qb highest career passer rating before 1980 over 3000 attempts

Before 1980, Sonny Jurgensen had the highest passer rating by a quarterback when throwing >3,000 pass attempts, with a 82.6 rating.

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qb highest career passer rating before 1980 over 3000 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
82.6
4,262
218
2,433
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
255
189
6.0
4.4
94
748
2Len Dawson
L. Dawson
82.6
3,741
211
2,136
57.1
28,711
7.7
136.1
239
183
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
3Bart Starr
B. Starr
80.5
3,149
196
1,808
57.4
24,718
7.8
126.1
152
138
4.8
4.4
59
533
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
80.4
6,467
246
3,686
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
342
266
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
5Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
78.2
5,186
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
290
253
5.6
4.9
74
590
6Bob Griese
B. Griese
76.8
3,329
156
1,865
56.0
24,302
7.3
155.8
186
168
5.6
5.0
258
2,229
7Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
74.3
4,498
183
2,366
52.6
29,444
6.5
160.9
201
149
4.5
3.3
168
1,268
8Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
73.6
3,817
178
2,118
55.5
28,339
7.4
159.2
212
221
5.6
5.8
9John Brodie
J. Brodie
72.3
4,491
201
2,469
55.0
31,548
7.0
157.0
214
224
4.8
5.0
47
380
10Craig Morton
C. Morton
71.3
3,083
177
1,627
52.8
22,370
7.3
126.4
150
157
4.9
5.1
290
2,197
11Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
69.2
3,392
165
1,737
51.2
24,410
7.2
147.9
170
181
5.0
5.3
118
894
12John Hadl
J. Hadl
67.4
4,687
224
2,363
50.4
33,503
7.1
149.6
244
268
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
13Jim Hart
J. Hart
66.4
4,279
165
2,159
50.5
29,208
6.8
177.0
177
205
4.1
4.8
175
1,426
14Norm Snead
N. Snead
65.5
4,353
178
2,276
52.3
30,797
7.1
173.0
196
257
4.5
5.9
94
744
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
65.5
3,762
140
1,886
50.1
27,663
7.4
197.6
173
220
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
16Bobby Layne
B. Layne
63.4
3,700
175
1,814
49.0
26,768
7.2
153.0
196
243
5.3
6.6
17George Blanda
G. Blanda
60.8
3,653
180
1,750
47.9
24,622
6.7
136.8
208
248
5.7
6.8
18Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
59.8
3,153
177
1,475
46.8
21,265
6.7
120.1
165
203
5.2
6.4
0
0
19Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
57.3
3,073
122
1,436
46.7
21,218
6.9
173.9
114
183
3.7
6.0
21
187
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