highest passer rating in the 70s minimum 1500 attempts

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Roger Staubach had the best passer rating when throwing 1,500+ pass attempts, with a 83.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player in the 70s minimum 1500 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.6
2,911
125
1,662
57.1
22,279
7.7
178.2
152
107
5.2
3.7
301
2,048
2Bob Griese
B. Griese
81.1
2,391
122
1,392
58.2
18,129
7.6
148.6
140
118
5.9
4.9
225
1,940
3Bert 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
4Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
80.2
2,481
130
1,486
59.9
19,078
7.7
146.8
150
143
6.0
5.8
189
1,691
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
79.8
3,445
120
2,056
59.7
23,863
6.9
198.9
156
132
4.5
3.8
238
2,048
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
7Greg Landry
G. Landry
77.0
1,996
104
1,124
56.3
14,192
7.1
136.5
89
79
4.5
4.0
273
2,119
8Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
74.4
2,028
95
1,088
53.6
13,909
6.9
146.4
109
92
5.4
4.5
136
981
9Dan 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
10Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
72.5
2,267
95
1,217
53.7
14,038
6.2
147.8
92
74
4.1
3.3
154
1,156
11Brian 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
12Craig Morton
C. Morton
70.1
2,498
132
1,322
52.9
17,623
7.1
133.5
110
121
4.4
4.8
260
1,951
13Joe 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
14Jim Hart
J. Hart
68.9
3,386
128
1,739
51.4
23,026
6.8
179.9
137
145
4.0
4.3
165
1,326
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
67.5
2,859
129
1,474
51.6
19,918
7.0
154.4
147
163
5.1
5.7
239
2,163
16Steve 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
17Archie 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
18Jim 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
19John Hadl
J. Hadl
64.8
2,175
112
1,124
51.7
14,477
6.7
129.3
101
123
4.6
5.7
161
1,324
20Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
62.9
1,590
81
828
52.1
10,172
6.4
125.6
52
77
3.3
4.8
141
1,268
21Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
61.0
2,768
125
1,426
51.5
16,864
6.1
134.9
96
139
3.5
5.0
222
1,977
22Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
60.4
2,009
91
990
49.3
13,306
6.6
146.2
85
118
4.2
5.9
204
1,817
23Joe Namath
J. Namath
59.9
1,719
71
860
50.0
12,176
7.1
171.5
76
116
4.4
6.7
96
935
24Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
52.7
1,660
109
814
49.0
9,705
5.8
89.0
51
99
3.1
6.0
160
1,404
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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