nfl passer rating career leaders 1989 to 2003

From 1989 through 2003, Steve Young had the highest passer rating, with a 101.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

NFL passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game career leaders 1989 to 2003

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	101.7	131	2,309	3,478	66.4	28,657	8.2	218.8	208	83	6.0	2.4	274	1,471
2	Kurt Warner K. Warner	97.2	53	1,121	1,688	66.4	14,447	8.6	272.6	102	65	6.0	3.9	114	717
3	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	95.1	28	476	721	66.0	5,418	7.5	193.5	37	18	5.1	2.5	49	307
4	Joe Montana J. Montana	92.8	54	1,087	1,718	63.3	13,018	7.6	241.1	83	40	4.8	2.3	94	552
5	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	88.3	74	1,449	2,360	61.4	16,408	7.0	221.7	113	56	4.8	2.4	103	570
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	88.1	96	2,128	3,383	62.9	24,885	7.4	259.2	167	110	4.9	3.3	126	840
7	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	88.0	58	1,160	1,843	62.9	13,881	7.5	239.3	90	63	4.9	3.4	151	807
8	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	87.2	22	474	746	63.5	5,671	7.6	257.8	36	28	4.8	3.8	49	390
9	Brett Favre B. Favre	86.9	193	3,960	6,463	61.3	45,646	7.1	236.5	346	209	5.4	3.2	367	2,398
10	Trent Green T. Green	86.1	72	1,336	2,266	59.0	17,016	7.5	236.3	106	65	4.7	2.9	158	952
11	Tom Brady T. Brady	85.9	48	955	1,544	61.9	10,233	6.6	213.2	69	38	4.5	2.5	104	625
12	Phil Simms P. Simms	85.6	55	824	1,394	59.1	10,288	7.4	187.1	57	34	4.1	2.4	121	711
13	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	85.4	116	2,070	3,428	60.4	25,696	7.5	221.5	181	130	5.3	3.8	223	1,629
14	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	85.2	122	2,196	3,643	60.3	25,793	7.1	211.4	144	86	4.0	2.4	335	1,978
15	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	84.9	147	2,483	4,117	60.3	28,111	6.8	191.2	177	101	4.3	2.5	294	1,650
16	Warren Moon W. Moon	84.2	140	2,929	4,846	60.4	34,656	7.2	247.5	213	148	4.4	3.1	287	2,028
17	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	84.1	111	2,101	3,401	61.8	23,239	6.8	209.4	140	95	4.1	2.8	182	1,164
18	Steve McNair S. McNair	84.1	117	1,884	3,180	59.2	22,637	7.1	193.5	132	83	4.2	2.6	196	1,169
19	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	84.0	112	1,760	3,033	58.0	21,446	7.1	191.5	151	91	5.0	3.0	281	2,076
20	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	83.9	77	769	1,282	60.0	9,084	7.1	118.0	50	33	3.9	2.6	108	651
21	John Elway J. Elway	83.5	149	2,681	4,596	58.3	33,331	7.3	223.7	198	130	4.3	2.8	344	2,494
22	Dan Marino D. Marino	83.3	155	3,101	5,258	59.0	37,505	7.1	242.0	224	149	4.3	2.8	197	1,346
23	Brian Griese B. Griese	83.0	58	1,118	1,808	61.8	12,576	7.0	216.8	76	59	4.2	3.3	128	876
24	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	82.1	66	952	1,613	59.0	11,724	7.3	177.6	64	49	4.0	3.0	87	732
25	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	82.1	56	1,014	1,798	56.4	12,464	6.9	222.6	86	51	4.8	2.8	135	855

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