who had the highest passer rating in 1989

Joe Montana had the highest passer rating in 1989, with a 112.4 rating.

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	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Montana J. Montana	112.4	1989	SF	13	271	386	70.2	3,521	9.1	270.8	26	8	6.7	2.1	33	198
2	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	92.1	1989	CIN	16	258	455	56.7	3,525	7.7	220.3	28	11	6.2	2.4	36	288
3	Jim Everett J. Everett	90.6	1989	RAM	16	304	518	58.7	4,310	8.3	269.4	29	17	5.6	3.3	29	214
4	Warren Moon W. Moon	88.9	1989	HOU	16	280	464	60.3	3,631	7.8	226.9	23	14	5.0	3.0	35	267
5	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	88.1	1989	WAS	14	280	476	58.8	3,768	7.9	269.1	22	13	4.6	2.7	16	108
6	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	86.2	1989	BUF	13	228	391	58.3	3,130	8.0	240.8	25	18	6.4	4.6	30	216
7	Bobby Hebert B. Hebert	82.7	1989	NO	14	222	353	62.9	2,686	7.6	191.9	15	15	4.2	4.2	22	171
8	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	82.3	1989	GB	16	353	599	58.9	4,318	7.2	269.9	27	20	4.5	3.3	47	268
9	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	80.3	1989	CLE	16	303	513	59.1	3,533	6.9	220.8	18	14	3.5	2.7	34	192
10	Phil Simms P. Simms	77.6	1989	NYG	15	228	405	56.3	3,061	7.6	204.1	14	14	3.5	3.5	40	244
11	Dan Marino D. Marino	76.9	1989	MIA	16	308	550	56.0	3,997	7.3	249.8	24	22	4.4	4.0	10	86
12	Chris Miller C. Miller	76.1	1989	ATL	15	280	526	53.2	3,459	6.6	230.6	16	10	3.0	1.9	41	318
13	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	75.8	1989	KC	12	196	324	60.5	2,529	7.8	210.8	11	16	3.4	4.9	14	111
14	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	75.5	1989	PHI	16	290	532	54.5	3,400	6.4	212.5	21	15	3.9	2.8	45	343
15	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	74.8	1989	SEA	15	286	499	57.3	3,309	6.6	220.6	21	20	4.2	4.0	37	289
16	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	74.3	1989	NYJ	15	288	477	60.4	3,346	7.0	223.1	12	18	2.5	3.8	50	391
17	John Elway J. Elway	73.7	1989	DEN	15	223	416	53.6	3,051	7.3	203.4	18	18	4.3	4.3	35	298
18	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	73.5	1989	SD	12	176	318	55.3	2,132	6.7	177.7	10	10	3.1	3.1	28	167
19	Bubby Brister B. Brister	73.1	1989	PIT	14	187	342	54.7	2,365	6.9	168.9	9	10	2.6	2.9	45	452
20	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	71.3	1989	IND	13	190	362	52.5	2,317	6.4	178.2	15	13	4.1	3.6	20	125
21	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	70.5	1989	MIN	14	194	362	53.6	2,543	7.0	181.6	9	12	2.5	3.3	27	194
22	Gary Hogeboom G. Hogeboom	69.5	1989	PHX	14	204	364	56.0	2,591	7.1	185.1	14	19	3.8	5.2	40	266
23	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	68.9	1989	TB	14	258	480	53.8	3,133	6.5	223.8	20	22	4.2	4.6	38	294
24	Mike Tomczak M. Tomczak	68.2	1989	CHI	16	156	306	51.0	2,058	6.7	128.6	16	16	5.2	5.2	10	68
25	Bob Gagliano B. Gagliano	61.2	1989	DET	11	117	232	50.4	1,671	7.2	151.9	6	12	2.6	5.2	25	153

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