highest passer rating before 1995

Before 1995, Steve Young had the highest passer rating, with a 96.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player before 1995
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
96.8
113
1,546
2,429
63.6
19,869
8.2
175.8
140
68
5.8
2.8
208
1,263
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.3
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
88.2
172
3,604
6,049
59.6
45,173
7.5
262.6
328
185
5.4
3.1
178
1,270
4Greg Cook
G. Cook
87.6
12
107
200
53.5
1,865
9.3
155.4
15
11
7.5
5.5
29
195
5Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
85.8
132
2,397
3,942
60.8
29,527
7.5
223.7
201
143
5.1
3.6
260
1,959
6Roger 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
7Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
83.0
171
2,562
4,390
58.4
32,114
7.3
187.8
231
166
5.3
3.8
425
3,295
8Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
82.7
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
9Sonny 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
10Len 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
11Brett Favre
B. Favre
82.2
49
983
1,579
62.3
10,412
6.6
212.5
70
53
4.4
3.4
96
606
12Charlie O'Rourke
C. O'Rourke
82.1
11
37
88
42.0
951
10.8
86.5
11
16
12.5
18.2
13Dieter Brock
D. Brock
82.0
15
218
365
59.7
2,658
7.3
177.2
16
13
4.4
3.6
51
351
14Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
81.9
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
32,838
7.3
171.0
197
160
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
15Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
81.8
114
1,896
3,225
58.8
22,394
6.9
196.4
120
82
3.7
2.5
261
1,598
16Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
81.7
122
864
1,506
57.4
10,985
7.3
90.0
54
38
3.6
2.5
143
793
17Danny White
D. White
81.7
166
1,761
2,950
59.7
21,959
7.4
132.3
155
132
5.3
4.5
241
2,083
18Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
81.6
158
2,440
4,291
56.9
31,874
7.4
201.7
207
153
4.8
3.6
267
2,088
19Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
81.6
82
1,424
2,281
62.4
16,303
7.1
198.8
82
78
3.6
3.4
153
991
20Bart 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
21Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
80.4
129
2,110
3,602
58.6
25,094
7.0
194.5
128
98
3.6
2.7
353
2,654
22Fran 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
23Warren Moon
W. Moon
80.3
156
3,003
5,147
58.3
37,949
7.4
243.3
214
185
4.2
3.6
344
2,638
24Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
80.2
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
254
242
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
25Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
80.1
54
823
1,455
56.6
9,897
6.8
183.3
51
32
3.5
2.2
133
1,003
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3
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.824
12
5
0
.706
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5
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14
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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