NFL career passer rating leaders

The NFL rates its passers for statistical purposes against a fixed performance standard based on statistical achievements of all qualified pro passers since 1960. The current passer rating system, which was adopted in 1973, removes inequities that existed in the former method and, at the same time, provides a means of comparing passing performances from one season to the next.
It is important to remember that the system is used to rate passers, not quarterbacks. Statistics do not reflect leadership, play-calling, and other intangible factors that go into making a successful professional quarterback.

Four categories are used as a basis for compiling a rating:

The average standard is 1.000. The bottom is .000. To earn a 2.000 rating, a passer must perform at exceptional levels, i.e., 70 percent in completions, 10 percent in touchdowns, 1.5 percent in interceptions, and 11 yards average gain per pass attempt. In order to make the rating more understandable, the point rating is then converted into a scale of 100, with 158.3 being the highest rating a passer can achieve. In cases where statistical performance has been superior, it is possible for a passer to surpass a 100 rating.
Quarterbacks are required to throw at least 1,500 passes before their ratings qualify for NFL career statistics for the regular season, and 150 attempts for the postseason.[1]

Regular season

Players in bold and green are currently active in the NFL.
Names in italics and red represent members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

= Active player = Hall of Famer

Updated through November 28, 2016.[2][3]

Rank Quarterback Rating
1 Aaron Rodgers 103.4
2 Russell Wilson 100.4
3 Tony Romo 97.1
4 Tom Brady 97.0
5 Steve Young 96.8
6 Drew Brees 96.6
7 Peyton Manning 96.5
8 Philip Rivers 95.4
9 Ben Roethlisberger 94.3
10 Kurt Warner 93.7
11 Matt Ryan 92.7
12 Joe Montana 92.3
13 Chad Pennington 90.1
14 Matt Schaub 89.1
15 Andy Dalton 88.6
16 Colin Kaepernick 88.3
17 Derek Carr 88.2
18 Carson Palmer 87.8
Daunte Culpepper
20 Jeff Garcia 87.5
Cam Newton
22 Matthew Stafford 87.1
23 Otto Graham 86.6
24 Dan Marino 86.4
Ryan Tannehill
26 Andrew Luck 86.3
27 Brett Favre 86.0
Trent Green
29 David Garrard 85.8
30 Jay Cutler 85.7
31 Donovan McNabb 85.6
32 Alex Smith 84.9
33 Rich Gannon 84.7
34 Marc Bulger 84.4
Jim Kelly
36 Joe Flacco 84.2
37 Mark Brunell 84.0
38 Eli Manning 83.9
39 Roger Staubach 83.4
40 Sam Bradford 83.2
Rank Quarterback Rating
41 Steve McNair 82.8
42 Brian Griese 82.7
Neil Lomax
44 Len Dawson 82.6
Sonny Jurgensen
46 Brad Johnson 82.5
47 Matt Hasselbeck 82.4
48 Ken Anderson 81.9
49 Bernie Kosar 81.8
Neil O'Donnell
51 Jason Campbell 81.7
Danny White
53 Troy Aikman 81.6
54 Randall Cunningham 81.5
Dave Krieg
56 Jake Delhomme 81.3
57 Kyle Orton 81.2
58 Boomer Esiason 81.1
59 Warren Moon 80.9
60 Jeff Hostetler 80.5
Bart Starr
62 Jeff George 80.4
Ken O'Brien
Fran Tarkenton
Michael Vick
66 Steve Beuerlein 80.3
67 Dan Fouts 80.2
Blake Bortles
69 Ryan Fitzpatrick 80.1
70 John Elway 79.9
71 Tony Eason 79.7
72 Elvis Grbac 79.6
73 Matt Cassel 79.4
74 Chris Chandler 79.1
75 Byron Leftwich 78.9
Mark Rypien
77 Jim Everett 78.6
78 Aaron Brooks 78.5
Phil Simms
Rank Quarterback Rating
80 Bert Jones 78.2
Jim McMahon
Johnny Unitas
Josh McCown
84 Jeff Blake 78.0
Bobby Hebert
86 Jim Harbaugh 77.6
Frank Ryan
Josh Freeman
89 Jon Kitna 77.4
Joe Theismann
91 Charlie Batch 77.2
92 Drew Bledsoe 77.1
Jay Fiedler
Bob Griese
95 Bill Kenney 77.0
96 Gary Danielson 76.6
Erik Kramer
98 Doug Flutie 76.3
99 Stan Humphries 75.8
100 Wade Wilson 75.6
101 Chad Henne 75.5
102 Steve Bartkowski 75.4
103 Steve Bono 75.3
Scott Mitchell
Ken Stabler
106 Tim Couch 75.1
Norm Van Brocklin
108 Sid Luckman 75.0
Vinny Testaverde
110 David Carr 74.9
Chris Miller
112 Don Meredith 74.8
Brian Sipe
114 Jake Plummer 74.6
115 Roman Gabriel 74.3
Mark Sanchez
Y. A. Tittle
118 Steve DeBerg 74.2
Gus Frerotte

Rank Quarterback Rating
120 Earl Morrall 74.1
121 Kerry Collins 73.8
122 Frankie Albert 73.5
Craig Morton
124 Rodney Peete 73.3
125 Daryle Lamonica 72.9
Greg Landry
Don Majkowski
128 Ron Jaworski 72.8
Tommy Kramer
130 Tony Banks 72.4
131 Bubby Brister 72.3
John Brodie
133 Sammy Baugh 72.2
Milt Plum
Bill Wade
136 Jay Schroeder 71.7
137 Billy Kilmer 71.6
Derek Anderson
139 Bill Munson 71.5
140 Rex Grossman 71.4
141 Terry Bradshaw 70.9
Lynn Dickey
143 Kordell Stewart 70.7
144 Trent Dilfer 70.2
Bill Nelsen
146 Vince Ferragamo 70.1
147 Steve Grogan 69.6
148 Kyle Boller 69.5
149 Joey Harrington 69.4
Doug Williams
151 Charley Johnson 69.2
Rank Quarterback Rating
152 Mike Tomczak 68.9
153 Eric Hipple 68.7
154 Joe Ferguson 68.4
155 Charlie Conerly 68.2
156 Dave M. Brown 67.9
157 Billy Joe Tolliver 67.7
Marc Wilson
159 Tom Flores 67.6
Richard Todd
161 Jim Plunkett 67.5
162 John Hadl 67.4
163 Jim Zorn 67.3
164 Archie Manning 67.1
165 Jim Hart 66.6
166 Joe Namath 65.5
Norm Snead
168 Rick Mirer 63.5
169 Bobby Layne 63.4
170 Jack Trudeau 63.3
Mike Pagel
Mike Livingston
173 Ed Brown 62.8
174 Mark Malone 61.9
175 Bob Waterfield 61.6
176 Eddie LeBaron 61.4
177 George Blanda 60.6
178 Babe Parilli 59.6
179 Dan Pastorini 59.1
180 Jack Kemp 57.3
181 Tobin Rote 56.8
182 Cotton Davidson 54.9
183 Mike Phipps 52.6
184 Frank Tripucka 52.2

Below 1500 Attempts

Updated through November 28, 2016.

Active Starters below minimum attempts needed
Rank if
Qualified		 Quarterback Rating Attempts
1Dak Prescott108.3358
5Marcus Mariota96.8748
9Kirk Cousins94.51387
12Cody Kessler92.6192
13Tyrod Taylor91.9728
14Trevor Siemian89.2325
23Jameis Winston86.6941
36Carson Wentz84.2356
40Jared Goff83.363
70Brock Osweiler79.9629
Active Backups or injured below minimum attempts needed
Rank if
Qualified		 Quarterback Rating Attempts
1Jimmy Garoppolo108.691
14Robert Griffin III89.71089
16Nick Foles88.11285
30Shaun Hill85.01223
30Brian Hoyer84.81199
33Mike Glennon84.6630
70Matt Moore79.3769
72Colt McCoy78.9842
76Case Keenum78.5768
96Brandon Weeden76.0965
128Geno Smith72.4866
134Blaine Gabbert71.61216

Postseason

Updated through the 2015 season

Rank Quarterback Rating
1 Bart Starr 104.8
2 Kurt Warner 102.8
3 Drew Brees 100.7
4 Alex Smith 99.1
5 Aaron Rodgers 98.2
6 Joe Montana 95.6
7 Mark Sanchez 94.3
8 Ken Anderson 93.5
9 Russell Wilson 93.4
10 Tony Romo 93.0
11 Joe Theismann 91.4
12 Eli Manning 89.3
13 Joe Flacco 88.6
14 Troy Aikman 88.3
15 Tom Brady 88.0
16 Peyton Manning 87.4
17 Colin Kaepernick 87.3
18 Brett Favre 86.3
19 Steve Young 85.8
20 Matt Ryan 85.2
Philip Rivers
22 Warren Moon 84.9
23 Rich Gannon 84.6
Ben Roethlisberger
Rank Quarterback Rating
25 Matt Hasselbeck 84.2
Ken Stabler
27 Cam Newton 83.9
28 Bernie Kosar 83.5
29 Jake Delhomme 83.3
30 Terry Bradshaw 83.0
31 Jim Plunkett 81.9
32 Vinny Testaverde 81.0
33 Donovan McNabb 80.0
34 John Elway 79.7
35 Daryle Lamonica 77.9
36 Len Dawson 77.4
37 Chad Pennington 77.3
38 Dan Marino 77.1
39 Phil Simms 77.0
40 Jim McMahon 76.1
41 Roger Staubach 76.0
42 Wade Wilson 75.6
43 Kerry Collins 75.3
44 Neil O'Donnell 74.9
45 Randall Cunningham 74.3
46 Jeff Garcia 73.8
47 Jake Plummer 72.7
48 Dave Krieg 72.3
Jim Kelly
Rank Quarterback Rating
50 Mark Rypien 72.2
51 Danny White 71.6
52 Andrew Luck 70.8
53 Dan Fouts 70.0
54 Johnny Unitas 68.9
55 Billy Kilmer 68.6
56 Bob Griese 68.3
57 Jim Harbaugh 67.2
58 Steve McNair 66.7
59 Mark Brunell 66.3
60 Otto Graham 63.7
61 Ron Jaworski 63.4
62 Brad Johnson 62.8
63 Vince Ferragamo 59.9
64 Fran Tarkenton 58.6
65 Andy Dalton 57.8
66 Jim Everett 57.0
67 Drew Bledsoe 54.9
68 Stan Humphries 54.8
69 Doug Williams 53.6
70 Jay Schroeder 50.4
71 Jack Kemp 50.2
72 George Blanda 42.4
73 Craig Morton 42.0

Below 150 Attempts

Updated through the 2015 season

Active Starting QBs below minimum attempts needed
Rank if
Qualified		 Quarterback Rating Attempts
11 Matthew Stafford 92.4 85
23 Jay Cutler 84.8 42
31 Kirk Cousins 82.4 56
56 AJ McCarron 68.3 41
58 Carson Palmer 66.9 81
74 Brian Hoyer 15.9 34

All-time rankings in the 4 categories

These are the top 10 quarterbacks in each statistic that determine the NFL passer rating.[4]
Minimum: 1,500 Attempts
Records through October 30, 2016.

= Active player = Hall of Famer

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
Player Percentage Attempts Completions
Drew Brees 66.47 8,393 5,579
Chad Pennington 66.05 2,471 1,632
Kurt Warner 65.50 4,070 2,666
Peyton Manning 65.30 9,380 6,125
Tony Romo 65.25 4,331 2,826
Russell Wilson 65.03 2,039 1,326
Aaron Rodgers 64.9 4,416 2,866
Philip Rivers 64.71 5,631 3,644
Matt Ryan 64.63 4,809 3,108
Steve Young 64.28 4,149 2,667
AVERAGE YARDS PER PASS
Player Average Attempts Yards
Otto Graham 8.63 1,565 13,499
Sid Luckman 8.42 1,744 14,686
Norm Van Brocklin 8.16 2,895 23,611
Russell Wilson 7.99 1,976 15,786
Steve Young 7.98 4,149 33,124
Kurt Warner 7.95 4,070 32,344
Ben Roethlisberger 7.91 5,649 44,680
Aaron Rodgers7.94,416 34,809
Tony Romo 7.89 4,331 34,154
Ed Brown 7.85 1,987 15,600

TOUCHDOWN PERCENTAGE
Player Percentage Attempts Touchdowns
Sid Luckman 7.86 1,744 137
Frank Ryan 6.99 2,133 149
Len Dawson 6.39 3,741 239
Aaron Rodgers 6.34 4,322 274
Daryle Lamonica 6.31 2,601 164
Sammy Baugh 6.24 2,995 187
Charlie Conerly6.11 2,833 173
Bob Waterfield 6.00 1,61797
Earl Morrall5.992,689161
Sonny Jurgensen 5.98 1,735 106

INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE
Player Percentage Attempts Interceptions
Aaron Rodgers 1.6 4,322 69
Russell Wilson 1.82 1,976 36
Tom Brady 1.89 7,926 150
Neil O'Donnell 2.11 3,229 68
Sam Bradford 2.16 2,458 53
Donovan McNabb 2.18 5,374 117
Alex Smith 2.21 3,852 85
Jeff Garcia 2.26 3,676 83
Matt Ryan 2.31 4,809 111
Mark Brunell 2.33 4,640 108

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Inside the Numbers - Passer Ratings" NFL.com
  2. ↑ NFL Career Passing Rating Leaders Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Career Passer Rating", Pro Football Hall of Fame.com
  4. ↑ "Official 2016 National Football League Record & Fact Book" (PDF). NFL. p. 312. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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