nfl passer rating leaders in 1983

Steve Bartkowski had the highest passer rating in 1983, with a 97.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
NFL passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game leaders in 1983
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
97.6
1983
ATL ATL
14
274
432
63.4
3,167
7.3
226.2
22
5
5.1
1.2
51
348
2Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
97.0
1983
WAS WAS
16
276
459
60.1
3,714
8.1
232.1
29
11
6.3
2.4
34
242
3Dan Marino
D. Marino
96.0
1983
MIA MIA
11
173
296
58.4
2,210
7.5
200.9
20
6
6.8
2.0
10
80
4Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
95.0
1983
SEA SEA
9
147
243
60.5
2,139
8.8
237.7
18
11
7.4
4.5
38
279
5Joe Montana
J. Montana
94.6
1983
SF SF
16
332
515
64.5
3,910
7.6
244.4
26
12
5.0
2.3
33
224
6Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
92.5
1983
SD SD
10
215
340
63.2
2,975
8.8
297.5
20
15
5.9
4.4
14
107
7Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
92.0
1983
STL STL
13
209
354
59.0
2,636
7.4
202.8
24
11
6.8
3.1
43
315
8Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
87.3
1983
GB GB
16
289
484
59.7
4,458
9.2
278.6
32
29
6.6
6.0
40
307
9Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
85.6
1983
CIN CIN
13
198
297
66.7
2,333
7.9
179.5
12
13
4.0
4.4
25
187
10Danny White
D. White
85.6
1983
DAL DAL
16
334
533
62.7
3,980
7.5
248.8
29
23
5.4
4.3
37
314
11Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
82.7
1983
RAI RAI
14
230
379
60.7
2,935
7.7
209.6
20
18
5.3
4.7
42
363
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
81.4
1983
NE NE
12
168
303
55.4
2,411
8.0
200.9
15
12
5.0
4.0
29
195
13Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
80.8
1983
KC KC
16
346
603
57.4
4,348
7.2
271.8
24
18
4.0
3.0
41
284
14Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
79.1
1983
CLE CLE
15
291
496
58.7
3,566
7.2
237.7
26
23
5.2
4.6
27
233
15Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
77.6
1983
CHI CHI
14
175
295
59.3
2,184
7.4
156.0
12
13
4.1
4.4
42
266
16Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
75.9
1983
RAM RAM
16
274
464
59.1
3,276
7.1
204.8
22
23
4.7
5.0
21
178
17Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
75.1
1983
PHI PHI
16
235
446
52.7
3,315
7.4
207.2
20
18
4.5
4.0
53
385
18Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
73.3
1983
TB TB
14
249
423
58.9
2,906
6.9
207.6
18
21
4.3
5.0
39
289
19Richard Todd
R. Todd
70.3
1983
NYJ NYJ
16
308
518
59.5
3,478
6.7
217.4
18
26
3.5
5.0
42
314
20Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
69.3
1983
BUF BUF
16
281
508
55.3
2,995
5.9
187.2
26
25
5.1
4.9
27
266
21Steve Dils
S. Dils
66.8
1983
MIN MIN
16
239
444
53.8
2,840
6.4
177.5
11
16
2.5
3.6
37
254
22Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
64.7
1983
DET DET
16
204
387
52.7
2,577
6.7
161.1
12
18
3.1
4.7
37
274
23Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
64.0
1983
BAL BAL
15
163
328
49.7
2,353
7.2
156.9
12
17
3.7
5.2
40
278
24Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
61.4
1983
NO NO
14
176
311
56.6
1,988
6.4
142.0
9
18
2.9
5.8
18
159
25Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
60.6
1983
PIT PIT
16
197
381
51.7
2,553
6.7
159.6
12
21
3.1
5.5
51
339
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5
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.545
Panthers Panthers
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5
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.545
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2
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3
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