highest passer rating until 1979, minimum 1,000 pass attempts

Before 1980, Roger Staubach had the best passer rating when throwing 1,000+ pass attempts, with a 83.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest passer rating by a player until 1979, minimum 1,000 pass attempts

	NAME	RTG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	83.4	2,958	131	1,685	57.0	22,700	7.7	173.3	153	109	5.2	3.7	313	2,154
2	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	82.6	4,262	218	2,433	57.1	32,224	7.6	147.8	255	189	6.0	4.4	94	748
3	Len Dawson L. Dawson	82.6	3,741	211	2,136	57.1	28,711	7.7	136.1	239	183	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
4	Bart Starr B. Starr	80.5	3,149	196	1,808	57.4	24,718	7.8	126.1	152	138	4.8	4.4	59	533
5	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	80.4	6,467	246	3,686	57.0	47,003	7.3	191.1	342	266	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
6	Bert Jones B. Jones	80.3	1,592	68	890	55.9	11,435	7.2	168.2	78	56	4.9	3.5	159	1,423
7	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	80.2	2,481	130	1,486	59.9	19,078	7.7	146.8	150	143	6.0	5.8	189	1,691
8	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	78.9	2,785	119	1,570	56.4	20,030	7.2	168.3	125	101	4.5	3.6	271	2,009
9	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	78.2	5,186	211	2,830	54.6	40,239	7.8	190.7	290	253	5.6	4.9	74	590
10	Otto Graham O. Graham	78.2	1,565	72	872	55.7	13,499	8.6	187.5	88	94	5.6	6.0
11	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	77.6	2,133	126	1,090	51.1	16,042	7.5	127.3	149	111	7.0	5.2	4	35
12	Bob Berry B. Berry	77.2	1,173	78	661	56.4	9,197	7.8	117.9	64	64	5.5	5.5	131	927
13	Bob Griese B. Griese	76.8	3,329	156	1,865	56.0	24,302	7.3	155.8	186	168	5.6	5.0	258	2,229
14	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	75.1	2,895	140	1,553	53.6	23,611	8.2	168.7	173	178	6.0	6.1
15	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	75.0	1,744	128	904	51.8	14,686	8.4	114.7	137	132	7.9	7.6
16	Don Meredith D. Meredith	74.8	2,308	104	1,170	50.7	17,199	7.5	165.4	135	111	5.8	4.8
17	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	74.3	4,498	183	2,366	52.6	29,444	6.5	160.9	201	149	4.5	3.3	168	1,268
18	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	74.1	2,689	255	1,379	51.3	20,809	7.7	81.6	161	148	6.0	5.5	58	487
19	Greg Landry G. Landry	73.8	2,204	118	1,227	55.7	15,383	7.0	130.4	95	96	4.3	4.4	303	2,384
20	Y.A. Tittle	73.6	3,817	178	2,118	55.5	28,339	7.4	159.2	212	221	5.6	5.8
21	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	72.9	2,601	151	1,288	49.5	19,154	7.4	126.8	164	138	6.3	5.3	72	636
22	Pat Haden P. Haden	72.8	1,055	48	574	54.4	7,296	6.9	152.0	43	43	4.1	4.1	83	631
23	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	72.8	2,005	80	1,141	56.9	14,739	7.4	184.2	82	101	4.1	5.0	150	1,047
24	John Brodie J. Brodie	72.3	4,491	201	2,469	55.0	31,548	7.0	157.0	214	224	4.8	5.0	47	380
25	Milt Plum M. Plum	72.2	2,419	129	1,306	54.0	17,536	7.2	135.9	122	127	5.0	5.3	1	12

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