nfl passer rating leaders in 1981

Ken Anderson had the best passer rating in 1981, with a 98.4 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders in 1981
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
98.4
1981
CIN CIN
16
300
479
62.6
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
6.1
2.1
25
140
2Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
90.6
1981
SD SD
16
360
609
59.1
4,802
7.9
300.1
33
17
5.4
2.8
19
134
3Craig Morton
C. Morton
90.5
1981
DEN DEN
15
225
376
59.8
3,195
8.5
213.0
21
14
5.6
3.7
54
394
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
88.4
1981
SF SF
16
311
488
63.7
3,565
7.3
222.8
19
12
3.9
2.5
26
193
5Danny White
D. White
87.5
1981
DAL DAL
16
223
391
57.0
3,098
7.9
193.6
22
13
5.6
3.3
30
234
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
83.9
1981
PIT PIT
14
201
370
54.3
2,887
7.8
206.2
22
14
5.9
3.8
17
155
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
82.4
1981
SEA SEA
13
236
397
59.4
2,788
7.0
214.5
13
9
3.3
2.3
24
201
8Richard Todd
R. Todd
81.8
1981
NYJ NYJ
16
279
497
56.1
3,231
6.5
201.9
25
13
5.0
2.6
30
224
9Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
79.2
1981
ATL ATL
16
297
533
55.7
3,829
7.2
239.3
30
23
5.6
4.3
37
287
10Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
79.0
1981
GB GB
13
204
354
57.6
2,593
7.3
199.5
17
15
4.8
4.2
40
298
11Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
77.3
1981
WAS WAS
16
293
496
59.1
3,568
7.2
223.0
19
20
3.8
4.0
28
259
12Bert Jones
B. Jones
76.9
1981
BAL BAL
15
244
426
57.3
3,094
7.3
206.3
21
20
4.9
4.7
31
263
13Doug Williams
D. Williams
76.8
1981
TB TB
16
238
471
50.5
3,563
7.6
222.7
19
14
4.0
3.0
18
135
14Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
74.1
1981
BUF BUF
16
252
498
50.6
3,652
7.3
228.3
24
20
4.8
4.0
15
137
15Phil Simms
P. Simms
74.0
1981
NYG NYG
10
172
316
54.4
2,031
6.4
203.1
11
9
3.5
2.8
38
301
16Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
73.8
1981
PHI PHI
16
250
461
54.2
3,095
6.7
193.4
23
20
5.0
4.3
21
197
17Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
73.4
1981
DET DET
16
140
279
50.2
2,358
8.5
147.4
14
15
5.0
5.4
27
208
18Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
72.6
1981
MIN MIN
14
322
593
54.3
3,912
6.6
279.4
26
24
4.4
4.0
19
149
19David Woodley
D. Woodley
69.8
1981
MIA MIA
15
191
366
52.2
2,470
6.7
164.7
12
13
3.3
3.6
24
191
20Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
69.5
1981
HOU HOU
13
165
285
57.9
1,988
7.0
152.9
14
18
4.9
6.3
29
254
21Jim Hart
J. Hart
68.7
1981
STL STL
10
134
241
55.6
1,694
7.0
169.4
11
14
4.6
5.8
16
119
22Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
68.2
1981
CLE CLE
16
313
567
55.2
3,876
6.8
242.3
17
25
3.0
4.4
34
310
23Pat Haden
P. Haden
64.4
1981
LA LA
13
138
267
51.7
1,815
6.8
139.6
9
13
3.4
4.9
28
227
24Archie Manning
A. Manning
63.6
1981
NO NO
12
134
232
57.8
1,447
6.2
120.6
5
11
2.2
4.7
21
164
25Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
63.6
1981
KC KC
13
147
274
53.6
1,983
7.2
152.5
9
16
3.3
5.8
20
160
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