highest passer rating in a season before 1990

Before 1990, Joe Montana had the highest passer rating in a season, with a 112.4 rating in 1989.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player in a season before 1990
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
112.4
1989
13
271
386
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
26
8
6.7
2.1
33
198
2Milt Plum
M. Plum
110.4
1960
12
151
250
60.4
2,297
9.2
191.4
21
5
8.4
2.0
3Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
109.9
1945
8
128
182
70.3
1,669
9.2
208.6
11
4
6.0
2.2
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
108.9
1984
16
362
564
64.2
5,084
9.0
317.8
48
17
8.5
3.0
13
120
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
107.5
1943
10
110
202
54.5
2,194
10.9
219.4
28
12
13.9
5.9
6Bart Starr
B. Starr
105.0
1966
14
156
251
62.2
2,257
9.0
161.2
14
3
5.6
1.2
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
104.8
1971
13
126
211
59.7
1,882
8.9
144.8
15
4
7.1
1.9
23
175
8Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
104.8
1963
13
221
367
60.2
3,145
8.6
241.9
36
14
9.8
3.8
9Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
103.4
1976
12
194
291
66.7
2,737
9.4
228.1
27
17
9.3
5.8
19
203
10Joe Montana
J. Montana
102.9
1984
16
279
432
64.6
3,630
8.4
226.9
28
10
6.5
2.3
22
138
11Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
102.7
1959
10
113
194
58.2
1,706
8.8
170.6
14
4
7.2
2.1
12Bert Jones
B. Jones
102.5
1976
14
207
343
60.3
3,104
9.0
221.7
24
9
7.0
2.6
29
284
13Joe Montana
J. Montana
102.1
1987
13
266
398
66.8
3,054
7.7
234.9
31
13
7.8
3.3
22
158
14Len Dawson
L. Dawson
101.7
1966
14
159
284
56.0
2,527
8.9
180.5
26
10
9.2
3.5
15Otto Graham
O. Graham
99.7
1953
12
167
258
64.7
2,722
10.6
226.8
11
9
4.3
3.5
16Len Dawson
L. Dawson
98.6
1968
14
131
224
58.5
2,109
9.4
150.6
17
9
7.6
4.0
17Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
98.4
1981
16
300
479
62.6
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
6.1
2.1
25
140
18Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
98.4
1948
12
141
246
57.3
1,965
8.0
163.8
25
11
10.2
4.5
19Len Dawson
L. Dawson
98.3
1962
14
189
310
61.0
2,759
8.9
197.1
29
17
9.4
5.5
20Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
97.6
1983
14
274
432
63.4
3,167
7.3
226.2
22
5
5.1
1.2
51
348
21Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
97.4
1965
11
164
282
58.2
2,530
9.0
230.0
23
12
8.2
4.3
22Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
97.4
1988
16
223
388
57.5
3,572
9.2
223.3
28
14
7.2
3.6
30
245
23Bart Starr
B. Starr
97.1
1964
14
163
272
59.9
2,144
7.9
153.1
15
4
5.5
1.5
24Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
97.0
1983
16
276
459
60.1
3,714
8.1
232.1
29
11
6.3
2.4
34
242
25Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
96.4
1964
14
158
305
51.8
2,824
9.3
201.7
19
6
6.2
2.0
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11
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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9
1
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12
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.294
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13
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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5
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