highest passer rating by a player in 2016

Matt Ryan had the best passer rating in 2016, with a 117.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player in 2016
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
117.1
2016
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
309.0
38
7
7.1
1.3
37
235
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
112.2
2016
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
8.2
296.2
28
2
6.5
0.5
15
87
3Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
104.9
2016
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
8.0
229.2
23
4
5.0
0.9
25
143
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
104.2
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
276.8
40
7
6.6
1.1
35
246
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
101.7
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
37
15
5.5
2.2
27
184
6Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
99.3
2016
15
395
552
71.6
3,877
7.0
258.5
20
5
3.6
0.9
37
276
7Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
97.2
2016
16
406
606
67.0
4,917
8.1
307.3
25
12
4.1
2.0
23
190
8Derek Carr
D. Carr
96.7
2016
15
357
560
63.8
3,937
7.0
262.5
28
6
5.0
1.1
16
79
9Andrew Luck
A. Luck
96.4
2016
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
7.8
282.7
31
13
5.7
2.4
41
268
10Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
95.6
2016
15
276
451
61.2
3,426
7.6
228.4
26
9
5.8
2.0
23
156
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
95.4
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
7.5
272.8
29
13
5.7
2.6
17
141
12Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
93.5
2016
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
7.7
230.4
19
12
4.9
3.1
29
216
13Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
93.3
2016
16
388
594
65.3
4,327
7.3
270.4
24
10
4.0
1.7
37
216
14Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
92.6
2016
16
353
546
64.7
4,219
7.7
263.7
21
11
3.8
2.0
41
293
15Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
91.8
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
7.5
262.9
18
8
3.2
1.4
41
264
16Alex Smith
A. Smith
91.2
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
7.2
233.5
15
8
3.1
1.6
28
140
17Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
90.7
2016
12
196
331
59.2
2,241
6.8
186.8
16
4
4.8
1.2
36
207
18Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
89.7
2016
15
269
436
61.7
3,023
6.9
201.5
17
6
3.9
1.4
42
192
19Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
87.9
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
7.6
274.1
33
21
5.7
3.6
36
188
20Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
87.2
2016
15
364
597
61.0
4,233
7.1
282.2
26
14
4.4
2.3
40
281
21Jameis Winston
J. Winston
86.1
2016
16
345
567
60.8
4,090
7.2
255.6
28
18
4.9
3.2
35
239
22Eli Manning
E. Manning
86.0
2016
16
377
598
63.0
4,027
6.7
251.7
26
16
4.3
2.7
21
142
23Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
84.6
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
7.0
242.9
18
10
3.7
2.1
31
187
24Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
83.5
2016
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
6.4
269.8
20
15
3.0
2.2
33
243
25Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
79.3
2016
16
379
607
62.4
3,782
6.2
236.4
16
14
2.6
2.3
33
213
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,250

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

854

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.5

25th

OPP PPG

24.0

21st

RUSH YDS/G

124.7

8th

PASS YDS/G

226.5

19th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
Falcons Falcons
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

6 - 9

26

Final

19

ARI Cardinals

3 - 12

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
6
8
1
.433
4
11
0
.267
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
10-17
Sat
9/20
@
10-13
Sat
9/20
@
20-23
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
4:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM