.5	47	267	582	45.9	4,086	7.0	86.9	22	33	3.8	5.7
18	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	57.8	82	539	1,104	48.8	8,068	7.3	98.4	59	88	5.3	8.0
19	Frankie Albert F. Albert	57.7	36	316	601	52.6	3,847	6.4	106.9	27	43	4.5	7.2
20	Jim Finks J. Finks	57.0	68	637	1,311	48.6	8,300	6.3	122.1	53	80	4.0	6.1
21	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	55.7	30	177	353	50.1	2,386	6.8	79.5	19	29	5.4	8.2
22	Tobin Rote T. Rote	54.0	118	1,082	2,450	44.2	15,144	6.2	128.3	119	158	4.9	6.4
23	George Blanda G. Blanda	52.9	104	436	967	45.1	5,739	5.9	55.2	48	65	5.0	6.7
24	John Brodie J. Brodie	52.6	29	144	257	56.0	1,738	6.8	59.9	10	23	3.9	8.9
25	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	52.5	24	206	430	47.9	3,026	7.0	126.1	12	29	2.8	6.7

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