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:

Percentage of completions per attempt
Average yards gained per attempt
Percentage of touchdown passes per attempt
Percentage of interceptions per attempt

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
18	Daunte Culpepper	87.8
20	Jeff Garcia	87.5
20	Cam Newton	87.5
22	Matthew Stafford	87.1
23	Otto Graham	86.6
24	Dan Marino	86.4
24	Ryan Tannehill	86.4
26	Andrew Luck	86.3
27	Brett Favre	86.0
27	Trent Green	86.0
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
34	Jim Kelly	84.4
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
42	Neil Lomax	82.7
44	Len Dawson	82.6
44	Sonny Jurgensen	82.6
46	Brad Johnson	82.5
47	Matt Hasselbeck	82.4
48	Ken Anderson	81.9
49	Bernie Kosar	81.8
49	Neil O'Donnell	81.8
51	Jason Campbell	81.7
51	Danny White	81.7
53	Troy Aikman	81.6
54	Randall Cunningham	81.5
54	Dave Krieg	81.5
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
60	Bart Starr	80.5
62	Jeff George	80.4
	Ken O'Brien
	Fran Tarkenton
	Michael Vick
66	Steve Beuerlein	80.3
67	Dan Fouts	80.2
67	Blake Bortles	80.2
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
75	Mark Rypien	78.9
77	Jim Everett	78.6
78	Aaron Brooks	78.5
78	Phil Simms	78.5

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
80	Bert Jones	78.2
	Jim McMahon
	Johnny Unitas
	Josh McCown
84	Jeff Blake	78.0
84	Bobby Hebert	78.0
86	Jim Harbaugh	77.6
	Frank Ryan
	Josh Freeman
89	Jon Kitna	77.4
89	Joe Theismann	77.4
91	Charlie Batch	77.2
92	Drew Bledsoe	77.1
	Jay Fiedler
	Bob Griese
95	Bill Kenney	77.0
96	Gary Danielson	76.6
96	Erik Kramer	76.6
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
106	Norm Van Brocklin	75.1
108	Sid Luckman	75.0
108	Vinny Testaverde	75.0
110	David Carr	74.9
110	Chris Miller	74.9
112	Don Meredith	74.8
112	Brian Sipe	74.8
114	Jake Plummer	74.6
115	Roman Gabriel	74.3
	Mark Sanchez
	Y. A. Tittle
118	Steve DeBerg	74.2
118	Gus Frerotte	74.2

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
120	Earl Morrall	74.1
121	Kerry Collins	73.8
122	Frankie Albert	73.5
122	Craig Morton	73.5
124	Rodney Peete	73.3
125	Daryle Lamonica	72.9
	Greg Landry
	Don Majkowski
128	Ron Jaworski	72.8
128	Tommy Kramer	72.8
130	Tony Banks	72.4
131	Bubby Brister	72.3
131	John Brodie	72.3
133	Sammy Baugh	72.2
	Milt Plum
	Bill Wade
136	Jay Schroeder	71.7
137	Billy Kilmer	71.6
137	Derek Anderson	71.6
139	Bill Munson	71.5
140	Rex Grossman	71.4
141	Terry Bradshaw	70.9
141	Lynn Dickey	70.9
143	Kordell Stewart	70.7
144	Trent Dilfer	70.2
144	Bill Nelsen	70.2
146	Vince Ferragamo	70.1
147	Steve Grogan	69.6
148	Kyle Boller	69.5
149	Joey Harrington	69.4
149	Doug Williams	69.4
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
157	Marc Wilson	67.7
159	Tom Flores	67.6
159	Richard Todd	67.6
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
166	Norm Snead	65.5
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
1	Dak Prescott	108.3	358
5	Marcus Mariota	96.8	748
9	Kirk Cousins	94.5	1387
12	Cody Kessler	92.6	192
13	Tyrod Taylor	91.9	728
14	Trevor Siemian	89.2	325
23	Jameis Winston	86.6	941
36	Carson Wentz	84.2	356
40	Jared Goff	83.3	63
70	Brock Osweiler	79.9	629

Active Backups or injured below minimum attempts needed
Rank if Qualified	Quarterback	Rating	Attempts
1	Jimmy Garoppolo	108.6	91
14	Robert Griffin III	89.7	1089
16	Nick Foles	88.1	1285
30	Shaun Hill	85.0	1223
30	Brian Hoyer	84.8	1199
33	Mike Glennon	84.6	630
70	Matt Moore	79.3	769
72	Colt McCoy	78.9	842
76	Case Keenum	78.5	768
96	Brandon Weeden	76.0	965
128	Geno Smith	72.4	866
134	Blaine Gabbert	71.6	1216

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
20	Philip Rivers	85.2
22	Warren Moon	84.9
23	Rich Gannon	84.6
23	Ben Roethlisberger	84.6

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
25	Matt Hasselbeck	84.2
25	Ken Stabler	84.2
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
48	Jim Kelly	72.3

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 Rodgers	7.9	4,416	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 Conerly	6.11	2,833	173
Bob Waterfield	6.00	1,617	97
Earl Morrall	5.99	2,689	161
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

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

National Football League records and leaders

General

Passing

Career	Touchdowns Regular season Playoffs Yards 5,000 passing yards Completions Passer rating Wins Playoff win–loss records Consecutive starts Consecutive games with a TD pass

Season	Touchdowns Yards Completion percentage Rating

Game	Touchdowns Perfect passer rating 400 passing yards

Rushing

Career	Touchdowns Yards Attempts

Season	Touchdowns Yards 2,000-yard club 1,000-yard duos

Receiving

Career	Touchdowns Yards

Season	Touchdowns Yards

Defense

Career	Sacks Interceptions

Season	Sacks Interceptions

Special Teams

Season	Punting yards Punt return yards

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