highest passer rating by a qb 1984 to 1991

Between the 1984 and 1991 seasons, Joe Montana had the best passer rating by a quarterback, with a 95.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a qb 1984 to 1991
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
95.3
94
1,869
2,934
63.7
23,019
7.8
244.9
164
79
5.6
2.7
187
1,211
2Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
88.5
49
809
1,409
57.4
11,132
7.9
227.2
84
48
6.0
3.4
43
315
3Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
88.0
86
1,555
2,562
60.7
19,574
7.6
227.6
138
89
5.4
3.5
181
1,399
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
87.6
124
2,625
4,434
59.2
33,176
7.5
267.5
246
143
5.5
3.2
115
862
5Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
85.5
31
405
658
61.6
4,955
7.5
159.8
29
22
4.4
3.3
66
510
6Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
84.7
72
1,380
2,358
58.5
17,193
7.3
238.8
103
63
4.4
2.7
256
1,865
7Steve Young
S. Young
84.3
65
640
1,104
58.0
8,412
7.6
129.4
51
35
4.6
3.2
117
788
8Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
84.0
115
1,753
3,100
56.5
24,264
7.8
211.0
163
114
5.3
3.7
211
1,665
9Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
82.9
22
311
506
61.5
3,550
7.0
161.4
18
14
3.6
2.8
69
542
10Ed Luther
E. Luther
82.7
15
83
151
55.0
1,163
7.7
77.5
5
3
3.3
2.0
7
57
11Dieter Brock
D. Brock
82.0
15
218
365
59.7
2,658
7.3
177.2
16
13
4.4
3.6
51
351
12Tony Eason
T. Eason
81.7
74
865
1,469
58.9
10,585
7.2
143.0
60
46
4.1
3.1
161
1,211
13Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
81.6
94
1,671
2,857
58.5
19,937
7.0
212.1
103
71
3.6
2.5
217
1,340
14Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
81.4
109
1,836
3,141
58.5
22,649
7.2
207.8
168
130
5.3
4.1
275
2,247
15Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
81.3
114
1,984
3,367
58.9
23,744
7.1
208.3
119
89
3.5
2.6
328
2,477
16Phil Simms
P. Simms
81.1
107
1,740
3,114
55.9
23,287
7.5
217.6
140
102
4.5
3.3
314
2,246
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
80.3
115
2,105
3,680
57.2
27,679
7.5
240.7
157
133
4.3
3.6
265
2,080
18Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
79.7
73
948
1,646
57.6
11,952
7.3
163.7
68
57
4.1
3.5
127
730
19Jim Everett
J. Everett
79.7
81
1,431
2,528
56.6
18,783
7.4
231.9
112
93
4.4
3.7
142
998
20Doug Williams
D. Williams
79.1
21
345
617
55.9
4,350
7.1
207.1
27
20
4.4
3.2
19
151
21Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
78.9
27
409
715
57.2
5,401
7.6
200.0
40
36
5.6
5.0
62
470
22Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
78.8
112
1,648
2,866
57.5
20,416
7.1
182.3
124
105
4.3
3.7
168
1,413
23Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
78.8
50
1,029
1,731
59.4
12,926
7.5
258.5
72
74
4.2
4.3
92
712
24Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
78.8
12
156
286
54.5
1,963
6.9
163.6
11
7
3.8
2.4
30
214
25Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
78.7
82
1,231
2,257
54.5
15,418
6.8
188.0
107
71
4.7
3.1
299
2,251
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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12
5
0
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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