highest single season passer rating between 1978 to 2010

From 1978 through 2010, Peyton Manning had the highest passer rating in a season, with a 121.1 rating in 2004.

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  • Data note: Passer Rating, Pass Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
121.1
2004
16
336
497
67.6
4,557
9.2
284.8
49
10
9.9
2.0
13
101
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
117.2
2007
16
398
578
68.9
4,806
8.3
300.4
50
8
8.7
1.4
21
128
3Steve Young
S. Young
112.8
1994
16
324
461
70.3
3,969
8.6
248.1
35
10
7.6
2.2
31
163
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
112.4
1989
13
271
386
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
26
8
6.7
2.1
33
198
5Tom Brady
T. Brady
111.0
2010
16
324
492
65.9
3,900
7.9
243.8
36
4
7.3
0.8
25
175
6Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
110.9
2004
16
379
548
69.2
4,717
8.6
294.8
39
11
7.1
2.0
46
238
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
109.6
2009
15
363
514
70.6
4,388
8.5
292.5
34
11
6.6
2.1
20
135
8Kurt Warner
K. Warner
109.2
1999
16
325
499
65.1
4,353
8.7
272.1
41
13
8.2
2.6
29
201
9Dan Marino
D. Marino
108.9
1984
16
362
564
64.2
5,084
9.0
317.8
48
17
8.5
3.0
13
120
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
107.2
2009
16
363
531
68.4
4,202
7.9
262.6
33
7
6.2
1.3
34
247
11Steve Young
S. Young
107.0
1992
16
268
402
66.7
3,465
8.6
216.6
25
7
6.2
1.7
29
152
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
106.0
1998
15
259
425
60.9
3,704
8.7
246.9
34
10
8.0
2.4
20
132
13Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
105.5
2008
16
312
478
65.3
4,009
8.4
250.6
34
11
7.1
2.3
25
151
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
104.8
2004
15
262
400
65.5
3,159
7.9
210.6
27
7
6.8
1.8
18
131
15Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
104.7
2004
15
300
469
64.0
3,875
8.3
258.3
31
8
6.6
1.7
32
192
16Steve Young
S. Young
104.7
1997
15
241
356
67.7
3,029
8.5
201.9
19
6
5.3
1.7
35
220
17Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
104.4
2009
16
317
486
65.2
4,254
8.8
265.9
28
9
5.8
1.9
25
167
18Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
104.2
2002
15
275
399
68.9
3,120
7.8
208.0
22
6
5.5
1.5
22
135
19Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
104.1
2007
15
264
404
65.3
3,154
7.8
210.3
32
11
7.9
2.7
47
347
20Peyton Manning
P. Manning
104.1
2005
16
305
453
67.3
3,747
8.3
234.2
28
10
6.2
2.2
17
81
21Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
103.2
2009
16
350
541
64.7
4,434
8.2
277.1
30
7
5.5
1.3
50
306
22Brian Griese
B. Griese
102.9
2000
10
216
336
64.3
2,688
8.0
268.8
19
4
5.7
1.2
17
139
23Joe Montana
J. Montana
102.9
1984
16
279
432
64.6
3,630
8.4
226.9
28
10
6.5
2.3
22
138
24David Garrard
D. Garrard
102.2
2007
12
208
325
64.0
2,509
7.7
209.1
18
3
5.5
0.9
21
99
25Joe Montana
J. Montana
102.1
1987
13
266
398
66.8
3,054
7.7
234.9
31
13
7.8
3.3
22
158

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