qb with highest career passer rating before 2017

Before 2017, Dak Prescott had the best passer rating by a quarterback, with a 104.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
qb with highest career passer rating with a minimum of 7 passing attempts per team game before 2017
NAME RTG GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
104.9
16
311
459
67.8
3,667
8.0
229.2
23
4
5.0
0.9
25
143
2 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
104.1
142
3,034
4,657
65.1
36,827
7.9
259.3
297
72
6.4
1.5
341
2,163
3 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
99.6
80
1,476
2,281
64.7
18,193
8.0
227.4
127
45
5.6
2.0
205
1,275
4 Tom Brady
T. Brady
97.2
237
5,244
8,224
63.8
61,582
7.5
259.8
456
152
5.5
1.8
417
2,596
5 Tony Romo
T. Romo
97.1
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
34,183
7.9
219.1
248
117
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
6 Steve 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
7 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
96.5
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
8 Drew Brees
D. Brees
96.3
233
5,836
8,758
66.6
66,111
7.5
283.7
465
220
5.3
2.5
358
2,547
9 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
94.7
180
3,811
5,917
64.4
45,833
7.7
254.6
314
156
5.3
2.6
362
2,178
10 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
94.1
185
3,804
5,932
64.1
46,814
7.9
253.0
301
160
5.1
2.7
456
3,008
11 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
93.8
27
506
821
61.6
6,244
7.6
231.3
45
19
5.5
2.3
61
414
12 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
93.7
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
32,344
7.9
260.8
208
128
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
13 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
93.6
142
3,288
5,064
64.9
37,701
7.4
265.5
240
114
4.7
2.3
255
1,681
14 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
93.6
46
1,025
1,556
65.9
12,113
7.8
263.3
72
42
4.6
2.7
65
505
15 Joe 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
16 Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
92.3
43
530
851
62.3
6,257
7.4
145.5
37
14
4.3
1.6
83
437
17 Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
92.3
9
128
195
65.6
1,380
7.1
153.3
6
2
3.1
1.0
21
140
18 Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
90.1
89
1,632
2,471
66.0
17,823
7.2
200.3
102
64
4.1
2.6
162
965
19 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
89.1
145
2,093
3,274
63.9
24,867
7.6
171.5
133
90
4.1
2.7
178
1,226
20 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
89.1
93
1,920
3,060
62.7
22,214
7.3
238.9
142
81
4.6
2.6
181
1,077
21 Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
88.9
69
1,011
1,692
59.8
12,271
7.3
177.8
72
30
4.3
1.8
171
1,060
22 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
88.4
42
766
1,210
63.3
8,983
7.4
213.9
42
26
3.5
2.1
123
856
23 Nick Foles
N. Foles
88.1
42
776
1,285
60.4
9,215
7.2
219.4
56
27
4.4
2.1
75
510
24 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
88.0
175
3,777
6,040
62.5
44,269
7.3
253.0
285
180
4.7
3.0
318
2,214
25 Derek Carr
D. Carr
87.9
47
1,055
1,732
60.9
11,194
6.5
238.2
81
31
4.7
1.8
71
458
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

33.0

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

290.0

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

1 - 2 - 1

40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
TEN TEN
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
10/5
TB TB
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM