# List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders

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.

## 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.
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 |

## Related pages

* Passer rating
* List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders
* List of National Football League annual pass completion percentage leaders