who led the nfl in passer rating between 1996 to 2003

From 1996 through 2003, Steve Young had the highest passer rating, with a 98.5 rating.

Regular season
Min. 7 Pass Attempts Per Team Game

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Steve Young S. Young	98.5	45	822	1,273	64.6	10,055	7.9	223.4	72	28	5.7	2.2	125	677
2	Kurt Warner K. Warner	97.2	53	1,121	1,688	66.4	14,447	8.6	272.6	102	65	6.0	3.9	114	717
3	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	95.1	28	476	721	66.0	5,418	7.5	193.5	37	18	5.1	2.5	49	307
4	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	91.4	39	555	927	59.9	7,102	7.7	182.1	57	29	6.1	3.1	62	404
5	John Elway J. Elway	89.6	44	777	1,324	58.7	9,769	7.4	222.0	75	35	5.7	2.6	78	532
6	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	89.4	96	1,850	2,999	61.7	21,001	7.0	218.8	134	59	4.5	2.0	200	1,107
7	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	88.3	74	1,449	2,360	61.4	16,408	7.0	221.7	113	56	4.8	2.4	103	570
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	88.1	96	2,128	3,383	62.9	24,885	7.4	259.2	167	110	4.9	3.3	126	840
9	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	88.0	58	1,160	1,843	62.9	13,881	7.5	239.3	90	63	4.9	3.4	151	807
10	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	87.2	22	474	746	63.5	5,671	7.6	257.8	36	28	4.8	3.8	49	390
11	Brett Favre B. Favre	87.0	128	2,618	4,314	60.7	30,821	7.1	240.8	238	143	5.5	3.3	238	1,575
12	Trent Green T. Green	86.1	72	1,336	2,266	59.0	17,016	7.5	236.3	106	65	4.7	2.9	158	952
13	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	86.1	71	1,142	1,903	60.0	14,004	7.4	197.2	94	60	4.9	3.2	212	1,247
14	Tom Brady T. Brady	85.9	48	955	1,544	61.9	10,233	6.6	213.2	69	38	4.5	2.5	104	625
15	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	85.7	107	1,983	3,270	60.6	23,530	7.2	219.9	129	79	3.9	2.4	294	1,724
16	Jeff George J. George	85.1	47	766	1,354	56.6	10,174	7.5	216.5	66	38	4.9	2.8	137	1,036
17	Brad Johnson B. Johnson	84.5	102	2,054	3,328	61.7	22,817	6.9	223.7	140	93	4.2	2.8	179	1,141
18	Steve McNair S. McNair	84.1	113	1,843	3,100	59.5	22,068	7.1	195.3	129	82	4.2	2.6	190	1,106
19	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	83.9	77	769	1,282	60.0	9,084	7.1	118.0	50	33	3.9	2.6	108	651
20	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	83.7	97	1,375	2,345	58.6	17,440	7.4	179.8	110	78	4.7	3.3	259	1,684
21	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	83.4	17	308	525	58.7	3,771	7.2	221.8	24	16	4.6	3.0	24	152
22	Brian Griese B. Griese	83.0	58	1,118	1,808	61.8	12,576	7.0	216.8	76	59	4.2	3.3	128	876
23	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	82.1	56	1,014	1,798	56.4	12,464	6.9	222.6	86	51	4.8	2.8	135	855
24	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	81.9	88	1,630	2,767	58.9	18,868	6.8	214.4	127	86	4.6	3.1	119	842
25	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	81.9	59	796	1,358	58.6	8,823	6.5	149.5	52	29	3.8	2.1	111	777

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