nfl passer rating career leaders 1979 to 1998

From 1979 through 1998, Steve Young had the highest passer rating, with a 97.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

NFL passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game career leaders 1979 to 1998

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	97.6	166	2,622	4,065	64.5	32,678	8.0	196.9	229	103	5.6	2.5	350	1,992
2	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	92.3	16	267	461	57.9	3,586	7.8	224.1	27	11	5.9	2.4	36	240
3	Joe Montana J. Montana	92.3	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	40,551	7.5	211.2	273	139	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
4	Brett Favre B. Favre	89.1	113	2,318	3,756	61.7	26,803	7.1	237.2	213	118	5.7	3.1	232	1,463
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	87.3	231	4,763	7,989	59.6	58,913	7.4	255.0	408	235	5.1	2.9	261	1,864
6	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	86.3	58	1,038	1,719	60.4	12,512	7.3	215.7	72	43	4.2	2.5	152	872
7	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	85.8	88	1,273	2,029	62.7	15,148	7.5	172.1	88	69	4.3	3.4	173	1,190
8	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	85.3	38	582	937	62.1	6,463	6.9	170.1	44	29	4.7	3.1	48	336
9	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	84.4	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	35,467	7.4	221.7	237	175	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
10	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	84.1	117	2,488	4,129	60.3	32,383	7.8	276.8	196	165	4.7	4.0	197	1,452
11	Charlie Batch C. Batch	83.5	12	173	303	57.1	2,178	7.2	181.5	11	6	3.6	2.0	37	222
12	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	82.8	140	2,479	4,011	61.8	28,346	7.1	202.5	141	115	3.5	2.9	227	1,527
13	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	82.7	91	1,509	2,576	58.6	18,500	7.2	203.3	126	89	4.9	3.5	251	1,964
14	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	82.7	108	1,817	3,153	57.6	22,771	7.2	210.8	136	90	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
15	Danny White D. White	82.1	122	1,724	2,886	59.7	21,496	7.4	176.2	153	128	5.3	4.4	237	2,043
16	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	82.0	100	1,675	2,834	59.1	20,239	7.1	202.4	130	98	4.6	3.5	242	1,924
17	Dieter Brock D. Brock	82.0	15	218	365	59.7	2,658	7.3	177.2	16	13	4.4	3.6	51	351
18	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	81.8	126	1,994	3,365	59.3	23,301	6.9	184.9	124	87	3.7	2.6	273	1,660
19	Trent Green T. Green	81.7	16	278	510	54.5	3,441	6.7	215.1	23	11	4.5	2.2	49	338
20	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	81.6	100	1,650	2,862	57.7	19,026	6.6	190.3	104	57	3.6	2.0	241	1,762
21	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	81.6	143	2,177	3,875	56.2	27,082	7.0	189.4	190	119	4.9	3.1	449	3,325
22	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	81.5	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	38,147	7.2	179.1	261	199	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
23	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	81.1	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	37,920	7.3	202.8	247	184	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
24	Warren Moon W. Moon	81.0	205	3,972	6,786	58.5	49,097	7.2	239.5	290	232	4.3	3.4	453	3,369
25	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	80.9	118	1,494	2,587	57.8	18,526	7.2	157.0	119	90	4.6	3.5	223	1,549

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