NFL career passer rating leaders

In the National Football League (NFL), quarterback passing proficiency is evaluated using a formula called passer rating. The NFL has used passer rating to determine its official passing leader since 1973. Passer rating in the NFL is on a scale from 0 to 158.3. 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]

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

Regular season

Updated through the 2015 NFL season.^[2][3]

Rank Quarterback Rating 1 Aaron Rodgers 104.1 2 Russell Wilson 101.8 3 Tony Romo 97.1 4 Steve Young 96.8 5 Peyton Manning 96.5 6 Tom Brady 96.4 7 Drew Brees 95.8 8 Philip Rivers 95.5 9 Ben Roethlisberger 94.0 10 Kurt Warner 93.7 11 Joe Montana 92.3 12 Matt Ryan 90.9 13 Chad Pennington 90.1 14 Matt Schaub 89.1 15 Andy Dalton 88.4 16 Cam Newton 88.2 17 Carson Palmer 88.1 18 Daunte Culpepper 87.8 19 Jeff Garcia 87.5 20 Otto Graham 86.6 21 Dan Marino 86.4 22 Brett Favre 86.0 Trent Green Jay Cutler 25 David Garrard 85.8 Matthew Stafford 27 Donovan McNabb 85.6 28 Ryan Tannehill 85.2 29 Andrew Luck 85.0 30 Joe Flacco 84.7 Rich Gannon 32 Alex Smith 84.5 33 Marc Bulger 84.4 Jim Kelly 35 Mark Brunell 84.0 36 Eli Manning 83.5 37 Roger Staubach 83.4 38 Steve McNair 82.8 39 Brian Griese 82.7 Neil Lomax

Rank Quarterback Rating 41 Len Dawson 82.6 Sonny Jurgensen 43 Brad Johnson 82.5 44 Matt Hasselbeck 82.4 45 Ken Anderson 81.9 46 Bernie Kosar 81.8 Neil O'Donnell 48 Jason Campbell 81.7 Danny White 50 Troy Aikman 81.6 51 Randall Cunningham 81.5 Dave Krieg 53 Jake Delhomme 81.3 54 Kyle Orton 81.2 55 Boomer Esiason 81.1 56 Sam Bradford 81.0 57 Warren Moon 80.9 58 Ryan Fitzpatrick 80.8 59 Jeff Hostetler 80.5 Bart Starr 61 Jeff George 80.4 Ken O'Brien Fran Tarkenton Michael Vick 65 Steve Beuerlein 80.3 65 Dan Fouts 80.2 67 John Elway 79.9 68 Tony Eason 79.7 69 Elvis Grbac 79.6 70 Matt Cassel 79.3 71 Chris Chandler 79.1 72 Byron Leftwich 78.9 Mark Rypien 74 Josh McCown 78.7 75 Jim Everett 78.6 76 Aaron Brooks 78.5 Phil Simms 78 Bert Jones 78.2 Jim McMahon Johnny Unitas

Rank Quarterback Rating 81 Jeff Blake 78.0 Bobby Hebert 83 Josh Freeman 77.8 84 Jim Harbaugh 77.6 Frank Ryan 86 Jon Kitna 77.4 Joe Theismann 88 Charlie Batch 77.2 89 Drew Bledsoe 77.1 Jay Fiedler Bob Griese 92 Bill Kenney 77.0 93 Gary Danielson 76.6 Erik Kramer 95 Doug Flutie 76.3 96 Stan Humphries 75.8 97 Wade Wilson 75.6 98 Chad Henne 75.5 99 Steve Bartkowski 75.4 100 Steve Bono 75.3 Scott Mitchell Ken Stabler 103 Tim Couch 75.1 Norm Van Brocklin 105 Sid Luckman 75.0 Vinny Testaverde 107 David Carr 74.9 Chris Miller 109 Don Meredith 74.8 Brian Sipe 111 Jake Plummer 74.6 112 Roman Gabriel 74.3 Mark Sanchez Y. A. Tittle 115 Steve DeBerg 74.2 Gus Frerotte 117 Earl Morrall 74.1 118 Kerry Collins 73.8 119 Frankie Albert 73.5 Craig Morton

Rank Quarterback Rating 121 Rodney Peete 73.3 122 Daryle Lamonica 72.9 Greg Landry Don Majkowski 125 Ron Jaworski 72.8 Tommy Kramer 127 Tony Banks 72.4 128 Bubby Brister 72.3 John Brodie 130 Sammy Baugh 72.2 Milt Plum Bill Wade 133 Jay Schroeder 71.7 134 Billy Kilmer 71.6 135 Bill Munson 71.5 136 Derek Anderson 71.4 Rex Grossman 138 Terry Bradshaw 70.9 Lynn Dickey 140 Kordell Stewart 70.7 141 Trent Dilfer 70.2 Bill Nelsen 143 Vince Ferragamo 70.1 144 Steve Grogan 69.6 145 Kyle Boller 69.5 146 Joey Harrington 69.4 Doug Williams 148 Charley Johnson 69.2 149 Mike Tomczak 68.9 150 Eric Hipple 68.7 151 Joe Ferguson 68.4

Rank Quarterback Rating 152 Charlie Conerly 68.2 153 Dave M. Brown 67.9 154 Billy Joe Tolliver 67.7 Marc Wilson 156 Tom Flores 67.6 Richard Todd 158 Jim Plunkett 67.5 159 John Hadl 67.4 160 Jim Zorn 67.3 161 Archie Manning 67.1 162 Jim Hart 66.6 163 Joe Namath 65.5 Norm Snead 165 Rick Mirer 63.5 166 Bobby Layne 63.4 167 Jack Trudeau 63.3 Mike Pagel Mike Livingston 170 Ed Brown 62.8 171 Mark Malone 61.9 172 Bob Waterfield 61.6 173 Eddie LeBaron 61.4 174 George Blanda 60.6 175 Babe Parilli 59.6 176 Dan Pastorini 59.1 177 Jack Kemp 57.3 178 Tobin Rote 56.8 179 Cotton Davidson 54.9 180 Mike Phipps 52.6 181 Frank Tripucka 52.2

Below 1500 Attempts

Updated through the 2015 regular season.

Active Starters below minimum attempts needed Rank if Qualified Quarterback Rating Attempts 9 Tyrod Taylor 95.0 415 12 Marcus Mariota 91.5 370 12 Kirk Cousins 91.3 950 12 Robert Griffin III 90.6 1063 20 Teddy Bridgewater 87.0 849 22 Brock Osweiler 86.0 305 35 Jameis Winston 84.2 535 36 Derek Carr 83.7 1172 67 Blake Bortles 80.0 1081 133 Blaine Gabbert 71.9 1066

Active Backups below minimum attempts needed Rank if Qualified Quarterback Rating Attempts 15 Colin Kaepernick 88.4 1361 20 Nick Foles 87.3 1230 28 Shaun Hill 85.2 1190 36 Mike Glennon 83.7 619 45 Brian Hoyer 82.2 999 68 Case Keenum 79.8 455 70 Matt Moore 79.3 769 72 Colt McCoy 78.9 842 76 Tarvaris Jackson 78.5 1073 96 Brandon Weeden 76.0 965 128 Geno Smith 72.3 852

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
18	Teddy Bridgewater	86.5	24
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

External links

• NFL Single-Season Passer Rating Leaders
• NFL Active Passer Rating Leaders
• NFL Year-by-Year Passer Rating Leaders
• NFL Single Game Passer Rating Leaders

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