highest passer rating from 1972 to 1980

Between the 1972 and 1980 seasons, Joe Montana had the best passer rating, with a 87.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game by a player from 1972 to 1980
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
87.3
31
189
296
63.9
1,891
6.4
61.0
16
9
5.4
3.0
15
100
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
86.3
35
233
371
62.8
2,722
7.3
77.8
19
14
5.1
3.8
28
204
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.2
104
1,492
2,618
57.0
19,855
7.6
190.9
135
95
5.2
3.6
259
1,743
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
81.5
93
1,611
2,670
60.3
18,519
6.9
199.1
126
99
4.7
3.7
175
1,567
5Bob Griese
B. Griese
81.4
99
1,166
1,983
58.8
14,811
7.5
149.6
115
96
5.8
4.8
180
1,499
6Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
79.6
36
309
549
56.3
4,174
7.6
115.9
37
31
6.7
5.6
37
335
7Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
79.2
129
1,753
2,883
60.8
21,960
7.6
170.2
162
166
5.6
5.8
212
1,918
8Bert Jones
B. Jones
79.2
83
1,138
2,038
55.8
14,569
7.1
175.5
101
77
5.0
3.8
193
1,685
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
78.0
121
1,664
2,929
56.8
21,031
7.2
173.8
126
110
4.3
3.8
272
2,024
10Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
77.5
68
787
1,485
53.0
10,131
6.8
149.0
90
62
6.1
4.2
101
716
11Danny White
D. White
77.2
76
316
539
58.6
4,017
7.5
52.9
31
31
5.8
5.8
38
338
12Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
76.7
88
1,239
2,191
56.5
15,207
6.9
172.8
107
93
4.9
4.2
150
1,229
13Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
75.5
96
1,489
2,594
57.4
19,454
7.5
202.6
112
125
4.3
4.8
182
1,257
14Greg Landry
G. Landry
74.5
94
929
1,646
56.4
11,158
6.8
118.7
66
64
4.0
3.9
220
1,708
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
73.7
48
472
781
60.4
5,228
6.7
108.9
27
34
3.5
4.4
90
754
16Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
73.7
46
485
868
55.9
5,962
6.9
129.6
32
33
3.7
3.8
78
639
17Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
73.2
117
1,406
2,692
52.2
19,588
7.3
167.4
152
139
5.6
5.2
214
1,879
18Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
73.1
54
517
970
53.3
7,238
7.5
134.0
52
52
5.4
5.4
84
608
19Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
72.3
86
873
1,693
51.6
11,587
6.8
134.7
80
69
4.7
4.1
166
1,265
20Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
72.0
67
826
1,508
54.8
9,248
6.1
138.0
59
52
3.9
3.4
109
822
21Pat Haden
P. Haden
70.8
52
593
1,096
54.1
7,481
6.8
143.9
43
47
3.9
4.3
87
661
22Jim Hart
J. Hart
70.8
118
1,686
3,195
52.8
21,771
6.8
184.5
131
133
4.1
4.2
165
1,263
23James Harris
J. Harris
70.5
65
517
960
53.9
7,016
7.3
107.9
40
48
4.2
5.0
69
596
24Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
70.3
99
864
1,617
53.4
10,726
6.6
108.3
67
69
4.1
4.3
163
1,378
25Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
70.3
41
649
1,161
55.9
7,454
6.4
181.8
47
52
4.0
4.5
80
519
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
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.824
12
5
0
.706
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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