passer rating rankings by qb in nfl 1979 to 1986 minimum 1500 attempts

Between the 1979 and 1986 seasons, Dan Marino had the highest passer rating by a quarterback when throwing 1,500+ pass attempts, with a 95.2 rating.

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passer rating rankings by qb in NFL 1979 to 1986 minimum 1500 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
95.2
2,050
59
1,249
60.9
16,177
7.9
274.2
142
67
6.9
3.3
58
476
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
91.2
2,878
111
1,818
63.2
21,498
7.5
193.7
141
76
4.9
2.6
163
1,162
3Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
85.8
2,029
88
1,273
62.7
15,148
7.5
172.1
88
69
4.3
3.4
173
1,190
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
85.5
3,765
106
2,282
60.6
29,866
7.9
281.8
186
150
4.9
4.0
173
1,276
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
84.1
1,822
67
1,046
57.4
13,677
7.5
204.1
107
73
5.9
4.0
193
1,530
6Danny White
D. White
84.1
2,443
92
1,461
59.8
18,338
7.5
199.3
139
106
5.7
4.3
184
1,597
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
82.7
2,576
91
1,509
58.6
18,500
7.2
203.3
126
89
4.9
3.5
251
1,964
8Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
82.0
2,834
100
1,675
59.1
20,239
7.1
202.4
130
98
4.6
3.5
242
1,924
9Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
80.7
2,247
82
1,287
57.3
15,989
7.1
195.0
92
67
4.1
3.0
268
2,035
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
79.3
1,514
55
810
53.5
11,795
7.8
214.5
91
72
6.0
4.8
92
727
11Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
78.1
2,368
86
1,364
57.6
18,558
7.8
215.8
121
123
5.1
5.2
219
1,705
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
77.6
1,696
68
911
53.7
13,692
8.1
201.4
94
87
5.5
5.1
140
1,021
13Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
77.5
2,043
79
1,118
54.7
14,621
7.2
185.1
90
72
4.4
3.5
160
1,219
14Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
76.6
2,337
69
1,328
56.8
16,431
7.0
238.1
105
96
4.5
4.1
140
1,224
15Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
76.2
3,174
112
1,716
54.1
22,293
7.0
199.0
141
114
4.4
3.6
256
2,026
16Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
75.7
1,707
70
960
56.2
12,665
7.4
180.9
80
81
4.7
4.7
178
1,471
17Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
74.0
3,185
94
1,776
55.8
21,678
6.8
230.6
138
133
4.3
4.2
210
1,347
18Phil Simms
P. Simms
72.5
2,492
85
1,326
53.2
17,585
7.1
206.9
104
103
4.2
4.1
268
2,077
19Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
72.1
1,980
99
1,089
55.0
13,375
6.8
135.1
68
73
3.4
3.7
132
1,056
20Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
72.1
2,420
103
1,402
57.9
16,121
6.7
156.5
94
110
3.9
4.5
142
1,150
21John Elway
J. Elway
71.9
1,748
58
944
54.0
11,637
6.7
200.6
66
65
3.8
3.7
122
916
22Richard Todd
R. Todd
70.9
2,433
89
1,352
55.6
17,028
7.0
191.3
104
122
4.3
5.0
196
1,569
23Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
70.5
1,810
70
1,088
60.1
12,475
6.9
178.2
70
101
3.9
5.6
126
1,107
24Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
70.3
1,580
63
886
56.1
11,139
7.1
176.8
74
89
4.7
5.6
91
741
25Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
69.8
1,501
96
811
54.0
10,463
7.0
109.0
55
67
3.7
4.5
152
1,137
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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