highest passer rating by a qb 1981 to 1990

Between the 1981 and 1990 seasons, Joe Montana had the best passer rating by a quarterback, with a 93.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a qb 1981 to 1990
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe 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
2Ken 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
3Dan 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
4Craig Morton
C. Morton
87.4
18
243
402
60.4
3,388
8.4
188.2
21
17
5.2
4.2
57
413
5Jim 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
6Boomer 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
7Steve 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
8Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
84.5
33
560
988
56.7
7,568
7.7
229.3
56
37
5.7
3.7
36
256
9Dan 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
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
84.1
24
333
618
53.9
4,732
7.7
197.2
41
25
6.6
4.0
35
286
11Joe 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
12Danny 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
13Neil 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
14Dave 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
15Jim 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
16Ken 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
17Dieter Brock
D. Brock
82.0
15
218
365
59.7
2,658
7.3
177.2
16
13
4.4
3.6
51
351
18Lynn 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
19Bernie 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
20Phil 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
21Warren 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
22Tony 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
23Jim 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
24Gary 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
25Randall 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
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
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0
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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