List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders

Aaron Rodgers holds the single season passer rating record of 122.5 set in 2011
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In American Football, passer rating is a measure of the performance of passers, primarily quarterbacks.[1]

Passer rating leaders

As per the Pro Football Reference and Cold Hard Football Facts.[2][3]

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.
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 times in a row 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 list
NFL Annual Passing Rating Leaders
Season Player Rating Team
1936 Arnie Herber † 58.9* Green Bay Packers
1937 Ed Danowski 72.8* New York Giants
1938 Ed Danowski (2) 66.9 New York Giants
1939 Parker Hall 57.5 Cleveland Rams
1940 Sammy Baugh † 85.6* Washington Redskins
1941 Sid Luckman † 95.3* Chicago Bears
1942 Cecil Isbell 87.0 Green Bay Packers
1943 Sid Luckman (2) † 107.5* Chicago Bears
1944 Frank Filchock 86.0 Washington Redskins
1945 Sammy Baugh (2) † 109.9* Washington Redskins
1946 Sammy Baugh (3) † 71.0 Chicago Bears
1947 Sammy Baugh (4) † 92.0 Washington Redskins
1948 Tommy Thompson 98.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1949 Tommy Thompson (2) 84.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1950 Norm Van Brocklin † 85.1 Los Angeles Rams
1951 Bob Waterfield † 81.8 Los Angeles Rams
1952 Tobin Rote 85.6 Green Bay Packers
1953 Otto Graham † 99.7 Cleveland Browns
1954 Adrian Burk 80.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1955 Otto Graham (2) † 94.0 Cleveland Browns
1956 Ed Brown 83.1 Chicago Bears
1957 Tommy O'Connell 93.3 Cleveland Browns
1958 Johnny Unitas † 90.0 Baltimore Colts
1959 Charlie Conerly 102.7 New York Giants
1960 Milt Plum 110.4* Cleveland Browns
1961 Bill Wade 93.7 Chicago Bears
1962 Bart Starr † 90.7 Green Bay Packers
1963 Y.A. Tittle † 104.8 New York Giants
1964 Bart Starr (2) † 97.1 Green Bay Packers
1965 Johnny Unitas (2) † 97.4 Baltimore Colts
1966 Bart Starr (3) † 105.0 Green Bay Packers
1967 Sonny Jurgensen † 87.3 Washington Redskins
1968 Bart Starr (4) † 104.3 Green Bay Packers
1969 Bart Starr (5) † 89.9 Green Bay Packers
1970 John Brodie 93.8 San Francisco 49ers
1971 Roger Staubach † 104.8 Dallas Cowboys
1972 Earl Morrall 91.0 Miami Dolphins
1973 Roger Staubach (2) † 94.6 Dallas Cowboys
1974 Ken Anderson 95.7 Cincinnati Bengals
1975 Ken Anderson (2) 93.9 Cincinnati Bengals
1976 Ken Stabler † 103.4 Oakland Raiders
1977 Bob Griese † 87.8 Miami Dolphins
1978 Roger Staubach (3) † 84.9 Dallas Cowboys
1979 Roger Staubach (4) † 92.3 Dallas Cowboys
1980 Brian Sipe 91.4 Cleveland Browns
1981 Ken Anderson (3) 98.4 Cincinnati Bengals
1982 Ken Anderson (4) 95.3 Cincinnati Bengals
1983 Steve Bartkowski 97.6 Atlanta Falcons
1984 Dan Marino † 108.9 Miami Dolphins
1985 Ken O'Brien 96.2 New York Jets
1986 Tommy Kramer 92.6 Minnesota Vikings
1987 Joe Montana † 102.1 San Francisco 49ers
1988 Boomer Esiason 97.4 Cincinnati Bengals
1989 Joe Montana (2) † 112.4* San Francisco 49ers
1990 Jim Kelly † 101.2 Buffalo Bills
1991 Steve Young † 101.8 San Francisco 49ers
1992 Steve Young (2) † 107.0 San Francisco 49ers
1993 Steve Young (3) † 101.5 San Francisco 49ers
1994 Steve Young (4) † 112.8* San Francisco 49ers
1995 Jim Harbaugh 100.7 Indianapolis Colts
1996 Steve Young (5) † 97.2 San Francisco 49ers
1997 Steve Young (6) † 104.7 San Francisco 49ers
1998 Randall Cunningham 106.0 Minnesota Vikings
1999 Kurt Warner † 109.2 St. Louis Rams
2000 Brian Griese 102.9 Denver Broncos
2001 Kurt Warner (2) † 101.4 St. Louis Rams
2002 Chad Pennington 104.2 New York Jets
2003 Steve McNair 100.4 Tennessee Titans
2004 Peyton Manning † 121.1* Indianapolis Colts
2005 Peyton Manning (2) † 104.1 Indianapolis Colts
2006 Peyton Manning (3) † 101.0 Indianapolis Colts
2007 Tom Brady 117.2 New England Patriots
2008 Philip Rivers 105.5 San Diego Chargers
2009 Drew Brees 109.6 New Orleans Saints
2010 Tom Brady (2) 111.0 New England Patriots
2011 Aaron Rodgers^ 122.5* Green Bay Packers
2012 Aaron Rodgers^ (2) 108.0 Green Bay Packers
2013 Nick Foles^ 119.2 Philadelphia Eagles
2014 Tony Romo 113.2 Dallas Cowboys
2015 Russell Wilson^ 110.1 Seattle Seahawks
2016 Matt Ryan^ 117.1 Atlanta Falcons
2017 Alex Smith 104.7 Kansas City Chiefs
2018 Drew Brees (2) 115.7 New Orleans Saints
2019 Ryan Tannehill^ 117.5 Tennessee Titans
2020 Aaron Rodgers^ (3) 121.5 Green Bay Packers
2021 Aaron Rodgers^ (4) 111.9 Green Bay Packers
2022 Tua Tagovailoa^ 105.5 Miami Dolphins

References

  1. ↑ "NFL.com – NFL Quarterback Rating Formula". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ Kerry Byrne, "Yearly league-wide passer rating & passer rating leaders", Cold Hard Football Facts, January 24, 2008
  3. ↑ "NFL Year-by-Year Passer Rating Leaders", Pro Football Reference, January 1, 2015