qb highest passer rating in a season, 1920 to 1990

Between the 1920 and 1990 seasons, Joe Montana had the best passer rating by a quarterback in a season, with a 112.4 rating in 1989.

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qb highest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in a season, 1920 to 1990

	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	Milt Plum M. Plum	110.4	1960	CLE	12	151	250	60.4	2,297	9.2	191.4	21	5	8.4	2.0
3	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	109.9	1945	WAS	8	128	182	70.3	1,669	9.2	208.6	11	4	6.0	2.2
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	108.9	1984	MIA	16	362	564	64.2	5,084	9.0	317.8	48	17	8.5	3.0	13	120
5	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	107.5	1943	CHB	10	110	202	54.5	2,194	10.9	219.4	28	12	13.9	5.9
6	Bart Starr B. Starr	105.0	1966	GB	14	156	251	62.2	2,257	9.0	161.2	14	3	5.6	1.2
7	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	104.8	1971	DAL	13	126	211	59.7	1,882	8.9	144.8	15	4	7.1	1.9	23	175
8	Y.A. Tittle	104.8	1963	NYG	13	221	367	60.2	3,145	8.6	241.9	36	14	9.8	3.8
9	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	103.4	1976	OAK	12	194	291	66.7	2,737	9.4	228.1	27	17	9.3	5.8	19	203
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.9	1984	SF	16	279	432	64.6	3,630	8.4	226.9	28	10	6.5	2.3	22	138
11	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	102.7	1959	NYG	10	113	194	58.2	1,706	8.8	170.6	14	4	7.2	2.1
12	Bert Jones B. Jones	102.5	1976	BAL	14	207	343	60.3	3,104	9.0	221.7	24	9	7.0	2.6	29	284
13	Joe Montana J. Montana	102.1	1987	SF	13	266	398	66.8	3,054	7.7	234.9	31	13	7.8	3.3	22	158
14	Len Dawson L. Dawson	101.7	1966	KC	14	159	284	56.0	2,527	8.9	180.5	26	10	9.2	3.5
15	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	101.2	1990	BUF	14	219	346	63.3	2,829	8.2	202.1	24	9	6.9	2.6	20	158
16	Otto Graham O. Graham	99.7	1953	CLE	12	167	258	64.7	2,722	10.6	226.8	11	9	4.3	3.5
17	Len Dawson L. Dawson	98.6	1968	KC	14	131	224	58.5	2,109	9.4	150.6	17	9	7.6	4.0
18	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	98.4	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	3,754	7.8	234.6	29	10	6.1	2.1	25	140
19	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	98.4	1948	PHI	12	141	246	57.3	1,965	8.0	163.8	25	11	10.2	4.5
20	Len Dawson L. Dawson	98.3	1962	DLT	14	189	310	61.0	2,759	8.9	197.1	29	17	9.4	5.5
21	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	97.6	1983	ATL	14	274	432	63.4	3,167	7.3	226.2	22	5	5.1	1.2	51	348
22	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	97.4	1965	BAL	11	164	282	58.2	2,530	9.0	230.0	23	12	8.2	4.3
23	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	97.4	1988	CIN	16	223	388	57.5	3,572	9.2	223.3	28	14	7.2	3.6	30	245
24	Bart Starr B. Starr	97.1	1964	GB	14	163	272	59.9	2,144	7.9	153.1	15	4	5.5	1.5
25	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	97.0	1983	WAS	16	276	459	60.1	3,714	8.1	232.1	29	11	6.3	2.4	34	242

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