Before 2000, Joe Montana had the best passer rating in the regular season and playoffs when throwing 30+ touchdown passes, with a 119.4 rating in 1989.
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most highest passer rating by a player in a season including playoffs with 30 or more passing td before 2000| NAME | RTG | TD | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | INT | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Montana | 119.4 | 37 | 1989 | 16 | 336 | 469 | 71.6 | 4,321 | 9.2 | 270.1 | 8 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 34 | 198 | |
| 2 |  | S. Young | 113.5 | 44 | 1994 | 19 | 377 | 548 | 68.8 | 4,592 | 8.4 | 241.7 | 10 | 8.0 | 1.8 | 35 | 183 | |
| 3 |  | S. Luckman | 110.7 | 33 | 1943 | 11 | 125 | 228 | 54.8 | 2,480 | 10.9 | 225.5 | 12 | 14.5 | 5.3 | |||
| 4 |  | K. Warner | 107.4 | 49 | 1999 | 19 | 402 | 620 | 64.8 | 5,416 | 8.7 | 285.1 | 17 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 33 | 225 | |
| 5 |  | D. Marino | 106.4 | 56 | 1984 | 19 | 433 | 680 | 63.7 | 6,085 | 8.9 | 320.3 | 22 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 17 | 149 | |
| 6 | | R. Cunningham | 104.8 | 39 | 1998 | 17 | 305 | 500 | 61.0 | 4,206 | 8.4 | 247.4 | 11 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 24 | 152 | |
| 7 | | K. Stabler | 103.5 | 31 | 1976 | 15 | 235 | 358 | 65.6 | 3,238 | 9.0 | 215.9 | 17 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 25 | 263 | |
| 8 |  | B. Favre | 100.7 | 46 | 1995 | 19 | 425 | 672 | 63.2 | 5,218 | 7.8 | 274.6 | 15 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 39 | 258 | |
| 9 | | J. Montana | 100.3 | 35 | 1984 | 19 | 346 | 540 | 64.1 | 4,503 | 8.3 | 237.0 | 15 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 30 | 179 | |
| 10 | | S. Young | 99.7 | 30 | 1993 | 18 | 358 | 529 | 67.7 | 4,536 | 8.6 | 252.0 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 36 | 178 | |
| 11 | | K. Anderson | 99.4 | 34 | 1981 | 19 | 353 | 556 | 63.5 | 4,407 | 7.9 | 231.9 | 12 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 34 | 179 | |
| 12 | | L. Dawson | 98.6 | 30 | 1962 | 15 | 198 | 324 | 61.1 | 2,847 | 8.8 | 189.8 | 17 | 9.3 | 5.2 | |||
| 13 | | J. Montana | 98.4 | 31 | 1987 | 14 | 278 | 424 | 65.6 | 3,163 | 7.5 | 225.9 | 14 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 26 | 182 | |
| 14 | | S. Young | 97.4 | 40 | 1998 | 17 | 363 | 586 | 61.9 | 4,641 | 7.9 | 273.0 | 17 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 51 | 248 | |
| 15 | | B. Favre | 97.2 | 44 | 1996 | 19 | 369 | 614 | 60.1 | 4,516 | 7.4 | 237.7 | 14 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 47 | 301 | |
| 16 | | J. George | 96.9 | 30 | 1999 | 14 | 232 | 404 | 57.4 | 3,451 | 8.5 | 246.5 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 35 | 276 | |
| 17 | | M. Rypien | 96.9 | 32 | 1991 | 19 | 293 | 500 | 58.6 | 4,254 | 8.5 | 223.9 | 13 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 7 | 59 | |
| 18 | | V. Testaverde | 96.8 | 30 | 1998 | 16 | 314 | 509 | 61.7 | 3,896 | 7.7 | 243.5 | 10 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 21 | 146 | |
| 19 |  | W. Moon | 96.8 | 33 | 1990 | 15 | 362 | 584 | 62.0 | 4,689 | 8.0 | 312.6 | 13 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 36 | 252 | |
| 20 | | Y.A. Tittle | 96.7 | 37 | 1963 | 14 | 232 | 396 | 58.6 | 3,292 | 8.3 | 235.1 | 19 | 9.3 | 4.8 | |||
| 21 |  | T. Aikman | 95.4 | 31 | 1992 | 19 | 363 | 562 | 64.6 | 4,240 | 7.5 | 223.2 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 30 | 155 | |
| 22 | | J. Brodie | 95.3 | 30 | 1965 | 13 | 242 | 391 | 61.9 | 3,112 | 8.0 | 239.4 | 16 | 7.7 | 4.1 | |||
| 23 | | J. Theismann | 95.1 | 32 | 1983 | 19 | 324 | 543 | 59.7 | 4,488 | 8.3 | 236.2 | 14 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 43 | 319 | |
| 24 | | S. Beuerlein | 94.6 | 36 | 1999 | 16 | 343 | 571 | 60.1 | 4,436 | 7.8 | 277.3 | 15 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 50 | 280 | |
| 25 |  | J. Unitas | 93.7 | 34 | 1959 | 13 | 211 | 396 | 53.3 | 3,163 | 8.0 | 243.3 | 14 | 8.6 | 3.5 | |||
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