List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders

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Aaron Rodgers holds the single season passer rating record of 122.5 set in 2011

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.
File:Bob griese topps 1976.jpg
Bob Griese and his son Brian are the only family members 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 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 Herber, ArnieArnie Herber   58.9* Green Bay Packers
1937 Danowski, EdEd Danowski 72.8* New York Giants
1938 Danowski, EdEd Danowski (2) 66.9 New York Giants
1939 Hall, ParkerParker Hall 57.5 Cleveland Rams
1940 Baugh, SammySammy Baugh   85.6* Washington Redskins
1941 Luckman, SidSid Luckman   95.3* Chicago Bears
1942 Isbell, CecilCecil Isbell 87.0 Green Bay Packers
1943 Luckman, SidSid Luckman (2)   107.5* Chicago Bears
1944 Filchock, FrankFrank Filchock 86.0 Washington Redskins
1945 Baugh, SammySammy Baugh (2)   109.9* Washington Redskins
1946 Baugh, SammySammy Baugh (3)   71.0 Chicago Bears
1947 Baugh, SammySammy Baugh (4)   92.0 Washington Redskins
1948 Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson 98.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1949 Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson (2) 84.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1950 Van Brocklin, NormNorm Van Brocklin   85.1 Los Angeles Rams
1951 Waterfield, BobBob Waterfield   81.8 Los Angeles Rams
1952 Rote, TobinTobin Rote 85.6 Green Bay Packers
1953 Graham, OttoOtto Graham   99.7 Cleveland Browns
1954 Burk, AdrianAdrian Burk 80.4 Philadelphia Eagles
1955 Graham, OttoOtto Graham (2)   94.0 Cleveland Browns
1956 Brown, EdEd Brown 83.1 Chicago Bears
1957 O'Connell, TommyTommy O'Connell 93.3 Cleveland Browns
1958 Unitas, JohnnyJohnny Unitas   90.0 Baltimore Colts
1959 Conerly, CharlieCharlie Conerly 102.7 New York Giants
1960 Plum, MiltMilt Plum 110.4* Cleveland Browns
1961 Wade, BillBill Wade 93.7 Chicago Bears
1962 Starr, BartBart Starr   90.7 Green Bay Packers
1963 Tittle, Y.A.Y.A. Tittle   104.8 New York Giants
1964 Starr, BartBart Starr (2)   97.1 Green Bay Packers
1965 Unitas, JohnnyJohnny Unitas (2)   97.4 Baltimore Colts
1966 Starr, BartBart Starr (3)   105.0 Green Bay Packers
1967 Jurgensen, SonnySonny Jurgensen   87.3 Washington Redskins
1968 Starr, BartBart Starr (4)   104.3 Green Bay Packers
1969 Starr, BartBart Starr (5)   89.9 Green Bay Packers
1970 Brodie, JohnJohn Brodie 93.8 San Francisco 49ers
1971 Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach   104.8 Dallas Cowboys
1972 Morrall, EarlEarl Morrall 91.0 Miami Dolphins
1973 Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach (2)   94.6 Dallas Cowboys
1974 Anderson, KenKen Anderson 95.7 Cincinnati Bengals
1975 Anderson, KenKen Anderson (2) 93.9 Cincinnati Bengals
1976 Stabler, KenKen Stabler   103.4 Oakland Raiders
1977 Griese, BobBob Griese   87.8 Miami Dolphins
1978 Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach (3)   84.9 Dallas Cowboys
1979 Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach (4)   92.3 Dallas Cowboys
1980 Sipe, BrianBrian Sipe 91.4 Cleveland Browns
1981 Anderson, KenKen Anderson (3) 98.4 Cincinnati Bengals
1982 Anderson, KenKen Anderson (4) 95.3 Cincinnati Bengals
1983 Bartkowski, SteveSteve Bartkowski 97.6 Atlanta Falcons
1984 Marino, DanDan Marino   108.9 Miami Dolphins
1985 O'Brien, KenKen O'Brien 96.2 New York Jets
1986 Kramer, TommyTommy Kramer 92.6 Minnesota Vikings
1987 Montana, JoeJoe Montana   102.1 San Francisco 49ers
1988 Esiason, BoomerBoomer Esiason 97.4 Cincinnati Bengals
1989 Montana, JoeJoe Montana (2)   112.4* San Francisco 49ers
1990 Kelly, JimJim Kelly   101.2 Buffalo Bills
1991 Young, SteveSteve Young   101.8 San Francisco 49ers
1992 Young, SteveSteve Young (2)   107.0 San Francisco 49ers
1993 Young, SteveSteve Young (3)   101.5 San Francisco 49ers
1994 Young, SteveSteve Young (4)   112.8* San Francisco 49ers
1995 Harbaugh, JimJim Harbaugh 100.7 Indianapolis Colts
1996 Young, SteveSteve Young (5)   97.2 San Francisco 49ers
1997 Young, SteveSteve Young (6)   104.7 San Francisco 49ers
1998 Cunningham, RandallRandall Cunningham 106.0 Minnesota Vikings
1999 Warner, KurtKurt Warner   109.2 St. Louis Rams
2000 Griese, BrianBrian Griese 102.9 Denver Broncos
2001 Warner, KurtKurt Warner (2)   101.4 St. Louis Rams
2002 Pennington, ChadChad Pennington 104.2 New York Jets
2003 McNair, SteveSteve McNair 100.4 Tennessee Titans
2004 Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning   121.1* Indianapolis Colts
2005 Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning (2)   104.1 Indianapolis Colts
2006 Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning (3)   101.0 Indianapolis Colts
2007 Brady, TomTom Brady 117.2 New England Patriots
2008 Rivers, PhilipPhilip Rivers 105.5 San Diego Chargers
2009 Brees, DrewDrew Brees 109.6 New Orleans Saints
2010 Brady, TomTom Brady (2) 111.0 New England Patriots
2011 Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers^ 122.5* Green Bay Packers
2012 Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers^ (2) 108.0 Green Bay Packers
2013 Foles, NickNick Foles^ 119.2 Philadelphia Eagles
2014 Romo, TonyTony Romo 113.2 Dallas Cowboys
2015 Wilson, RussellRussell Wilson^ 110.1 Seattle Seahawks
2016 Ryan, MattMatt Ryan^ 117.1 Atlanta Falcons
2017 Smith, AlexAlex Smith 104.7 Kansas City Chiefs
2018 Brees, DrewDrew Brees (2) 115.7 New Orleans Saints
2019 Tannehill, RyanRyan Tannehill^ 117.5 Tennessee Titans
2020 Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers^ (3) 121.5 Green Bay Packers
2021 Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers^ (4) 111.9 Green Bay Packers
2022 Tagovailoa, TuaTua Tagovailoa^ 105.5 Miami Dolphins

See also

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