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. Higher numbers are widely considered to indicate higher quarterback proficiency. 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.

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.

Updated through the end of of the 2012 regular season.

Regular season

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
1	Aaron Rodgers	104.9
2	Steve Young	96.8
3	Tom Brady	96.6
4	Peyton Manning	95.7
5	Tony Romo	95.6
6	Philip Rivers	94.5
7	Drew Brees	94.3
8	Kurt Warner	93.7
9	Ben Roethlisberger	92.7
10	Joe Montana	92.3
11	Matt Schaub	91.9
12	Matt Ryan	90.9
13	Chad Pennington	90.1
14	Daunte Culpepper	87.8
15	Jeff Garcia	87.5
16	Otto Graham	86.6
17	Dan Marino	86.4
18	Joe Flacco	86.3
19	Carson Palmer	86.2
20	Brett Favre	86.0
	Trent Green	86.0
22	David Garrard	85.8
23	Donovan McNabb	85.6
24	Rich Gannon	84.7
25	Marc Bulger	84.4
	Jim Kelly	84.4
27	Jay Cutler	84.0
	Mark Brunell	84.0
29	Roger Staubach	83.4
30	Steve McNair	82.8
	Matthew Stafford	82.8
32	Brian Griese	82.7
	Neil Lomax	82.7
	Eli Manning	82.7
35	Len Dawson	82.6
	Sonny Jurgensen	82.6
37	Jason Campbell	82.5
	Brad Johnson	82.5
39	Matt Hasselbeck	82.2
40	Ken Anderson	81.9

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
41	Bernie Kosar	81.8
	Neil O'Donnell	81.8
43	Danny White	81.7
44	Troy Aikman	81.6
45	Randall Cunningham	81.5
	Dave Krieg	81.5
47	Jake Delhomme	81.3
48	Boomer Esiason	81.1
49	Warren Moon	80.9
50	Michael Vick	80.6
51	Jeff Hostetler	80.5
	Bart Starr	80.5
53	Matt Cassel	80.4
	Jeff George	80.4
	Ken O'Brien	80.4
	Fran Tarkenton	80.4
57	Steve Beuerlein	80.3
58	Dan Fouts	80.2
59	John Elway	79.9
60	Josh Freeman	79.8
61	Tony Eason	79.7
	Kyle Orton	79.7
63	Elvis Grbac	79.6
64	Chris Chandler	79.1
	Alex Smith	79.1
66	Byron Leftwich	78.9
	Mark Rypien	78.9
68	Jim Everett	78.6
69	Aaron Brooks	78.5
	Phil Simms	78.5
71	Bert Jones	78.2
	Jim McMahon	78.2
	Johnny Unitas	78.2
74	Jeff Blake	78.0
	Bobby Hebert	78.0
76	Jim Harbaugh	77.6
	Frank Ryan	77.6
78	Jon Kitna	77.4
	Joe Theismann	77.4
80	Charlie Batch	77.2

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
81	Drew Bledsoe	77.1
	Jay Fiedler	77.1
	Bob Griese	77.1
84	Bill Kenney	77.0
85	Ryan Fitzpatrick	76.8
86	Gary Danielson	76.6
	Erik Kramer	76.6
88	Doug Flutie	76.3
89	Stan Humphries	75.8
90	Wade Wilson	75.6
91	Steve Bartkowski	75.4
92	Steve Bono	75.3
	Scott Mitchell	75.3
	Ken Stabler	75.3
95	Tim Couch	75.1
	Norm Van Brocklin	75.1
97	Sid Luckman	75.0
	Vinny Testaverde	75.0
99	David Carr	74.9
	Chris Miller	74.9
101	Don Meredith	74.8
	Brian Sipe	74.8
103	Jake Plummer	74.6
104	Roman Gabriel	74.3
	Y. A. Tittle	74.3
106	Steve DeBerg	74.2
	Gus Frerotte	74.2
108	Earl Morrall	74.1
109	Kerry Collins	73.8
110	Frankie Albert	73.5
	Craig Morton	73.5
112	Rodney Peete	73.3
113	Daryle Lamonica	72.9
	Greg Landry	72.9
	Don Majkowski	72.9
116	Ron Jaworski	72.8
	Tommy Kramer	72.8
118	Tony Banks	72.4
119	Bubby Brister	72.3
	John Brodie	72.3

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
121	Sammy Baugh	72.2
	Milt Plum	72.2
	Bill Wade	72.2
124	Mark Sanchez	71.7
	Jay Schroeder	71.7
126	Billy Kilmer	71.6
127	Bill Munson	71.5
128	Rex Grossman	71.4
129	Terry Bradshaw	70.9
	Lynn Dickey	70.9
131	Kordell Stewart	70.7
132	Trent Dilfer	70.2
	Bill Nelsen	70.2
134	Vince Ferragamo	70.1
135	Steve Grogan	69.6
136	Kyle Boller	69.5
137	Joey Harrington	69.4
	Doug Williams	69.4
139	Charley Johnson	69.2
140	Mike Tomczak	68.9
141	Eric Hipple	68.7
142	Joe Ferguson	68.4
143	Charlie Conerly	68.2
144	Dave M. Brown	67.9
145	Marc Wilson	67.7
	Billy Joe Tolliver	67.7
147	Tom Flores	67.6
	Richard Todd	67.6
149	Jim Plunkett	67.5
150	John Hadl	67.4
151	Jim Zorn	67.3
152	Archie Manning	67.1
	Jim Hart	66.6
154	Joe Namath	65.5
	Norm Snead	65.5
156	Rick Mirer	63.5
157	Bobby Layne	63.4
158	Jack Trudeau	63.3
	Mike Pagel	63.3
	Mike Livingston	63.3

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
161	Ed Brown	62.8
162	Mark Malone	61.9
163	Bob Waterfield	61.6
164	Eddie LeBaron	61.4
165	George Blanda	60.6
166	Babe Parilli	59.6
167	Dan Pastorini	59.1
168	Jack Kemp	57.3
169	Tobin Rote	56.8
170	Cotton Davidson	54.9
171	Mike Phipps	52.6
172	Frank Tripucka	52.2

Postseason

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
1	Bart Starr	104.8
2	Drew Brees	103.9
3	Aaron Rodgers	103.6
4	Kurt Warner	102.8
5	Joe Montana	95.6
6	Mark Sanchez	94.3
7	Ken Anderson	93.5
8	Joe Theismann	91.4
9	Eli Manning	89.3
10	Peyton Manning	88.4
11	Troy Aikman	88.3
12	Tom Brady	87.4
13	Brett Favre	86.3
14	Steve Young	85.8
15	Matt Ryan	85.2
16	Warren Moon	84.9
17	Rich Gannon	84.6
18	Matt Hasselbeck	84.4
19	Ken Stabler	84.2
20	Ben Roethlisberger	83.7
21	Bernie Kosar	83.5
22	Jake Delhomme	83.3
23	Terry Bradshaw	83.0
24	Joe Flacco	82.5

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
25	Jim Plunkett	81.9
26	Tony Romo	81.4
27	Vinny Testaverde	81.0
28	Donovan McNabb	80.0
29	John Elway	79.7
30	Philip Rivers	79.2
31	Daryle Lamonica	77.9
32	Len Dawson	77.4
33	Chad Pennington	77.3
34	Dan Marino	77.1
35	Phil Simms	77.0
36	Jim McMahon	76.1
37	Roger Staubach	76.0
38	Wade Wilson	75.6
39	Kerry Collins	75.3
40	Neil O'Donnell	74.9
41	Randall Cunningham	74.3
42	Jeff Garcia	73.8
43	Jake Plummer	72.7
44	Dave Krieg	81.6
45	Jim Kelly	72.3

Rank	Quarterback	Rating
46	Mark Rypien	72.2
47	Danny White	71.6
48	Dan Fouts	70.0
49	Johnny Unitas	68.9
50	Billy Kilmer	68.6
51	Bob Griese	68.3
52	Jim Harbaugh	67.2
53	Steve McNair	66.7
54	Mark Brunell	66.3
55	Otto Graham	63.7
56	Ron Jaworski	63.4
57	Brad Johnson	62.8
58	Vince Ferragamo	59.9
59	Fran Tarkenton	58.6
60	Jim Everett	57.0
61	Drew Bledsoe	54.9
62	Stan Humphries	54.8
63	Doug Williams	53.6
64	Jay Schroeder	50.4
65	Jack Kemp	50.2
66	George Blanda	42.4

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