NFL career passer rating leaders

Quarterbacks in the National Football League are often compared using a number derived by using a formula called passer rating. The higher the number, the more proficient the quarterback is often considered. This rating ranges from 0 to 158.3. Quarterbacks are required to throw at least 1,500 passes before their rating is listed among NFL career statistics for the regular season, and 150 attempts for the postseason.[1]

Players in bold and green are currently active in the NFL. Red rows indicate members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Updated through week 12 of the 2011 season. [2][3]

Regular season

Rank Quarterback Rating
1 Aaron Rodgers 104.1
2 Tony Romo 96.9
3 Steve Young 96.8
4 Tom Brady 96.2
5 Philip Rivers 95.6
6 Peyton Manning 94.9
7 Kurt Warner 93.7
8 Joe Montana 92.3
9 Drew Brees 93.2
10 Ben Roethlisberger 92.5
11 Matt Schaub 92.1
12 Chad Pennington 90.1
13 Joe Flacco 87.0
14 Daunte Culpepper 87.8
15 Jeff Garcia 87.5
16 Carson Palmer 86.3
17 Matt Ryan 85.8
18 Dan Marino 86.4
19 Trent Green 86.0
20 Brett Favre 86.0
21 David Garrard 85.8
22 Donovan McNabb 85.6
23 Rich Gannon 84.7
24 Marc Bulger 84.4
25 Jim Kelly 84.4
26 Jay Cutler 84.3
27 Mark Brunell 84.0
28 Roger Staubach 83.4
29 Jason Campbell 82.8
30 Steve McNair 82.8
31 Matt Hasselbeck 82.5
32 Brian Griese 82.7
33 Neil Lomax 82.7
34 Matt Cassel 83.3
35 Sonny Jurgensen 82.6
36 Len Dawson 82.6
37 Brad Johnson 82.5
38 Ken Anderson 81.9
39 Bernie Kosar 81.8
40 Neil O'Donnell 81.8
Rank Quarterback Rating
41 Danny White 81.7
42 Troy Aikman 81.6
43 Dave Krieg 81.5
44 Randall Cunningham 81.5
45 Jake Delhomme 81.2
46 Boomer Esiason 81.1
47 Warren Moon 80.9
48 Eli Manning 81.4
49 Jeff Hostetler 80.5
50 Bart Starr 80.5
51 Michael Vick 80.5
52 Ken O'Brien 80.4
53 Jeff George 80.4
54 Fran Tarkenton 80.4
55 Steve Beuerlein 80.3
56 Dan Fouts 80.2
57 John Elway 79.9
58 Tony Eason 79.7
59 Byron Leftwich 79.7
60 Elvis Grbac 79.6
61 Kyle Orton 79.4
62 Chris Chandler 79.1
63 Mark Rypien 78.9
64 Jim Everett 78.6
65 Aaron Brooks 78.5
66 Phil Simms 78.5
67 Bert Jones 78.2
68 Johnny Unitas 78.2
69 Jim McMahon 78.2
70 Otto Graham 78.2
71 Jeff Blake 78.0
72 Bobby Hebert 78.0
73 Charlie Batch 77.9
74 Frank Ryan 77.6
75 Jim Harbaugh 77.6
76 Jon Kitna 77.4
77 Joe Theismann 77.4
78 Bob Griese 77.1
79 Jay Fiedler 77.1
80 Drew Bledsoe 77.1
Rank Quarterback Rating
81 Bill Kenney 77.0
82 Erik Kramer 76.6
83 Gary Danielson 76.6
84 Doug Flutie 76.3
85 Stan Humphries 75.8
86 Wade Wilson 75.6
87 Steve Bartkowski 75.4
88 Ken Stabler 75.3
89 Scott Mitchell 75.3
90 Steve Bono 75.3
91 Tim Couch 75.1
92 Norm Van Brocklin 75.1
93 Sid Luckman 75.0
94 Vinny Testaverde 75.0
95 Chris Miller 74.9
96 David Carr 74.9
97 Don Meredith 74.8
98 Brian Sipe 74.8
99 Jake Plummer 74.6
100 Roman Gabriel 74.3
101 Gus Frerotte 74.2
102 Steve Deberg 74.2
103 Earl Morrall 74.1
104 Kerry Collins 73.8
105 Y.A. Tittle 73.6
106 Craig Morton 73.5
107 Rodney Peete 73.3
108 Alex Smith 74.3
109 Don Majkowski 72.9
110 Daryle Lamonica 72.9
111 Greg Landry 72.9
112 Ron Jaworski 72.8
113 Tommy Kramer 72.8
114 Tony Banks 72.4
115 Bubby Brister 72.3
116 John Brodie 72.3
117 Milt Plum 72.2
118 Sammy Baugh 72.2
119 Bill Wade 72.2
120 Jay Schroeder 71.7
Rank Quarterback Rating
121 Billy Kilmer 71.5
122 Bill Munson 71.5
123 Lynn Dickey 70.9
124 Terry Bradshaw 70.9
125 Kordell Stewart 70.7
126 Bill Nelsen 70.2
127 Trent Dilfer 70.2
128 Vince Ferragamo 70.1
129 Steve Grogan 69.6
130 Doug Williams 69.4
131 Joey Harrington 69.4
132 Charley Johnson 69.2
133 Mike Tomczak 68.9
134 Eric Hipple 68.7
135 Joe Ferguson 68.4
136 Charlie Conerly 68.2
137 Dave Brown 67.9
138 Billy Joe Tolliver 67.7
139 Marc Wilson 67.7
140 Tom Flores 67.6
141 Richard Todd 67.6
142 Jim Plunkett 67.5
143 John Hadl 67.4
144 Jim Zorn 67.3
145 Archie Manning 67.1
146 Jim Hart 66.6
147 Norm Snead 65.5
148 Joe Namath 65.5
149 Rick Mirer 63.5
150 Bobby Layne 63.4
151 Jack Trudeau 63.3
152 Mike Livingston 63.3
153 Mike Pagel 63.3
154 Ed Brown 62.8
155 Mark Malone 61.9
156 Bob Waterfield 61.6
157 Eddie LeBaron 61.4
158 George Blanda 60.6
159 Babe Parilli 59.6
160 Dan Pastorini 59.1
Rank Quarterback Rating
161 Jack Kemp 57.3
162 Tobin Rote 56.8
163 Cotton Davidson 54.9
164 Mike Phipps 52.6
165 Frank Tripucka 52.2


Postseason

Rank Quarterback Rating
1 Aaron Rodgers 112.6
2 Bart Starr 104.8
3 Kurt Warner 102.8
4 Drew Brees 102.0
5 Joe Montana 95.6
6 Mark Sanchez 94.3
7 Ken Anderson 93.5
8 Joe Theismann 91.4
9 Peyton Manning 88.4
10 Troy Aikman 88.3
11 Brett Favre 86.3
12 Steve Young 85.8
13 Tom Brady 85.7
14 Warren Moon 84.9
15 Rich Gannon 84.6
16 Ben Roethlisberger 84.5
17 Matt Hasselbeck 84.4
18 Ken Stabler 84.2
19 Bernie Kosar 83.5
20 Jake Delhomme 83.3
21 Terry Bradshaw 83.0
22 Jim Plunkett 81.9
23 Vinny Testaverde 81.0
24 Donovan McNabb 80.0
25 John Elway 79.7
26 Philip Rivers 79.2
27 Daryle Lamonica 77.9
28 Eli Manning 77.6
29 Len Dawson 77.4
30 Chad Pennington 77.3
31 Dan Marino 77.1
32 Phil Simms 77.0
33 Jim McMahon 76.1
34 Roger Staubach 76.0
Rank Quarterback Rating
35 Wade Wilson 75.6
36 Kerry Collins 75.3
37 Neil O'Donnell 74.9
38 Randall Cunningham 74.3
39 Jeff Garcia 73.8
40 Jake Plummer 72.7
41 Dave Krieg 81.6
42 Jim Kelly 72.3
43 Mark Rypien 72.2
44 Danny White 71.6
45 Dan Fouts 70.0
46 Johnny Unitas 68.9
47 Billy Kilmer 68.6
48 Bob Griese 68.3
49 Jim Harbaugh 67.2
50 Steve McNair 66.7
51 Mark Brunell 66.3
52 Otto Graham 63.7
53 Ron Jaworski 63.4
54 Brad Johnson 62.8
55 Joe Flacco 61.6
56 Vince Ferragamo 59.9
57 Fran Tarkenton 58.6
58 Jim Everett 57.0
59 Drew Bledsoe 54.9
60 Stan Humphries 54.8
61 Doug Williams 53.6
62 Jay Schroeder 50.4
63 Jack Kemp 50.2
64 George Blanda 42.4
65 Craig Morton 42.0


References

  1. ^ "Inside the Numbers - Passer Ratings" NFL.com
  2. ^ "Career Passer Rating", Pro Football Hall of Fame.com
  3. ^ "Player Game Finder Query Results" Pro-Football-Reference.com