highest qb career passer rating before 2000 minimum 5 seasons played

Before 2000, Rob Johnson had the best passer rating by a quarterback when playing 5+ seasons, with a 103.3 rating.

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  • Data note: Passer Rating: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERTGSEASGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Rob Johnson
R. Johnson
103.3
5
18
117
176
66.5
1,576
9.0
87.6
12
6
6.8
3.4
37
214
2Steve Young
S. Young
96.8
15
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
232
107
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
3Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.3
15
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
4Guido Merkens
G. Merkens
90.1
5
67
8
15
53.3
77
5.1
1.1
1
0
6.7
0.0
11
72
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
87.1
9
129
2,659
4,351
61.1
30,894
7.1
239.5
235
141
5.4
3.2
267
1,686
6Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
87.0
6
54
898
1,456
61.7
10,468
7.2
193.9
68
42
4.7
2.9
77
513
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
86.4
17
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
8Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
85.4
6
73
1,297
2,160
60.0
15,572
7.2
213.3
86
52
4.0
2.4
181
1,046
9Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
84.4
11
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
237
175
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
10Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
83.4
11
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
22,700
7.7
173.3
153
109
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
11Jason Garrett
J. Garrett
83.2
7
23
165
294
56.1
2,042
6.9
88.8
11
5
3.7
1.7
20
110
12Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
82.7
8
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
136
90
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
13Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
82.6
11
154
2,742
4,453
61.6
31,310
7.0
203.3
158
127
3.5
2.9
246
1,657
14Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
82.6
18
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
255
189
6.0
4.4
94
748
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
82.6
19
211
2,136
3,741
57.1
28,711
7.7
136.1
239
183
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
16Danny White
D. White
82.3
11
136
1,738
2,901
59.9
21,657
7.5
159.2
154
129
5.3
4.4
235
2,022
17Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
82.0
9
108
1,766
3,057
57.8
20,408
6.7
189.0
114
62
3.7
2.0
250
1,825
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
81.9
16
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
32,838
7.3
171.0
197
160
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
19Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
81.8
12
126
1,994
3,365
59.3
23,301
6.9
184.9
124
87
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
20Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
81.5
19
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
261
199
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
21Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
81.4
14
149
2,301
4,075
56.5
28,557
7.0
191.7
198
128
4.9
3.1
464
3,426
22Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
81.2
12
130
1,668
2,894
57.6
20,865
7.2
160.5
135
101
4.7
3.5
255
1,779
23Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
81.1
11
119
1,469
2,615
56.2
19,002
7.3
159.7
120
84
4.6
3.2
249
1,655
24Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
81.1
14
187
2,969
5,205
57.0
37,920
7.3
202.8
247
184
4.7
3.5
318
2,438
25Warren Moon
W. Moon
81.0
16
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
49,117
7.2
238.4
290
232
4.3
3.4
453
3,369

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.444
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7
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7
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.222
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.125
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2
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.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
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4
5
0
.444
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2
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.750
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5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
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7
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