nfl passer rating career leaders 1979 to 1998 minimum 48 games

From 1979 through 1998, 14 players were tied for the best passer rating when playing 48+ games, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Terrell Fletcher, Mario Bates and Arthur Marshall.

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	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Terrell Fletcher T. Fletcher	158.3	57	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	0.4	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
2	Mario Bates M. Bates	158.3	69	1	1	100.0	21	21.0	0.3	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
3	Arthur Marshall A. Marshall	158.3	68	2	2	100.0	111	55.5	1.6	2	0	100.0	0.0	1	8
4	Willie Davis W. Davis	158.3	108	1	1	100.0	22	22.0	0.2	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	158.3	64	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	0.3	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
6	Roger Ruzek R. Ruzek	158.3	93	1	1	100.0	22	22.0	0.2	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
7	Brian Brennan B. Brennan	158.3	132	2	2	100.0	68	34.0	0.5	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
8	Brian Hansen B. Hansen	158.3	210	3	3	100.0	45	15.0	0.2	1	0	33.3	0.0	0	0
9	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	158.3	152	1	1	100.0	25	25.0	0.2	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
10	James Wilder J. Wilder	158.3	129	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	0.1	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
11	Carlos Carson C. Carson	158.3	126	1	1	100.0	48	48.0	0.4	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
12	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	158.3	85	1	1	100.0	63	63.0	0.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
13	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	158.3	74	1	1	100.0	45	45.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
14	Mosi Tatupu M. Tatupu	158.3	183	2	2	100.0	30	15.0	0.2	1	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
15	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	156.3	75	3	4	75.0	83	20.8	1.1	3	0	75.0	0.0	0	0
16	Rod Bernstine R. Bernstine	152.1	84	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	0.1	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
17	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	149.3	71	4	6	66.7	126	21.0	1.8	4	0	66.7	0.0	0	0
18	Mike Renfro M. Renfro	149.3	119	2	3	66.7	72	24.0	0.6	1	0	33.3	0.0	0	0
19	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	141.4	108	4	7	57.1	114	16.3	1.1	4	0	57.1	0.0	0	0
20	Jim Jensen J. Jensen	141.4	164	4	7	57.1	102	14.6	0.6	2	0	28.6	0.0	1	8
21	Harvey Williams H. Williams	140.0	110	3	5	60.0	58	11.6	0.5	2	0	40.0	0.0	0	0
22	Buford McGee B. McGee	139.6	107	3	3	100.0	24	8.0	0.2	1	0	33.3	0.0	0	0
23	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	135.4	146	4	8	50.0	114	14.3	0.8	4	0	50.0	0.0	2	7
24	Herman Fontenot H. Fontenot	135.4	83	2	4	50.0	60	15.0	0.7	1	0	25.0	0.0	1	9
25	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	135.4	148	1	2	50.0	74	37.0	0.5	1	0	50.0	0.0	1	9

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