qb highest passer rating 1996

Steve Young had the best passer rating by a quarterback in 1996, with a 97.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
qb highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game 1996
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve Young
S. Young
97.2
1996
12
214
316
67.7
2,410
7.6
200.8
14
6
4.4
1.9
34
160
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
95.8
1996
16
325
543
59.9
3,899
7.2
243.7
39
13
7.2
2.4
40
241
3Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
89.4
1996
12
195
311
62.7
2,258
7.3
188.2
17
10
5.5
3.2
15
119
4John Elway
J. Elway
89.2
1996
15
287
466
61.6
3,328
7.1
221.9
26
14
5.6
3.0
26
194
5Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
88.7
1996
16
325
549
59.2
4,177
7.6
261.1
33
19
6.0
3.5
34
270
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
87.8
1996
13
221
373
59.2
2,795
7.5
215.0
17
9
4.6
2.4
18
131
7Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
84.0
1996
16
353
557
63.4
4,367
7.8
272.9
19
20
3.4
3.6
50
257
8Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
83.7
1996
16
373
623
59.9
4,086
6.6
255.4
27
15
4.3
2.4
30
190
9Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
83.2
1996
13
242
402
60.2
2,548
6.3
196.0
23
14
5.7
3.5
32
181
10Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
80.8
1996
13
238
401
59.4
2,911
7.3
223.9
15
13
3.7
3.2
27
171
11Jeff Blake
J. Blake
80.3
1996
16
308
549
56.1
3,624
6.6
226.5
24
14
4.4
2.6
44
278
12Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
80.1
1996
15
296
465
63.7
3,126
6.7
208.4
12
13
2.6
2.8
18
120
13Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
79.7
1996
12
184
320
57.5
2,099
6.6
174.9
16
11
5.0
3.4
25
153
14Kerry Collins
K. Collins
79.4
1996
13
204
364
56.0
2,454
6.7
188.8
14
9
3.8
2.5
18
114
15Gus Frerotte
G. Frerotte
79.3
1996
16
270
470
57.4
3,453
7.3
215.8
12
11
2.6
2.3
22
134
16Stan Humphries
S. Humphries
76.7
1996
13
232
416
55.8
2,670
6.4
205.4
18
13
4.3
3.1
20
187
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
76.3
1996
13
226
377
59.9
2,278
6.0
175.2
14
12
3.7
3.2
14
104
18Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
76.3
1996
14
232
405
57.3
2,630
6.5
187.9
13
11
3.2
2.7
36
190
19Kent Graham
K. Graham
75.1
1996
10
146
274
53.3
1,624
5.9
162.4
12
7
4.4
2.6
19
120
20Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
74.9
1996
14
253
437
57.9
2,917
6.7
208.4
17
17
3.9
3.9
36
199
21Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
73.2
1996
13
222
379
58.6
2,810
7.4
216.2
14
19
3.7
5.0
37
287
22Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
72.9
1996
14
294
488
60.2
3,152
6.5
225.1
22
25
4.5
5.1
27
150
23Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
71.8
1996
16
222
401
55.4
2,767
6.9
172.9
15
17
3.7
4.2
16
105
24Tony Banks
T. Banks
71.0
1996
14
192
368
52.2
2,544
6.9
181.7
15
15
4.1
4.1
48
306
25Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
70.6
1996
10
190
339
56.0
2,293
6.8
229.3
11
14
3.2
4.1
17
109
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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7
9
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.441
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12
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.294
4
13
0
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11
6
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7
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.559
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8
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8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
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