nfl passer rating leaders 1989

Joe Montana had the highest passer rating in 1989, with a 112.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders 1989
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
112.4
1989
SF SF
13
271
386
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
26
8
6.7
2.1
33
198
2Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
92.1
1989
CIN CIN
16
258
455
56.7
3,525
7.7
220.3
28
11
6.2
2.4
36
288
3Jim Everett
J. Everett
90.6
1989
RAM RAM
16
304
518
58.7
4,310
8.3
269.4
29
17
5.6
3.3
29
214
4Warren Moon
W. Moon
88.9
1989
HOU HOU
16
280
464
60.3
3,631
7.8
226.9
23
14
5.0
3.0
35
267
5Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
88.1
1989
WAS WAS
14
280
476
58.8
3,768
7.9
269.1
22
13
4.6
2.7
16
108
6Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
86.2
1989
BUF BUF
13
228
391
58.3
3,130
8.0
240.8
25
18
6.4
4.6
30
216
7Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
82.7
1989
NO NO
14
222
353
62.9
2,686
7.6
191.9
15
15
4.2
4.2
22
171
8Don Majkowski
D. Majkowski
82.3
1989
GB GB
16
353
599
58.9
4,318
7.2
269.9
27
20
4.5
3.3
47
268
9Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
80.3
1989
CLE CLE
16
303
513
59.1
3,533
6.9
220.8
18
14
3.5
2.7
34
192
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
77.6
1989
NYG NYG
15
228
405
56.3
3,061
7.6
204.1
14
14
3.5
3.5
40
244
11Dan Marino
D. Marino
76.9
1989
MIA MIA
16
308
550
56.0
3,997
7.3
249.8
24
22
4.4
4.0
10
86
12Chris Miller
C. Miller
76.1
1989
ATL ATL
15
280
526
53.2
3,459
6.6
230.6
16
10
3.0
1.9
41
318
13Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
75.8
1989
KC KC
12
196
324
60.5
2,529
7.8
210.8
11
16
3.4
4.9
14
111
14Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
75.5
1989
PHI PHI
16
290
532
54.5
3,400
6.4
212.5
21
15
3.9
2.8
45
343
15Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
74.8
1989
SEA SEA
15
286
499
57.3
3,309
6.6
220.6
21
20
4.2
4.0
37
289
16Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
74.3
1989
NYJ NYJ
15
288
477
60.4
3,346
7.0
223.1
12
18
2.5
3.8
50
391
17John Elway
J. Elway
73.7
1989
DEN DEN
15
223
416
53.6
3,051
7.3
203.4
18
18
4.3
4.3
35
298
18Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
73.5
1989
SD SD
12
176
318
55.3
2,132
6.7
177.7
10
10
3.1
3.1
28
167
19Bubby Brister
B. Brister
73.1
1989
PIT PIT
14
187
342
54.7
2,365
6.9
168.9
9
10
2.6
2.9
45
452
20Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
71.3
1989
IND IND
13
190
362
52.5
2,317
6.4
178.2
15
13
4.1
3.6
20
125
21Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
70.5
1989
MIN MIN
14
194
362
53.6
2,543
7.0
181.6
9
12
2.5
3.3
27
194
22Gary Hogeboom
G. Hogeboom
69.5
1989
PHX PHX
14
204
364
56.0
2,591
7.1
185.1
14
19
3.8
5.2
40
266
23Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
68.9
1989
TB TB
14
258
480
53.8
3,133
6.5
223.8
20
22
4.2
4.6
38
294
24Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
68.2
1989
CHI CHI
16
156
306
51.0
2,058
6.7
128.6
16
16
5.2
5.2
10
68
25Bob Gagliano
B. Gagliano
61.2
1989
DET DET
11
117
232
50.4
1,671
7.2
151.9
6
12
2.6
5.2
25
153
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