highest passer rating in a season 1978 to 1999

Between the 1978 and 1999 seasons, Steve Young had the highest passer rating in a season, with a 112.8 rating in 1994.

Interpreted as:

highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player in a season 1978 to 1999

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	112.8	1994	SF	16	324	461	70.3	3,969	8.6	248.1	35	10	7.6	2.2	31	163
2	Joe Montana J. Montana	112.4	1989	SF	13	271	386	70.2	3,521	9.1	270.8	26	8	6.7	2.1	33	198
3	Kurt Warner K. Warner	109.2	1999	STL	16	325	499	65.1	4,353	8.7	272.1	41	13	8.2	2.6	29	201
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	108.9	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	5,084	9.0	317.8	48	17	8.5	3.0	13	120
5	Steve Young S. Young	107.0	1992	SF	16	268	402	66.7	3,465	8.6	216.6	25	7	6.2	1.7	29	152
6	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	106.0	1998	MIN	15	259	425	60.9	3,704	8.7	246.9	34	10	8.0	2.4	20	132
7	Steve Young S. Young	104.7	1997	SF	15	241	356	67.7	3,029	8.5	201.9	19	6	5.3	1.7	35	220
8	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.9	1984	SF	16	279	432	64.6	3,630	8.4	226.9	28	10	6.5	2.3	22	138
9	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.1	1987	SF	13	266	398	66.8	3,054	7.7	234.9	31	13	7.8	3.3	22	158
10	Steve Young S. Young	101.8	1991	SF	11	180	279	64.5	2,517	9.0	228.8	17	8	6.1	2.9	13	79
11	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	101.6	1998	NYJ	14	259	421	61.5	3,256	7.7	232.6	29	7	6.9	1.7	19	140
12	Steve Young S. Young	101.5	1993	SF	16	314	462	68.0	4,023	8.7	251.4	29	16	6.3	3.5	31	160
13	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	101.2	1990	BUF	14	219	346	63.3	2,829	8.2	202.1	24	9	6.9	2.6	20	158
14	Steve Young S. Young	101.1	1998	SF	15	322	517	62.3	4,170	8.1	278.0	36	12	7.0	2.3	48	234
15	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	100.9	1998	ATL	14	190	327	58.1	3,154	9.6	225.3	25	12	7.6	3.7	45	283
16	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	100.7	1995	IND	15	200	314	63.7	2,575	8.2	171.7	17	5	5.4	1.6	36	219
17	Brett Favre B. Favre	99.5	1995	GB	16	359	570	63.0	4,413	7.7	275.8	38	13	6.7	2.3	33	217
18	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	99.0	1993	DAL	14	271	392	69.1	3,100	7.9	221.4	15	6	3.8	1.5	26	153
19	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	98.4	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	3,754	7.8	234.6	29	10	6.1	2.1	25	140
20	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	97.9	1991	WAS	16	249	421	59.1	3,564	8.5	222.8	28	11	6.7	2.6	7	59
21	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	97.6	1983	ATL	14	274	432	63.4	3,167	7.3	226.2	22	5	5.1	1.2	51	348
22	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	97.6	1991	BUF	15	304	474	64.1	3,844	8.1	256.3	33	17	7.0	3.6	31	227
23	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	97.4	1988	CIN	16	223	388	57.5	3,572	9.2	223.3	28	14	7.2	3.6	30	245
24	Steve Young S. Young	97.2	1996	SF	12	214	316	67.7	2,410	7.6	200.8	14	6	4.4	1.9	34	160
25	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	97.0	1983	WAS	16	276	459	60.1	3,714	8.1	232.1	29	11	6.3	2.4	34	242

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