most seasons with 85 passer rating before 2000

Before 2000, Joe Montana played the most seasons with a passer rating of 85.0 or above, with 12 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most seasons by a player with 85 or higher passer rating before 2000
NAMESEASRTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
12
94.0
154
2,906
4,568
63.6
34,936
7.6
226.9
248
121
5.4
2.6
282
1,868
2Steve Young
S. Young
11
103.3
136
2,301
3,463
66.4
28,781
8.3
211.6
215
79
6.2
2.3
269
1,433
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
10
91.9
135
2,830
4,650
60.9
35,505
7.6
263.0
266
132
5.7
2.8
169
1,190
4Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
8
89.8
104
707
1,290
54.8
11,033
8.6
106.1
101
61
7.8
4.7
31
261
5Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
8
88.7
108
1,340
2,304
58.2
17,558
7.6
162.6
149
84
6.5
3.6
75
605
6Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
7
104.2
78
20
40
50.0
643
16.1
8.2
11
3
27.5
7.5
7John Elway
J. Elway
6
88.9
90
1,748
2,911
60.0
21,259
7.3
236.2
142
69
4.9
2.4
185
1,308
8Brett Favre
B. Favre
6
92.2
95
2,000
3,230
61.9
23,500
7.3
247.4
194
92
6.0
2.8
201
1,253
9Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
6
93.2
64
827
1,373
60.2
10,760
7.8
168.1
94
48
6.8
3.5
128
1,014
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
6
94.2
67
1,173
1,822
64.4
14,588
8.0
217.7
94
53
5.2
2.9
146
1,036
11Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6
89.7
83
1,292
2,203
58.6
16,580
7.5
199.8
131
66
5.9
3.0
119
1,025
12Bart Starr
B. Starr
6
95.9
80
838
1,378
60.8
11,672
8.5
145.9
81
39
5.9
2.8
24
217
13Tom Moore
T. Moore
6
130.2
76
12
16
75.0
355
22.2
4.7
5
1
31.3
6.3
14Len Dawson
L. Dawson
6
96.1
80
774
1,319
58.7
11,429
8.7
142.9
108
58
8.2
4.4
23
196
15Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
6
92.1
73
1,060
1,928
55.0
16,291
8.4
223.2
137
68
7.1
3.5
16Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
5
91.6
69
1,277
1,975
64.7
14,933
7.6
216.4
77
42
3.9
2.1
104
636
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
5
91.6
69
1,403
2,294
61.2
17,396
7.6
252.1
124
61
5.4
2.7
137
1,021
18Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
5
93.7
70
1,123
1,929
58.2
15,977
8.3
228.2
120
56
6.2
2.9
131
1,059
19Frank Reich
F. Reich
5
102.8
55
133
218
61.0
1,647
7.6
29.9
17
4
7.8
1.8
20
154
20Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
5
91.7
27
220
367
59.9
2,893
7.9
107.1
20
10
5.4
2.7
33
191
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
5
141.9
67
9
15
60.0
181
12.1
2.7
6
0
40.0
0.0
5
30
22Danny White
D. White
5
88.7
62
821
1,344
61.1
10,527
7.8
169.8
81
55
6.0
4.1
103
925
23Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
4
94.3
53
725
1,201
60.4
9,658
8.0
182.2
69
31
5.7
2.6
112
763
24Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
4
91.5
53
955
1,592
60.0
12,113
7.6
228.5
93
45
5.8
2.8
87
598
25Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
4
94.6
50
839
1,384
60.6
10,795
7.8
215.9
88
39
6.4
2.8
136
1,033
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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13
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