highest passer rating before 1980

Before 1980, Greg Cook had the highest passer rating, with a 87.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player before 1980
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Greg Cook
G. Cook
87.6
12
107
200
53.5
1,865
9.3
155.4
15
11
7.5
5.5
29
195
2Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.4
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
7.7
173.3
153
109
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
3Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
82.6
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
255
189
6.0
4.4
94
748
4Len Dawson
L. Dawson
82.6
211
2,136
3,741
57.1
28,711
7.7
136.1
239
183
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
5Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
82.1
11
37
88
42.0
951
10.8
86.5
11
16
12.5
18.2
6Bart Starr
B. Starr
80.5
196
1,808
3,149
57.4
24,718
7.8
126.1
152
138
4.8
4.4
59
533
7Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
80.4
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
342
266
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
8Bert Jones
B. Jones
80.3
68
890
1,592
55.9
11,435
7.2
168.2
78
56
4.9
3.5
159
1,423
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
80.2
130
1,486
2,481
59.9
19,078
7.7
146.8
150
143
6.0
5.8
189
1,691
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
78.9
119
1,570
2,785
56.4
20,030
7.2
168.3
125
101
4.5
3.6
271
2,009
11Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
78.2
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
290
253
5.6
4.9
74
590
12Otto Graham
O. Graham
78.2
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
88
94
5.6
6.0
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
77.6
126
1,090
2,133
51.1
16,042
7.5
127.3
149
111
7.0
5.2
4
35
14Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
77.4
6
55
100
55.0
748
7.5
124.7
7
6
7.0
6.0
15Bob Berry
B. Berry
77.2
78
661
1,173
56.4
9,197
7.8
117.9
64
64
5.5
5.5
131
927
16Bob Griese
B. Griese
76.8
156
1,865
3,329
56.0
24,302
7.3
155.8
186
168
5.6
5.0
258
2,229
17Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
75.1
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
23,611
8.2
168.7
173
178
6.0
6.1
18Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
75.0
128
904
1,744
51.8
14,686
8.4
114.7
137
132
7.9
7.6
19Don Meredith
D. Meredith
74.8
104
1,170
2,308
50.7
17,199
7.5
165.4
135
111
5.8
4.8
20Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
74.3
183
2,366
4,498
52.6
29,444
6.5
160.9
201
149
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
74.1
255
1,379
2,689
51.3
20,809
7.7
81.6
161
148
6.0
5.5
58
487
22Greg Landry
G. Landry
73.8
118
1,227
2,204
55.7
15,383
7.0
130.4
95
96
4.3
4.4
303
2,384
23Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
73.6
178
2,118
3,817
55.5
28,339
7.4
159.2
212
221
5.6
5.8
24Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
72.9
151
1,288
2,601
49.5
19,154
7.4
126.8
164
138
6.3
5.3
72
636
25Pat Haden
P. Haden
72.8
48
574
1,055
54.4
7,296
6.9
152.0
43
43
4.1
4.1
83
631
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,809

Burrow

Joe Burrow

RUSH

1,019

Brown

Chase Brown

REC

1,412

Chase

Ja'Marr Chase
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PPG

24.4

12th

OPP PPG

28.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

93.6

29th

PASS YDS/G

249.6

7th

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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
Bengals Bengals
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176