Before 2002, Steve Young had the best passer rating when throwing 2,000+ pass attempts, with a 96.8 rating.
Interpreted as:
highest qbr by a player before 2002 min 2000 passing attempts| NAME | RTG | ATT | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Young | 96.8 | 4,149 | 169 | 2,667 | 64.3 | 33,124 | 8.0 | 196.0 | 232 | 107 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 358 | 2,055 |
| 2 |  | J. Montana | 92.3 | 5,391 | 192 | 3,409 | 63.2 | 40,551 | 7.5 | 211.2 | 273 | 139 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 313 | 2,095 |
| 3 |  | B. Favre | 86.8 | 5,441 | 161 | 3,311 | 60.9 | 38,627 | 7.1 | 239.9 | 287 | 172 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 322 | 2,073 |
| 4 |  | D. Marino | 86.4 | 8,358 | 242 | 4,967 | 59.4 | 61,361 | 7.3 | 253.6 | 420 | 252 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 270 | 1,930 |
| 5 |  | P. Manning | 85.1 | 2,226 | 64 | 1,357 | 61.0 | 16,418 | 7.4 | 256.5 | 111 | 81 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 85 | 588 |
| 6 |  | M. Brunell | 85.0 | 3,145 | 104 | 1,897 | 60.3 | 22,521 | 7.2 | 216.5 | 125 | 79 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 292 | 1,722 |
| 7 |  | J. Kelly | 84.4 | 4,779 | 160 | 2,874 | 60.1 | 35,467 | 7.4 | 221.7 | 237 | 175 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 323 | 2,427 |
| 8 | | R. Staubach | 83.4 | 2,958 | 131 | 1,685 | 57.0 | 22,700 | 7.7 | 173.3 | 153 | 109 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 313 | 2,154 |
| 9 | | B. Johnson | 83.1 | 2,380 | 82 | 1,466 | 61.6 | 16,379 | 6.9 | 199.7 | 92 | 68 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 141 | 932 |
| 10 | | R. Gannon | 83.1 | 3,295 | 131 | 1,949 | 59.2 | 22,256 | 6.8 | 169.9 | 145 | 88 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 244 | 1,368 |
| 11 | | N. Lomax | 82.7 | 3,153 | 108 | 1,817 | 57.6 | 22,771 | 7.2 | 210.8 | 136 | 90 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 362 | 2,700 |
| 12 | | S. Jurgensen | 82.6 | 4,262 | 218 | 2,433 | 57.1 | 32,224 | 7.6 | 147.8 | 255 | 189 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 94 | 748 |
| 13 | | L. Dawson | 82.6 | 3,741 | 211 | 2,136 | 57.1 | 28,711 | 7.7 | 136.1 | 239 | 183 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 167 | 1,423 |
| 14 | | K. Anderson | 81.9 | 4,475 | 192 | 2,654 | 59.3 | 32,838 | 7.3 | 171.0 | 197 | 160 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 398 | 2,875 |
| 15 | | B. Kosar | 81.8 | 3,365 | 126 | 1,994 | 59.3 | 23,301 | 6.9 | 184.9 | 124 | 87 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 273 | 1,660 |
| 16 | | D. White | 81.7 | 2,950 | 166 | 1,761 | 59.7 | 21,959 | 7.4 | 132.3 | 155 | 132 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 241 | 2,083 |
| 17 | | N. O'Donnell | 81.7 | 3,197 | 120 | 1,844 | 57.7 | 21,434 | 6.7 | 178.6 | 118 | 67 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 259 | 1,906 |
| 18 |  | T. Aikman | 81.6 | 4,715 | 165 | 2,898 | 61.5 | 32,942 | 7.0 | 199.6 | 165 | 141 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 259 | 1,748 |
| 19 | | D. Krieg | 81.5 | 5,311 | 213 | 3,105 | 58.5 | 38,147 | 7.2 | 179.1 | 261 | 199 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 494 | 3,794 |
| 20 | | R. Cunningham | 81.5 | 4,289 | 161 | 2,429 | 56.6 | 29,979 | 7.0 | 186.2 | 207 | 134 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 484 | 3,537 |
| 21 | | S. McNair | 81.3 | 2,288 | 87 | 1,333 | 58.3 | 16,035 | 7.0 | 184.3 | 86 | 61 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 156 | 940 |
| 22 | | B. Esiason | 81.1 | 5,205 | 187 | 2,969 | 57.0 | 37,920 | 7.3 | 202.8 | 247 | 184 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 318 | 2,438 |
| 23 |  | W. Moon | 80.9 | 6,823 | 208 | 3,988 | 58.4 | 49,325 | 7.2 | 237.1 | 291 | 233 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 458 | 3,415 |
| 24 | | S. Beuerlein | 80.9 | 3,148 | 135 | 1,793 | 57.0 | 22,732 | 7.2 | 168.4 | 139 | 102 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 311 | 1,986 |
| 25 | | C. Chandler | 80.8 | 3,590 | 158 | 2,083 | 58.0 | 25,948 | 7.2 | 164.2 | 161 | 127 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 336 | 2,291 |
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