List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders
May 16, 2023
In American Football, passer rating is a measure of the performance of passers, primarily quarterbacks.[1] Passer rating is calculated using a player's passing attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns, and interceptions. Passer rating in the NFL is measured on a scale from 0 to 158.3, with a higher passer rating reflecting a stronger overall performance.[1]
Aaron Rodgers holds the single season passer rating record of 122.5 set in 2011
Since 1973, passer rating has been the official formula used by the NFL to determine its passing leader.[2]
Passer rating is sometimes colloquially referred to as “quarterback rating” or “QB rating”, however the statistic applies only to passing (not to other contributions by a quarterback) and applies to any player at any position who throws a forward pass, not just to quarterbacks.
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May 16, 2023
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In American Football passer rating is a measure of the performance of passers primarily quarterbacks 1 Passer rating is calculated using a player s passing attempts completions yards touchdowns and interceptions Passer rating in the NFL is measured on a scale from 0 to 158 3 with a higher passer rating reflecting a stronger overall performance 1 Aaron Rodgers holds the single season passer rating record of 122 5 set in 2011 Since 1973 passer rating has been the official formula used by the NFL to determine its passing leader 2 Passer rating is sometimes colloquially referred to as quarterback rating or QB rating however the statistic applies only to passing not to other contributions by a quarterback and applies to any player at any position who throws a forward pass not just to quarterbacks This is a list of National Football League quarterbacks who have led the regular season in passer rating each year The record for highest passer rating in a season is held by Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers who had 122 5 in 2011 Steve Young has led the NFL in passer rating a record six different times Len Dawson achieved the same feat in the AFL Contents 1 Passer rating leaders 2 Top 25 single season passer rating 3 American Football League AFL 4 Most titles 5 See also 6 ReferencesPasser rating leaders EditAs per the Pro Football Reference and Cold Hard Football Facts 3 4 Bart Starr led the league in passer rating five times during the 1960s Roger Staubach led the NFL in passer rating 4 times in his 11 year career Bob Griese and his son Brian are the only set of relatives to lead the NFL in passer rating Steve Young led the league in passer rating for a record four consecutive times and a record six overall times Peyton Manning led the league for three consecutive times during the 2000s Aaron Rodgers set the single season NFL record for passer rating at 122 5 in 2011 Tom Brady has led the league in passer rating twice Key Pro Football Hall of Fame member The player is an active player Set record Denotes the number of times a player appears in this listNFL Annual Passing Rating Leaders Season Player Rating Team1936 Arnie Herber 58 9 Green Bay Packers1937 Ed Danowski 72 8 New York Giants1938 Ed Danowski 2 66 9 New York Giants1939 Parker Hall 57 5 Cleveland Rams1940 Sammy Baugh 85 6 Washington Redskins1941 Sid Luckman 95 3 Washington Redskins1942 Cecil Isbell 87 0 Green Bay Packers1943 Sid Luckman 2 107 5 Chicago Bears1944 Frank Filchock 86 0 Washington Redskins1945 Sammy Baugh 2 109 9 Washington Redskins1946 Sammy Baugh 3 71 0 Washington Redskins1947 Sammy Baugh 4 92 0 Washington Redskins1948 Tommy Thompson 98 4 Philadelphia Eagles1949 Tommy Thompson 2 84 4 Philadelphia Eagles1950 Norm Van Brocklin 85 1 Los Angeles Rams1951 Bob Waterfield 81 8 Los Angeles Rams1952 Tobin Rote 85 6 Green Bay Packers1953 Otto Graham 99 7 Cleveland Browns1954 Adrian Burk 80 4 Philadelphia Eagles1955 Otto Graham 2 94 0 Cleveland Browns1956 Ed Brown 83 1 Chicago Bears1957 Tommy O Connell 93 3 Cleveland Browns1958 Johnny Unitas 90 0 Baltimore Colts1959 Charlie Conerly 102 7 New York Giants1960 Milt Plum 110 4 Cleveland Browns1961 Bill Wade 93 7 Chicago Bears1962 Bart Starr 90 7 Green Bay Packers1963 Y A Tittle 104 8 New York Giants1964 Bart Starr 2 97 1 Green Bay Packers1965 Johnny Unitas 2 97 4 Baltimore Colts1966 Bart Starr 3 105 0 Green Bay Packers1967 Sonny Jurgensen 87 3 Washington Redskins1968 Bart Starr 4 104 3 Green Bay Packers1969 Bart Starr 5 89 9 Green Bay Packers1970 John Brodie 93 8 San Francisco 49ers1971 Roger Staubach 104 8 Dallas Cowboys1972 Earl Morrall 91 0 Miami Dolphins1973 Roger Staubach 2 94 6 Dallas Cowboys1974 Ken Anderson 95 7 Cincinnati Bengals1975 Ken Anderson 2 93 9 Cincinnati Bengals1976 Ken Stabler 103 4 Oakland Raiders1977 Bob Griese 87 8 Miami Dolphins1978 Roger Staubach 3 84 9 Dallas Cowboys1979 Roger Staubach 4 92 3 Dallas Cowboys1980 Brian Sipe 91 4 Cleveland Browns1981 Ken Anderson 3 98 4 Cincinnati Bengals1982 Ken Anderson 4 95 3 Cincinnati Bengals1983 Steve Bartkowski 97 6 Atlanta Falcons1984 Dan Marino 108 9 Miami Dolphins1985 Ken O Brien 96 2 New York Jets1986 Tommy Kramer 92 6 Minnesota Vikings1987 Joe Montana 102 1 San Francisco 49ers1988 Boomer Esiason 97 4 Cincinnati Bengals1989 Joe Montana 2 112 4 San Francisco 49ers1990 Jim Kelly 101 2 Buffalo Bills1991 Steve Young 101 8 San Francisco 49ers1992 Steve Young 2 107 0 San Francisco 49ers1993 Steve Young 3 101 5 San Francisco 49ers1994 Steve Young 4 112 8 San Francisco 49ers1995 Jim Harbaugh 100 7 Indianapolis Colts1996 Steve Young 5 97 2 San Francisco 49ers1997 Steve Young 6 104 7 San Francisco 49ers1998 Randall Cunningham 106 0 Minnesota Vikings1999 Kurt Warner 109 2 St Louis Rams2000 Brian Griese 102 9 Denver Broncos2001 Kurt Warner 2 101 4 St Louis Rams2002 Chad Pennington 104 2 New York Jets2003 Steve McNair 100 4 Tennessee Titans2004 Peyton Manning 121 1 Indianapolis Colts2005 Peyton Manning 2 104 1 Indianapolis Colts2006 Peyton Manning 3 101 0 Indianapolis Colts2007 Tom Brady 117 2 New England Patriots2008 Philip Rivers 105 5 San Diego Chargers2009 Drew Brees 109 6 New Orleans Saints2010 Tom Brady 2 111 0 New England Patriots2011 Aaron Rodgers 122 5 Green Bay Packers2012 Aaron Rodgers 2 108 0 Green Bay Packers2013 Nick Foles 119 2 Philadelphia Eagles2014 Tony Romo 113 2 Dallas Cowboys2015 Russell Wilson 110 1 Seattle Seahawks2016 Matt Ryan 117 1 Atlanta Falcons2017 Alex Smith 104 7 Kansas City Chiefs2018 Drew Brees 2 115 7 New Orleans Saints2019 Ryan Tannehill 117 5 Tennessee Titans2020 Aaron Rodgers 3 121 5 Green Bay Packers2021 Aaron Rodgers 4 111 9 Green Bay Packers2022 Tua Tagovailoa 105 5 Miami DolphinsNote Minimum 10 attempts per team game prior to 1976 12 attempts per team game 1976 1977 14 attempts per team game 1978 present 5 Top 25 single season passer rating EditList includes qualifying players only 6 Season minimum Prior to 1976 10 pass attempts per team game 1978 present 14 pass attempts per team gameTop 25 Passer Rating Seasons of All Time Rank Player Year Team Rating1 Aaron Rodgers 2011 Green Bay Packers 122 52 Aaron Rodgers 2 2020 Green Bay Packers 121 53 Peyton Manning 2004 Indianapolis Colts 121 14 Nick Foles 2013 Philadelphia Eagles 119 25 Ryan Tannehill 2019 Tennessee Titans 117 56 Tom Brady 2007 New England Patriots 117 27 Matt Ryan 2016 Atlanta Falcons 117 18 Drew Brees 2019 New Orleans Saints 116 39 Drew Brees 2 2018 New Orleans Saints 115 710 Peyton Manning 2 2013 Denver Broncos 115 111 Patrick Mahomes 2018 Kansas City Chiefs 113 812 Lamar Jackson 2019 Baltimore Ravens 113 313 Tony Romo 2014 Dallas Cowboys 113 214 Steve Young 1994 San Francisco 49ers 112 815 Joe Montana 1989 San Francisco 49ers 112 4Deshaun Watson 2020 Houston Texans17 Aaron Rodgers 3 2014 Green Bay Packers 112 2Tom Brady 2 2016 New England Patriots19 Otto Graham 1946 Cleveland Browns 112 120 Aaron Rodgers 4 2021 Green Bay Packers 111 921 Tom Brady 3 2010 New England Patriots 111 022 Daunte Culpepper 2004 Minnesota Vikings 110 9Russell Wilson 2018 Seattle Seahawks24 Drew Brees 3 2011 New Orleans Saints 110 625 Milt Plum 1960 Cleveland Browns 110 4Rank Player Year Team RatingAmerican Football League AFL Edit Len Dawson led the AFL in passer rating a record 6 times AFL Annual Passer Rating Leaders Year Player Rating Team1960 Tom Flores 71 8 Oakland Raiders1961 George Blanda 91 3 Houston Oilers1962 Len Dawson 98 3 Dallas Texans1963 Tobin Rote 86 7 San Diego Chargers1964 Len Dawson 2 89 9 Kansas City Chiefs1965 Len Dawson 3 81 3 Kansas City Chiefs1966 Len Dawson 4 101 7 Kansas City Chiefs1967 Len Dawson 5 83 7 Kansas City Chiefs1968 Len Dawson 6 98 6 Kansas City Chiefs1969 Greg Cook 88 3 Cincinnati BengalsMost titles EditMost Passer Rating Titles Titles Player Years Team6 Steve Young 1991 1994 1996 1997 San Francisco 49ers5 Bart Starr 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 Green Bay Packers4 Roger Staubach 1971 1973 1978 1979 Dallas CowboysKen Anderson 1974 1975 1981 1982 Cincinnati BengalsAaron Rodgers 2011 2012 2020 2021 Green Bay PackersSee also EditPasser rating List of National Football League career passer rating leaders List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders List of National Football League annual pass completion percentage leadersReferences Edit a b NFL com NFL Quarterback Rating Formula NFL com Archived from the original on August 14 2011 Retrieved August 6 2011 NFL s Passer Rating Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site NFL January 1 2005 Archived from the original on October 3 2015 Retrieved December 27 2016 Kerry Byrne Yearly league wide passer rating amp passer rating leaders Cold Hard Football Facts January 24 2008 NFL Year by Year Passer Rating Leaders Pro Football Reference January 1 2015 Minimum Requirements For Football Leaderboards Pro Football Reference com Retrieved December 31 2019 Official 2017 National Football League Record amp Fact Book PDF NFL p 310 Retrieved 9 June 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders amp oldid 1150878096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
