highest passer rating by a player in a season before 2003

Before 2003, Steve Young had the highest passer rating in a season, with a 112.8 rating in 1994.

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Assumption:14+ ATT/TG
Data note: Passer Rating, Pass Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	112.8	1994	SF	16	324	461	70.3	3,969	8.6	248.1	35	10	7.6	2.2	31	163
2	Joe Montana J. Montana	112.4	1989	SF	13	271	386	70.2	3,521	9.1	270.8	26	8	6.7	2.1	33	198
3	Milt Plum M. Plum	110.4	1960	CLE	12	151	250	60.4	2,297	9.2	191.4	21	5	8.4	2.0
4	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	109.9	1945	WAS	8	128	182	70.3	1,669	9.2	208.6	11	4	6.0	2.2
5	Kurt Warner K. Warner	109.2	1999	STL	16	325	499	65.1	4,353	8.7	272.1	41	13	8.2	2.6	29	201
6	Dan Marino D. Marino	108.9	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	5,084	9.0	317.8	48	17	8.5	3.0	13	120
7	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	107.5	1943	CHB	10	110	202	54.5	2,194	10.9	219.4	28	12	13.9	5.9
8	Steve Young S. Young	107.0	1992	SF	16	268	402	66.7	3,465	8.6	216.6	25	7	6.2	1.7	29	152
9	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	106.0	1998	MIN	15	259	425	60.9	3,704	8.7	246.9	34	10	8.0	2.4	20	132
10	Bart Starr B. Starr	105.0	1966	GB	14	156	251	62.2	2,257	9.0	161.2	14	3	5.6	1.2
11	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	104.8	1971	DAL	13	126	211	59.7	1,882	8.9	144.8	15	4	7.1	1.9	23	175
12	Y.A. Tittle	104.8	1963	NYG	13	221	367	60.2	3,145	8.6	241.9	36	14	9.8	3.8
13	Steve Young S. Young	104.7	1997	SF	15	241	356	67.7	3,029	8.5	201.9	19	6	5.3	1.7	35	220
14	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	104.2	2002	NYJ	15	275	399	68.9	3,120	7.8	208.0	22	6	5.5	1.5	22	135
15	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	103.4	1976	OAK	12	194	291	66.7	2,737	9.4	228.1	27	17	9.3	5.8	19	203
16	Brian Griese B. Griese	102.9	2000	DEN	10	216	336	64.3	2,688	8.0	268.8	19	4	5.7	1.2	17	139
17	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.9	1984	SF	16	279	432	64.6	3,630	8.4	226.9	28	10	6.5	2.3	22	138
18	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	102.7	1959	NYG	10	113	194	58.2	1,706	8.8	170.6	14	4	7.2	2.1
19	Bert Jones B. Jones	102.5	1976	BAL	14	207	343	60.3	3,104	9.0	221.7	24	9	7.0	2.6	29	284
20	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.1	1987	SF	13	266	398	66.8	3,054	7.7	234.9	31	13	7.8	3.3	22	158
21	Steve Young S. Young	101.8	1991	SF	11	180	279	64.5	2,517	9.0	228.8	17	8	6.1	2.9	13	79
22	Trent Green T. Green	101.8	2000	STL	8	145	240	60.4	2,063	8.6	257.9	16	5	6.7	2.1	24	145
23	Len Dawson L. Dawson	101.7	1966	KC	14	159	284	56.0	2,527	8.9	180.5	26	10	9.2	3.5
24	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	101.6	1998	NYJ	14	259	421	61.5	3,256	7.7	232.6	29	7	6.9	1.7	19	140
25	Steve Young S. Young	101.5	1993	SF	16	314	462	68.0	4,023	8.7	251.4	29	16	6.3	3.5	31	160

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Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
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Raiders	3	3	0	.500
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