nfl passer rating leaders in 1970

John Brodie had the highest passer rating in 1970, with a 93.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders in 1970
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
93.8
1970
14
223
378
59.0
2,941
7.8
210.1
24
10
6.3
2.6
8
67
2Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
91.5
1970
14
202
337
59.9
2,354
7.0
168.1
23
10
6.8
3.0
25
214
3Craig Morton
C. Morton
89.8
1970
12
102
207
49.3
1,819
8.8
151.6
15
7
7.2
3.4
20
166
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
82.2
1970
14
219
389
56.3
2,777
7.1
198.4
19
12
4.9
3.1
36
249
5Bob Berry
B. Berry
78.1
1970
12
156
269
58.0
1,806
6.7
150.5
16
13
5.9
4.8
36
274
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
77.1
1970
14
162
327
49.5
2,388
7.3
170.6
22
15
6.7
4.6
42
327
7Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
76.5
1970
14
179
356
50.3
2,516
7.1
179.7
22
15
6.2
4.2
15
127
8Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
72.2
1970
14
211
407
51.8
2,552
6.3
182.3
16
12
3.9
2.9
20
134
9Bob Griese
B. Griese
72.1
1970
14
142
245
58.0
2,019
8.2
144.2
12
17
4.9
6.9
31
282
10Len Dawson
L. Dawson
71.0
1970
14
141
262
53.8
1,876
7.2
134.0
13
14
5.0
5.3
34
277
11Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
68.9
1970
12
159
313
50.8
2,156
6.9
179.7
16
16
5.1
5.1
8
79
12Virgil Carter
V. Carter
66.9
1970
13
143
278
51.4
1,647
5.9
126.7
9
9
3.2
3.2
21
154
13Norm Snead
N. Snead
66.1
1970
14
181
335
54.0
2,323
6.9
165.9
15
20
4.5
6.0
21
181
14Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
65.3
1970
14
178
321
55.5
2,507
7.8
179.1
10
20
3.1
6.2
41
387
15Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
65.1
1970
14
166
321
51.7
2,213
6.9
158.1
14
18
4.4
5.6
19
158
16Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
64.3
1970
12
128
257
49.8
1,720
6.7
143.3
7
10
2.7
3.9
23
161
17Bart Starr
B. Starr
63.9
1970
14
140
255
54.9
1,645
6.5
117.5
8
13
3.1
5.1
29
252
18Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
61.5
1970
14
194
385
50.4
2,130
5.5
152.1
16
18
4.2
4.7
24
206
19Jim Hart
J. Hart
61.5
1970
14
171
373
45.8
2,575
6.9
183.9
14
18
3.8
4.8
26
216
20Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
59.8
1970
10
144
281
51.2
1,652
5.9
165.2
7
12
2.5
4.3
15
124
21Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
55.5
1970
13
135
237
57.0
1,557
6.6
119.8
6
17
2.5
7.2
19
155
22Pete Liske
P. Liske
55.3
1970
11
112
238
47.1
1,340
5.6
121.8
7
11
2.9
4.6
28
228
23Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
1970
11
98
219
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
24Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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5
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14
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7
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12
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9
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3
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11
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14
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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176