qb highest passer rating 1978 to 2008

Between the 1978 and 2008 seasons, Steve Young had the highest passer rating by a quarterback, with a 96.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
qb highest passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game 1978 to 2008
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
96.8
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
232
107
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
94.7
176
3,839
5,960
64.4
45,628
7.7
259.3
333
165
5.6
2.8
205
1,318
3Tony Romo
T. Romo
94.7
67
831
1,307
63.6
10,562
8.1
157.6
81
46
6.2
3.5
65
423
4Kurt Warner
K. Warner
93.8
109
2,327
3,557
65.4
28,591
8.0
262.3
182
114
5.1
3.2
236
1,497
5Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
92.9
52
890
1,428
62.3
10,697
7.5
205.7
78
36
5.5
2.5
78
484
6Tom Brady
T. Brady
92.9
113
2,301
3,653
63.0
26,446
7.2
234.0
197
86
5.4
2.4
203
1,278
7Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.3
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
91.8
23
376
595
63.2
4,367
7.3
189.9
29
14
4.9
2.4
43
301
9Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
90.6
85
1,580
2,395
66.0
17,391
7.3
204.6
101
62
4.2
2.6
156
933
10Shaun Hill
S. Hill
90.5
13
235
367
64.0
2,547
6.9
195.9
18
9
4.9
2.5
29
179
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
89.4
72
1,189
1,905
62.4
14,974
7.9
208.0
101
69
5.3
3.6
192
1,253
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
89.4
107
2,334
3,650
63.9
26,258
7.2
245.4
168
99
4.6
2.7
139
1,030
13Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
89.0
97
1,927
3,042
63.3
23,208
7.6
239.3
146
100
4.8
3.3
284
1,589
14Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
88.9
65
1,380
2,165
63.7
15,630
7.2
240.5
107
67
4.9
3.1
108
702
15Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
88.8
31
498
874
57.0
6,776
7.8
218.6
52
27
5.9
3.1
68
459
16Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
88.2
30
349
555
62.9
3,946
7.1
131.5
23
13
4.1
2.3
51
235
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
87.7
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
16
11
3.7
2.5
17
104
18Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
87.5
124
2,264
3,676
61.6
25,537
6.9
205.9
161
83
4.4
2.3
181
947
19Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
87.1
37
762
1,220
62.5
9,024
7.4
243.9
54
37
4.4
3.0
51
307
20Dan Marino
D. Marino
86.4
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
21Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
86.2
60
527
830
63.5
6,317
7.6
105.3
30
25
3.6
3.0
51
324
22Trent Green
T. Green
86.0
120
2,266
3,740
60.6
28,475
7.6
237.3
162
114
4.3
3.0
259
1,621
23Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
85.9
134
2,534
4,303
58.9
29,320
6.8
218.8
194
90
4.5
2.1
322
1,978
24Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
85.6
87
1,829
2,924
62.6
21,345
7.3
245.3
117
87
4.0
3.0
240
1,778
25Brett Favre
B. Favre
85.4
273
5,720
9,280
61.6
65,127
7.0
238.6
464
310
5.0
3.3
469
3,101
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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14
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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5
0
.706
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10
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3
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10
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11
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13
4
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.765
12
5
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.706
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14
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
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.706
3
14
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.176

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9/13
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1:00 PM