Multi-Era career passer rating leaders

Cold, Hard Football Facts for Jul 01, 2008

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Our lists of all-time passer rating leaders are based upon a list compiled by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The HOF list includes every quarterback with 1,500 passing attempts (the minimum needed to qualify for official NFL records). A total of 150 quarterbacks make the cut, from No. 1 Steve Young (96.81) to former NFL and AFL passer Frank Tripucka (51.18), at No. 150.

We took the Hall of Fame list and added the career years of every player on the list. (See our entire version of the list here.) This simple addition gives us an illuminating look into the history of pro football and the evolution of the passing game in particular. Simply note that, at the start of the 2008 season, 16 of the Top 20 passer-rating leaders were active in 2007. This statistical anomaly tells us that, thanks to a series of rules favoring offense, it's easier than ever to pass the ball in the NFL.

The bottom line is that it's unfair to compare passers from the Dead Ball Era against passers in today's Live Ball Era.

So we broke out from the full list of passer rating leaders, a list of Dead Ball Era passers, and this list here of passers whose careers spanned both the Dead Ball and Live Ball Eras. Separating out these lists allows us to better compare passers within the context of their eras.

Multi-Era career passer rating leaders

	Player	Career	Rating
1	Roger Staubach	1969-79	83.42
2	Ken Anderson	1971-86	81.86
3	Danny White	1976-88	81.71
4	Fran Tarkenton	1961-78	80.35
5	Dan Fouts	1973-87	80.23
6	Bert Jones	1973-82	78.21
7	Joe Theismann	1974-85	77.37
8	Bob Griese	1967-80	77.14
9	Gary Danielson	1976-88	76.58
10	Steve Bartkowski	1975-86	75.44
11	Ken Stabler	1970-84	75.31
12	Brian Sipe	1974-83	74.79
13	Craig Morton	1965-82	73.52
14	Greg Landry	1968-84	72.94
15	Ron Jaworski	1974-89	72.78
16	Tommy Kramer	1977-90	72.77
17	Billy Kilmer	1961-78	71.56
18	Bill Munson	1964-79	71.49
19	Lynn Dickey	1971-85	70.94
20	Terry Bradshaw	1970-83	70.92
21	Vince Ferragamo	1977-86	70.08
22	Steve Grogan	1975-90	69.61
23	Joe Ferguson	1973-90	68.45
24	Richard Todd	1976-85	67.57
25	Jim Plunkett	1971-86	67.45
26	Jim Zorn	1976-87	67.28
27	Archie Manning	1971-84	67.1
28	Jim Hart	1966-84	66.56
29	Mike Livingston	1968-79	63.27
30	Dan Pastorini	1971-83	59.06
31	Mike Phipps	1970-81	52.63

By Kerry Byrne

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