highest passer rating in a single season by a quarterback between 1980 to 1989

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Joe Montana had the highest passer rating by a quarterback 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 in a single season by a quarterback between 1980 to 1989

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	96.2	1985	NYJ	16	297	488	60.9	3,888	8.0	243.0	25	8	5.1	1.6	62	399
10	Dan Marino D. Marino	96.0	1983	MIA	11	173	296	58.4	2,210	7.5	200.9	20	6	6.8	2.0	10	80
11	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	95.4	1987	CLE	12	241	389	62.0	3,033	7.8	252.8	22	9	5.7	2.3	22	129
12	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	95.3	1982	CIN	9	218	309	70.6	2,495	8.1	277.2	12	9	3.9	2.9	26	154
13	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	95.0	1983	SEA	9	147	243	60.5	2,139	8.8	237.7	18	11	7.4	4.5	38	279
14	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	94.6	1988	SEA	9	134	228	58.8	1,741	7.6	193.4	18	8	7.9	3.5	12	92
15	Joe Montana J. Montana	94.6	1983	SF	16	332	515	64.5	3,910	7.6	244.4	26	12	5.0	2.3	33	224
16	Tony Eason T. Eason	93.4	1984	NE	16	259	431	60.1	3,228	7.5	201.8	23	8	5.3	1.9	59	409
17	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	93.3	1982	SD	9	204	330	61.8	2,883	8.7	320.3	17	11	5.2	3.3	12	94
18	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	93.2	1985	CIN	15	251	431	58.2	3,443	8.0	229.5	27	12	6.3	2.8	32	289
19	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	92.6	1986	MIN	13	208	372	55.9	3,000	8.1	230.8	24	10	6.5	2.7	31	178
20	Dan Marino D. Marino	92.5	1986	MIA	16	378	623	60.7	4,746	7.6	296.6	44	23	7.1	3.7	17	119
21	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	92.5	1984	STL	16	345	560	61.6	4,614	8.2	288.4	28	16	5.0	2.9	49	377
22	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	92.5	1983	SD	10	215	340	63.2	2,975	8.8	297.5	20	15	5.9	4.4	14	107
23	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	92.1	1989	CIN	16	258	455	56.7	3,525	7.7	220.3	28	11	6.2	2.4	36	288
24	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	92.0	1983	STL	13	209	354	59.0	2,636	7.4	202.8	24	11	6.8	3.1	43	315
25	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	91.5	1988	MIN	14	204	332	61.4	2,746	8.3	196.1	15	9	4.5	2.7	33	227

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