Before 1985, Joe Montana had the best passer rating when throwing for 10,000+ yards, with a 92.7 rating.
Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player with atleast 10,000 or more passing yards through 1984| NAME | RTG | YDS | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Montana | 92.7 | 15,609 | 88 | 1,324 | 2,077 | 63.7 | 7.5 | 177.4 | 106 | 54 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 116 | 821 |
| 2 |  | R. Staubach | 83.4 | 22,700 | 131 | 1,685 | 2,958 | 57.0 | 7.7 | 173.3 | 153 | 109 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 313 | 2,154 |
| 3 | | N. Lomax | 83.3 | 10,192 | 52 | 782 | 1,355 | 57.7 | 7.5 | 196.0 | 61 | 43 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 155 | 1,212 |
| 4 | | D. White | 82.7 | 14,754 | 131 | 1,155 | 1,943 | 59.4 | 7.6 | 112.6 | 109 | 90 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 152 | 1,328 |
| 5 | | S. Jurgensen | 82.6 | 32,224 | 218 | 2,433 | 4,262 | 57.1 | 7.6 | 147.8 | 255 | 189 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 94 | 748 |
| 6 | | L. Dawson | 82.6 | 28,711 | 211 | 2,136 | 3,741 | 57.1 | 7.7 | 136.1 | 239 | 183 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 167 | 1,423 |
| 7 | | K. Anderson | 82.0 | 32,497 | 181 | 2,627 | 4,420 | 59.4 | 7.4 | 179.5 | 194 | 158 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 395 | 2,855 |
| 8 |  | D. Fouts | 81.2 | 33,854 | 144 | 2,585 | 4,380 | 59.0 | 7.7 | 235.1 | 201 | 185 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 256 | 1,820 |
| 9 | | B. Starr | 80.5 | 24,718 | 196 | 1,808 | 3,149 | 57.4 | 7.8 | 126.1 | 152 | 138 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 59 | 533 |
| 10 | | F. Tarkenton | 80.4 | 47,003 | 246 | 3,686 | 6,467 | 57.0 | 7.3 | 191.1 | 342 | 266 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 274 | 2,337 |
| 11 | | J. Theismann | 79.0 | 23,432 | 156 | 1,877 | 3,301 | 56.9 | 7.1 | 150.2 | 152 | 122 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 303 | 2,443 |
| 12 | | B. Jones | 78.2 | 18,190 | 102 | 1,430 | 2,551 | 56.1 | 7.1 | 178.3 | 124 | 101 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 232 | 2,020 |
| 13 |  | J. Unitas | 78.2 | 40,239 | 211 | 2,830 | 5,186 | 54.6 | 7.8 | 190.7 | 290 | 253 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 74 | 590 |
| 14 | | O. Graham | 78.2 | 13,499 | 72 | 872 | 1,565 | 55.7 | 8.6 | 187.5 | 88 | 94 | 5.6 | 6.0 | ||
| 15 | | F. Ryan | 77.6 | 16,042 | 126 | 1,090 | 2,133 | 51.1 | 7.5 | 127.3 | 149 | 111 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 4 | 35 |
| 16 | | B. Kenney | 77.5 | 10,163 | 48 | 776 | 1,397 | 55.5 | 7.3 | 211.7 | 60 | 52 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 107 | 816 |
| 17 | | B. Griese | 77.1 | 25,092 | 161 | 1,926 | 3,429 | 56.2 | 7.3 | 155.9 | 192 | 172 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 267 | 2,318 |
| 18 | | S. Bartkowski | 75.5 | 22,732 | 118 | 1,802 | 3,219 | 56.0 | 7.1 | 192.6 | 149 | 140 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 327 | 2,714 |
| 19 | | K. Stabler | 75.3 | 27,938 | 184 | 2,270 | 3,793 | 59.8 | 7.4 | 151.8 | 194 | 222 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 281 | 2,514 |
| 20 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 75.1 | 23,611 | 140 | 1,553 | 2,895 | 53.6 | 8.2 | 168.7 | 173 | 178 | 6.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 21 | | S. Luckman | 75.0 | 14,686 | 128 | 904 | 1,744 | 51.8 | 8.4 | 114.7 | 137 | 132 | 7.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 22 | | D. Meredith | 74.8 | 17,199 | 104 | 1,170 | 2,308 | 50.7 | 7.5 | 165.4 | 135 | 111 | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 23 | | B. Sipe | 74.8 | 23,713 | 125 | 1,944 | 3,439 | 56.5 | 6.9 | 189.7 | 154 | 149 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 224 | 1,889 |
| 24 | | G. Danielson | 74.7 | 11,885 | 85 | 952 | 1,684 | 56.5 | 7.1 | 139.8 | 69 | 71 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 158 | 1,271 |
| 25 | | R. Gabriel | 74.3 | 29,444 | 183 | 2,366 | 4,498 | 52.6 | 6.5 | 160.9 | 201 | 149 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 168 | 1,268 |
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