nfl quarterbacks with highest passer rating from 1965 to 1982 at least 40 game played

From 1965 through 1982, Joe Montana had the best passer rating by a quarterback when playing 40+ games, with a 88.0 rating.

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Data note: Passer Rating: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	88.0	56	713	1,130	63.1	8,069	7.1	144.1	52	32	4.6	2.8	61	459
2	Danny White D. White	85.1	71	672	1,128	59.6	8,892	7.9	125.2	68	53	6.0	4.7	87	775
3	Bart Starr B. Starr	83.9	84	776	1,331	58.3	10,844	8.1	129.1	71	59	5.3	4.4	59	533
4	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	83.7	121	1,624	2,770	58.6	19,651	7.1	162.4	155	103	5.6	3.7	94	748
5	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	83.4	131	1,685	2,958	57.0	22,700	7.7	173.3	153	109	5.2	3.7	313	2,154
6	Don Meredith D. Meredith	81.9	51	617	1,213	50.9	9,554	7.9	187.3	83	53	6.8	4.4
7	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	81.8	157	2,254	3,848	58.6	28,057	7.3	178.7	172	133	4.5	3.5	346	2,477
8	Len Dawson L. Dawson	81.3	141	1,537	2,680	57.4	20,480	7.6	145.2	152	124	5.7	4.6	167	1,423
9	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	81.0	190	3,025	5,255	57.6	37,594	7.2	197.9	265	198	5.0	3.8	274	2,337
10	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	79.8	121	2,053	3,533	58.1	27,139	7.7	224.3	162	153	4.6	4.3	213	1,485
11	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	79.7	48	488	976	50.0	7,397	7.6	154.1	74	49	7.6	5.0	4	35
12	Sam Wyche S. Wyche	79.6	47	116	222	52.3	1,748	7.9	37.2	12	9	5.4	4.1	38	253
13	Vince Ferragamo V. Ferragamo	79.1	43	427	758	56.3	5,783	7.6	134.5	46	40	6.1	5.3	44	400
14	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	78.4	149	755	1,437	52.5	11,733	8.2	78.7	96	82	6.7	5.7	58	487
15	Bert Jones B. Jones	78.2	102	1,430	2,551	56.1	18,190	7.1	178.3	124	101	4.9	4.0	232	2,020
16	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	77.3	167	2,061	3,412	60.4	25,611	7.5	153.4	183	199	5.4	5.8	258	2,315
17	Bob Berry B. Berry	77.2	78	661	1,173	56.4	9,197	7.8	117.9	64	64	5.5	5.5	131	927
18	Bob Griese B. Griese	77.1	161	1,926	3,429	56.2	25,092	7.3	155.9	192	172	5.6	5.0	267	2,318
19	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	74.7	158	2,114	3,973	53.2	25,591	6.4	162.0	181	131	4.6	3.3	168	1,268
20	John Brodie J. Brodie	74.4	116	1,669	2,987	55.9	20,974	7.0	180.8	149	144	5.0	4.8	47	380
21	Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	74.2	48	183	323	56.7	2,130	6.6	44.4	15	14	4.6	4.3	25	191
22	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	74.1	110	1,653	2,943	56.2	20,147	6.8	183.2	128	126	4.3	4.3	197	1,656
23	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	74.0	124	1,318	2,365	55.7	16,327	6.9	131.7	99	98	4.2	4.1	221	1,860
24	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	73.9	123	1,200	2,402	50.0	17,580	7.3	142.9	155	126	6.5	5.2	72	636
25	Craig Morton C. Morton	73.5	207	2,053	3,786	54.2	27,908	7.4	134.8	183	187	4.8	4.9	373	2,800

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