best passer rating 1985 to 2000 minimum 2000 attempts

Between the 1985 and 2000 seasons, Steve Young had the highest passer rating when throwing 2,000+ pass attempts, with a 96.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
best passer rating by a player 1985 to 2000 minimum 2000 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Steve 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
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
92.0
3,314
104
2,085
62.9
24,942
7.5
239.8
167
85
5.0
2.6
197
1,274
3Brett Favre
B. Favre
86.0
4,931
145
2,997
60.8
34,706
7.0
239.4
255
157
5.2
3.2
300
1,922
4Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
85.1
2,672
89
1,608
60.2
19,212
7.2
215.9
106
66
4.0
2.5
235
1,335
5Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
84.4
4,779
160
2,874
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
237
175
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
84.3
7,498
215
4,432
59.1
54,067
7.2
251.5
352
229
4.7
3.1
247
1,730
7Phil Simms
P. Simms
82.7
3,118
111
1,784
57.2
23,193
7.4
208.9
138
96
4.4
3.1
306
2,096
8Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
81.9
3,121
115
1,802
57.7
20,938
6.7
182.1
116
65
3.7
2.1
253
1,848
9Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
81.8
3,365
126
1,994
59.3
23,301
6.9
184.9
124
87
3.7
2.6
273
1,660
10Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
81.6
4,715
165
2,898
61.5
32,942
7.0
199.6
165
141
3.5
3.0
259
1,748
11Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
81.5
4,200
155
2,375
56.5
29,406
7.0
189.7
204
132
4.9
3.1
472
3,471
12Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
81.4
5,103
177
2,918
57.2
37,390
7.3
211.2
244
181
4.8
3.5
313
2,386
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
81.2
6,373
192
3,729
58.5
45,987
7.2
239.5
279
219
4.4
3.4
411
3,044
14John Elway
J. Elway
81.0
6,611
208
3,786
57.3
47,214
7.1
227.0
275
197
4.2
3.0
464
3,409
15Jeff George
J. George
80.9
3,925
129
2,275
58.0
27,434
7.0
212.7
154
110
3.9
2.8
352
2,653
16Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
80.9
3,148
135
1,793
57.0
22,732
7.2
168.4
139
102
4.4
3.2
311
1,986
17Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
80.8
3,399
119
1,994
58.7
23,692
7.0
199.1
122
91
3.6
2.7
331
2,486
18Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
80.6
4,396
177
2,569
58.4
30,993
7.1
175.1
202
157
4.6
3.6
388
2,993
19Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
80.6
2,746
115
1,588
57.8
18,428
6.7
160.2
118
79
4.3
2.9
217
1,213
20Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
80.5
2,338
152
1,357
58.0
16,430
7.0
108.1
94
71
4.0
3.0
207
1,159
21Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
80.4
3,225
144
1,860
57.7
23,101
7.2
160.4
145
113
4.5
3.5
295
2,030
22Jeff Blake
J. Blake
79.5
2,532
89
1,428
56.4
17,199
6.8
193.2
106
72
4.2
2.8
197
1,198
23Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
78.9
2,604
100
1,461
56.1
18,416
7.1
184.2
115
88
4.4
3.4
96
658
24Jim Everett
J. Everett
78.6
4,923
158
2,841
57.7
34,837
7.1
220.5
203
175
4.1
3.6
257
1,885
25Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
78.4
2,192
113
1,267
57.8
16,092
7.3
142.4
93
87
4.2
4.0
192
1,308
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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12
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13
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8
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.471
6
11
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14
3
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12
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49ers 49ers - w
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