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.

Passer rating leaders

As per the Pro Football Reference and Cold Hard Football Facts.

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 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	Los Angeles Rams B 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	Indianapolis Colts B 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	Indianapolis Colts B 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	Los Angeles Rams C St. Louis Rams
2000	Griese, BrianBrian Griese	102.9	Denver Broncos
2001	Warner, KurtKurt Warner (2)	101.4	Los Angeles Rams C 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

• Passer 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 leaders