which retired nfl quarterbacks have the highest career passer rating

Russell Wilson has the best career passer rating by an inactive or retired quarterback, with a 99.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which retired NFL quarterbacks have the highest career passer rating with a minimum of 750 passing attempts?
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
99.3
6,120
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
353
114
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
98.7
10,551
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
571
243
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
97.6
1,936
85
1,304
67.4
15,828
8.2
186.2
96
52
5.0
2.7
140
936
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
97.2
12,050
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
649
212
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
5Tony Romo
T. Romo
97.1
4,335
156
2,829
65.3
34,183
7.9
219.1
248
117
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
6Steve Young
S. Young
96.8
4,149
169
2,667
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
232
107
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
7Peyton Manning
P. Manning
96.5
9,380
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
539
251
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
8Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
95.0
8,226
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
425
212
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
9Kurt Warner
K. Warner
93.7
4,070
124
2,666
65.5
32,344
7.9
260.8
208
128
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
93.6
8,464
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
381
183
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
93.5
8,443
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
418
211
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
12Derek Carr
D. Carr
92.8
5,785
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
257
112
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
13Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.3
5,391
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
273
139
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
14Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
91.2
4,764
155
3,063
64.3
34,881
7.3
225.0
216
115
4.5
2.4
415
3,065
15Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
90.1
2,471
89
1,632
66.0
17,823
7.2
200.3
102
64
4.1
2.6
162
965
16Andrew Luck
A. Luck
89.5
3,290
86
2,000
60.8
23,671
7.2
275.2
171
83
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
17Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
89.5
3,348
155
2,148
64.2
25,467
7.6
164.3
136
91
4.1
2.7
180
1,245
18Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
88.9
1,692
69
1,011
59.8
12,271
7.3
177.8
72
30
4.3
1.8
171
1,060
19Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
87.9
6,307
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
294
187
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
20Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
87.8
3,199
105
2,016
63.0
24,153
7.6
230.0
149
106
4.7
3.3
298
1,696
21Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
87.5
3,676
125
2,264
61.6
25,537
6.9
204.3
161
83
4.4
2.3
181
947
22Alex Smith
A. Smith
86.9
5,193
174
3,250
62.6
35,650
6.9
204.9
199
109
3.8
2.1
432
2,463
23Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
86.5
1,268
56
799
63.0
9,271
7.3
165.6
43
30
3.4
2.4
131
895
24Dan Marino
D. Marino
86.4
8,358
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
420
252
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
25Nick Foles
N. Foles
86.2
2,087
71
1,302
62.4
14,227
6.8
200.4
82
47
3.9
2.3
127
875
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