In American football, passer rating is a measure of the performance of passers, primarily quarterbacks. Passer rating is calculated using a player's passing attempts, completions, passing yards, passing touchdowns, and interceptions. Passer rating in the National Football League (NFL) is measured on a scale from 0 to 158.3, with a higher passer rating reflecting a stronger overall performance. Passer rating is sometimes colloquially referred to as "quarterback rating" or "QB rating", however the statistic applies only to passing (not to other contributions by a quarterback) and applies to any player at any position who throws a forward pass, not just to quarterbacks.

The NFL did not begin keeping official records until the season. In addition to the overall NFL passer rating leaders, league record books recognize the passer rating leaders of the American Football League (AFL), which operated from 1960 to 1969 before being absorbed into the NFL in 1970. The NFL also recognizes the statistics of the All-America Football Conference, which operated from 1946 to 1949 before three of its teams were merged into the NFL, since 2025.

The single-season passer rating record is held by Aaron Rodgers who had a rating of 122.5 in with the Green Bay Packers. Steve Young has led the NFL in passer rating a record six different times while Len Dawson achieved the same feat in the AFL.

Young also owns the longest streak of NFL passer-rating titles, pacing the league for four consecutive seasons from through . Dawson holds the overall professional-football mark, leading the AFL for five straight seasons between 1964 and 1968.

Young and Dawson therefore share the record for the most seasons finishing atop a major professional league leaderboard at six each. Four other quarterbacks—Ken Anderson, Aaron Rodgers, Bart Starr, and Roger Staubach—are tied for the next-most seasons with four apiece.

NFL annual passer rating leaders

+ Key Symbol Meaning Leader The player who recorded the highest passer rating in the NFL Rate The passer rating of the player GP The number of games played by a player during the season Pro Football Hall of Fame member ^ The player is an active player * Player set the single-season passer rating record (#) Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list

+ NFL annual passer rating leaders by season Season Player Team 45.1* 11 Green Bay Packers No player met the minimum threshold (2) 58.9* 12 Green Bay Packers 72.8* 11 New York Giants (2) 66.9 11 New York Giants (3) 61.6 10 Green Bay Packers 85.6* 11 Washington Redskins 95.3* 11 Chicago Bears 87.0 11 Green Bay Packers (2) 107.5* 10 Chicago Bears 86.0 10 Washington Redskins (2) 109.9* 10 Washington Redskins (3) 71.0 11 Chicago Bears (3) 92.0 12 Washington Redskins 98.4 12 Philadelphia Eagles (2) 84.4 12 Philadelphia Eagles 85.1 12 Los Angeles Rams 81.8 11 Los Angeles Rams 85.6 12 Green Bay Packers 99.7 12 Cleveland Browns 80.4 12 Philadelphia Eagles (2) 94.0 12 Cleveland Browns 83.1 12 Chicago Bears 88.0 12 Baltimore Colts (2) 90.0 10 Baltimore Colts 102.7 10 New York Giants 110.4* 12 Cleveland Browns 93.7 13 Chicago Bears 95.4 14 Dallas Cowboys 104.8 13 New York Giants 97.1 14 Green Bay Packers (3) 97.4 11 Baltimore Colts (2) 105.0 14 Green Bay Packers 87.3 14 Washington Redskins (3) 104.3 12 Green Bay Packers (4) 89.9 12 Green Bay Packers 93.8 14 San Francisco 49ers 104.8 13 Dallas Cowboys 91.0 14 Miami Dolphins (2) 94.6 14 Dallas Cowboys 95.7 13 Cincinnati Bengals (2) 93.9 14 Cincinnati Bengals 103.4 12 Oakland Raiders 87.8 14 Miami Dolphins (3) 84.9 15 Dallas Cowboys (4) 92.3 16 Dallas Cowboys 91.4 16 Cleveland Browns (3) 98.4 16 Cincinnati Bengals (4) 95.3 9 Cincinnati Bengals 97.6 14 Atlanta Falcons 108.9 16 Miami Dolphins 96.2 16 New York Jets 92.6 13 Minnesota Vikings 102.1 13 San Francisco 49ers 97.4 16 Cincinnati Bengals (2) 112.4* 13 San Francisco 49ers 101.2 14 Buffalo Bills 101.8 11 San Francisco 49ers (2) 107.0 16 San Francisco 49ers (3) 101.5 16 San Francisco 49ers (4) 112.8* 16 San Francisco 49ers 100.7 15 Indianapolis Colts (5) 97.2 12 San Francisco 49ers (6) 104.7 15 San Francisco 49ers 106.0 15 Minnesota Vikings 109.2 16 St. Louis Rams 102.9 10 Denver Broncos (2) 101.4 16 St. Louis Rams 104.2 15 New York Jets 100.4 14 Tennessee Titans 121.1* 16 Indianapolis Colts (2) 104.1 16 Indianapolis Colts (3) 101.0 16 Indianapolis Colts 117.2 16 New England Patriots 105.5 16 San Diego Chargers 109.6 15 New Orleans Saints (2) 111.0 16 New England Patriots ^ 122.5* 15 Green Bay Packers ^ (2) 108.0 16 Green Bay Packers 119.2 13 Philadelphia Eagles 113.2 15 Dallas Cowboys 110.1 16 Seattle Seahawks 117.1 16 Atlanta Falcons 104.7 15 Kansas City Chiefs (2) 115.7 15 New Orleans Saints 117.5 12 Tennessee Titans ^ (3) 121.5 16 Green Bay Packers ^ (4) 111.9 16 Green Bay Packers ^ 105.5 13 Miami Dolphins ^ 113.0 16 San Francisco 49ers ^ 119.6 17 Baltimore Ravens ^ 113.5 17 New England Patriots

AFL annual passer rating leaders

+ Key Symbol Meaning Leader The player who recorded the highest passer rating in the AFL Rate The passer rating of the player GP The number of games played by a player during the season Pro Football Hall of Fame member * Player set the single-season passer rating record (#) Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list

+ AFL annual passer rating leaders by season Season Player Team 1960 71.8* 14 Oakland Raiders 1961 91.3* 14 Houston Oilers 1962 98.3* 14 Dallas Texans 1963 86.7 14 San Diego Chargers 1964 (2) 89.9 14 Kansas City Chiefs 1965 (3) 81.3 14 Kansas City Chiefs 1966 (4) 101.7* 14 Kansas City Chiefs 1967 (5) 83.7 14 Kansas City Chiefs 1968 (6) 98.6 14 Kansas City Chiefs 1969 88.3 11 Cincinnati Bengals

AAFC annual passer rating leaders

+ Key Symbol Meaning Leader The player who recorded the best passer rating in the AAFC Rate The passer rating of the player GP The number of games played by a player during the season Pro Football Hall of Fame member * Player set the single-season passing yards record(#)Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list

+ AAFC annual passer rating leaders by season Season Player Team 1946 112.1 14 Cleveland Browns 1947 (2)109.2 14 Cleveland Browns 1948 102.9 14 San Francisco 49ers 1949 (3) 97.5 12 Cleveland Browns

Most seasons leading the league Count Player Seasons Team(s) 6 1962, 1964–1968 Dallas Texans (1) / Kansas City Chiefs (5) , , San Francisco 49ers 5 1946, 1947, 1949, , Cleveland Browns 4 , , , Cincinnati Bengals , , , Green Bay Packers , , , Green Bay Packers , , , Dallas Cowboys 3 , , Washington Redskins , , Green Bay Packers , , Chicago Bears Indianapolis Colts , , Baltimore Colts 2 , New England Patriots , New Orleans Saints , New York Giants , San Francisco 49ers , Philadelphia Eagles , St. Louis Rams

See also List of NFL career passer rating leaders List of NFL annual passing touchdowns leaders List of NFL annual passing yards leaders List of NFL annual pass completion percentage leaders

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