highest passer rating by a qb with a minimum of 1000 attempts 1971 to 1979

Between the 1971 and 1979 seasons, Roger Staubach had the best passer rating by a quarterback when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with a 84.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a qb with a minimum of 1000 passing attempts 1971 to 1979
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
84.9
2,829
117
1,618
57.2
21,737
7.7
185.8
150
99
5.3
3.5
282
1,918
2Bob Griese
B. Griese
82.2
2,146
108
1,250
58.2
16,110
7.5
149.2
128
101
6.0
4.7
194
1,658
3Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
80.4
2,474
127
1,484
60.0
19,026
7.7
149.8
150
142
6.1
5.7
189
1,691
4Bert Jones
B. Jones
80.3
1,592
68
890
55.9
11,435
7.2
168.2
78
56
4.9
3.5
159
1,423
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
79.5
3,056
106
1,837
60.1
21,086
6.9
198.9
137
120
4.5
3.9
202
1,799
6Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
78.9
2,785
119
1,570
56.4
20,030
7.2
168.3
125
101
4.5
3.6
271
2,009
7Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
76.9
1,791
82
953
53.2
12,352
6.9
150.6
103
75
5.8
4.2
117
826
8Len Dawson
L. Dawson
75.9
1,082
62
639
59.1
7,732
7.1
124.7
42
47
3.9
4.3
120
1,057
9Greg Landry
G. Landry
75.9
1,860
92
1,041
56.0
13,120
7.1
142.6
80
74
4.3
4.0
247
1,921
10Pat Haden
P. Haden
72.8
1,055
48
574
54.4
7,296
6.9
152.0
43
43
4.1
4.1
83
631
11Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
72.8
2,005
80
1,141
56.9
14,739
7.4
184.2
82
101
4.1
5.0
150
1,047
12Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
72.6
1,860
81
1,006
54.1
11,486
6.2
141.8
76
62
4.1
3.3
134
1,022
13Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
71.8
1,637
72
902
55.1
11,075
6.8
153.8
77
79
4.7
4.8
127
1,012
14Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
71.0
2,641
116
1,391
52.7
18,508
7.0
159.6
141
139
5.3
5.3
214
1,921
15Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
71.0
1,064
68
563
52.9
7,830
7.4
115.1
55
59
5.2
5.5
92
669
16Jim Hart
J. Hart
69.8
3,013
114
1,568
52.0
20,451
6.8
179.4
123
127
4.1
4.2
139
1,110
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
68.9
2,113
95
1,069
50.6
14,550
6.9
153.2
92
94
4.4
4.4
191
1,535
18Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
68.4
1,163
83
602
51.8
7,764
6.7
93.5
50
53
4.3
4.6
132
1,096
19Craig Morton
C. Morton
68.3
2,291
120
1,220
53.3
15,804
6.9
131.7
95
114
4.1
5.0
240
1,785
20James Harris
J. Harris
67.8
1,063
72
568
53.4
7,528
7.1
104.6
41
54
3.9
5.1
85
741
21Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
66.3
1,666
73
831
49.9
12,151
7.3
166.5
89
102
5.3
6.1
120
1,042
22Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
65.5
1,242
70
616
49.6
8,058
6.5
115.1
53
57
4.3
4.6
139
1,052
23Archie Manning
A. Manning
65.4
2,587
105
1,405
54.3
16,568
6.4
157.8
87
123
3.4
4.8
276
2,147
24Norm Snead
N. Snead
65.3
1,025
51
591
57.7
6,819
6.7
133.7
39
62
3.8
6.0
52
393
25Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
65.0
1,638
56
845
51.6
11,202
6.8
200.0
63
84
3.8
5.1
103
724
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