nfl passer rating leader 1988

Boomer Esiason had the highest passer rating in 1988, with a 97.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leader 1988
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
97.4
1988
16
223
388
57.5
3,572
9.2
223.3
28
14
7.2
3.6
30
245
2Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
94.6
1988
9
134
228
58.8
1,741
7.6
193.4
18
8
7.9
3.5
12
92
3Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
91.5
1988
14
204
332
61.4
2,746
8.3
196.1
15
9
4.5
2.7
33
227
4Jim Everett
J. Everett
89.2
1988
16
308
517
59.6
3,964
7.7
247.8
31
18
6.0
3.5
28
197
5Warren Moon
W. Moon
88.4
1988
11
160
294
54.4
2,327
7.9
211.5
17
8
5.8
2.7
12
120
6Joe Montana
J. Montana
87.9
1988
14
238
397
59.9
2,981
7.5
212.9
18
10
4.5
2.5
34
223
7Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
86.7
1988
14
255
443
57.6
3,395
7.7
242.5
20
11
4.5
2.5
46
315
8Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
84.3
1988
9
156
259
60.2
1,890
7.3
210.0
10
7
3.9
2.7
25
172
9Phil Simms
P. Simms
82.1
1988
15
263
479
54.9
3,359
7.0
223.9
21
11
4.4
2.3
53
405
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
80.8
1988
16
354
606
58.4
4,434
7.3
277.1
28
23
4.6
3.8
6
31
11Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
79.3
1988
16
280
478
58.6
3,156
6.6
197.3
20
15
4.2
3.1
24
171
12Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
78.6
1988
14
236
424
55.7
2,567
6.1
183.4
15
7
3.5
1.7
37
267
13Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
78.2
1988
16
269
452
59.5
3,380
7.5
211.3
15
17
3.3
3.8
30
229
14Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
77.6
1988
16
301
560
53.8
3,808
6.8
238.0
24
16
4.3
2.9
57
442
15Doug Williams
D. Williams
77.4
1988
11
213
380
56.1
2,609
6.9
237.2
15
12
3.9
3.2
10
88
16Steve Pelluer
S. Pelluer
73.9
1988
16
245
435
56.3
3,139
7.2
196.2
17
19
3.9
4.4
21
112
17Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
73.5
1988
13
224
414
54.1
2,935
7.1
225.8
16
16
3.9
3.9
30
246
18John Elway
J. Elway
71.4
1988
15
274
496
55.2
3,309
6.7
220.6
17
19
3.4
3.8
30
237
19Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
67.8
1988
13
178
336
53.0
2,119
6.3
163.0
9
11
2.7
3.3
31
176
20Chris Miller
C. Miller
67.3
1988
13
184
351
52.4
2,133
6.1
164.1
11
12
3.1
3.4
24
207
21Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
67.2
1988
15
129
233
55.4
1,619
6.9
107.9
8
12
3.4
5.2
18
128
22Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
66.6
1988
10
105
238
44.1
1,643
6.9
164.3
8
7
3.4
2.9
26
215
23Bubby Brister
B. Brister
65.3
1988
13
175
370
47.3
2,634
7.1
202.6
11
14
3.0
3.8
36
292
24Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
64.6
1988
9
113
256
44.1
1,839
7.2
204.3
13
13
5.1
5.1
19
178
25Randy Wright
R. Wright
58.9
1988
8
141
244
57.8
1,490
6.1
186.3
4
13
1.6
5.3
20
148
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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