highest passer rating by a qb 1981 to 1990

From 1981 through 1990, Joe Montana had the highest passer rating by a quarterback, with a 93.8 rating.

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Assumption:7+ ATT/TG
Data note: Passer Rating, Pass Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	93.8	135	2,725	4,283	63.6	33,107	7.7	245.2	226	114	5.3	2.7	266	1,794
2	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	90.6	60	918	1,415	64.9	11,030	7.8	183.8	66	46	4.7	3.3	103	692
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	88.5	119	2,480	4,181	59.3	31,416	7.5	264.0	241	136	5.8	3.3	98	760
4	Craig Morton C. Morton	87.4	18	243	402	60.4	3,388	8.4	188.2	21	17	5.2	4.2	57	413
5	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	85.8	71	1,251	2,088	59.9	15,730	7.5	221.5	105	72	5.0	3.4	150	1,172
6	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	85.8	101	1,520	2,687	56.6	21,381	8.0	211.7	150	98	5.6	3.6	186	1,475
7	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	84.7	61	1,048	1,733	60.5	12,451	7.2	204.1	78	53	4.5	3.1	177	1,354
8	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	84.5	33	560	988	56.7	7,568	7.7	229.3	56	37	5.7	3.7	36	256
9	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	84.3	85	1,808	3,010	60.1	23,586	7.8	277.5	142	117	4.7	3.9	137	1,047
10	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	84.1	24	333	618	53.9	4,732	7.7	197.2	41	25	6.6	4.0	35	286
11	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	83.1	68	1,180	1,985	59.4	14,480	7.3	212.9	93	69	4.7	3.5	177	1,379
12	Danny White D. White	82.7	90	1,445	2,411	59.9	17,942	7.4	199.4	124	101	5.1	4.2	203	1,745
13	Neil 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
14	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	82.3	118	1,909	3,289	58.0	24,052	7.3	203.8	184	136	5.6	4.1	308	2,512
15	Jim Everett J. Everett	82.2	65	1,154	2,038	56.6	15,345	7.5	236.1	101	73	5.0	3.6	112	798
16	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	82.2	98	1,697	2,878	59.0	20,444	7.1	208.6	109	78	3.8	2.7	295	2,204
17	Dieter Brock D. Brock	82.0	15	218	365	59.7	2,658	7.3	177.2	16	13	4.4	3.6	51	351
18	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	80.8	65	1,026	1,771	57.9	14,242	8.0	219.1	101	94	5.7	5.3	167	1,271
19	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	80.3	78	1,364	2,363	57.7	16,450	7.0	210.9	85	62	3.6	2.6	176	1,108
20	Phil Simms P. Simms	80.1	113	1,837	3,302	55.6	24,455	7.4	216.4	143	108	4.3	3.3	341	2,503
21	Warren Moon W. Moon	79.9	99	1,701	3,025	56.2	22,989	7.6	232.2	134	112	4.4	3.7	242	1,906
22	Tony Eason T. Eason	79.7	90	911	1,564	58.2	11,142	7.1	123.8	61	51	3.9	3.3	177	1,350
23	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	79.3	83	1,056	1,840	57.4	13,398	7.3	161.4	77	66	4.2	3.6	175	1,064
24	Gary Danielson G. Danielson	78.9	55	620	1,064	58.3	7,802	7.3	141.9	49	45	4.6	4.2	105	807
25	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	78.8	81	1,230	2,253	54.6	15,399	6.8	190.1	107	71	4.7	3.2	297	2,235

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