NFL career quarterback rating leaders

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Quarterbacks in the National Football League are often compared using a number derived by using a formula called the quarterback rating. The higher this number, the more proficient the quarterback is often considered. This rating can range from 0 to 158.3. Traditionally, quarterbacks must throw at least 1,500 passes before their rating is listed among NFL career statistics.

Rank Name QB Rating Hall of Fame
1 Steve Young 96.81 YesY
2 Peyton Manning 94.2 NoN
3 Kurt Warner 93.3 NoN
4 Ben Roethlisberger 92.5 NoN
5 Tom Brady 92.2 NoN
6 Daunte Culpepper 90.0 NoN
7 Marc Bulger 89.4 NoN
8 Chad Pennington 89.1 NoN
9-Tied Jeff Garcia 87.2 NoN
9-Tied Drew Brees 87.2 NoN
11 Trent Green 86.9 NoN
12 Dan Marino 86.38 YesY
13 Donovan McNabb 85.8 NoN
14 Matt Hasselbeck 85.6 NoN
15 Brett Favre 85.5 NoN
16 Jake Delhomme 85.2 NoN
17 Rich Gannon 84.71 NoN
18 Jim Kelly 84.39 YesY
19 Mark Brunell 84.21 NoN
20 Brian Griese 83.9 NoN
21 Roger Staubach 83.42 YesY
22 Brad Johnson 83.08 NoN
23 Steve McNair 82.8 NoN
24 Neil Lomax 82.68 NoN
25 Sonny Jurgensen 82.62 YesY
26 Len Dawson 82.56 YesY
27 Ken Anderson 81.86 NoN
28 Bernie Kosar 81.83 NoN
29 Neil O'Donnell 81.82 NoN
30 Danny White 81.71 NoN
31 Troy Aikman 81.62 YesY
32 Dave Kreig 81.50 NoN
33 Randall Cunningham 81.47 NoN
34 Boomer Esiason 81.06 NoN
35 Warren Moon 80.90 YesY
36 Jeff Hostetler 80.48 NoN
37 Bart Starr 80.47 YesY
38 Ken O'Brien 80.44 NoN
39 Jeff George 80.42 NoN
40 Fran Tarkenton 80.35 YesY
41 Steve Beuerlein 80.32 NoN
42 Dan Fouts 80.23 YesY
43 John Elway 79.86 YesY
44 Tony Eason 79.72 NoN
45 Elvis Grbac 79.65 NoN
46 Chris Chandler 79.12 NoN
47 Mark Rypien 78.93 NoN
48 Jim Everett 78.59 NoN
49 Aaron Brooks 78.53 NoN
50 Phil Simms 78.48 NoN
51 Bert Jones 78.21 NoN
52 Johnny Unitas 78.20 YesY
53-Tied Jim McMahon 78.17 NoN
53-Tied Otto Graham 78.17 YesY
55 Jeff Blake 78.03 NoN
56 Bobby Hebert 78.00 NoN
57 Frank Ryan 77.61 NoN
58 Jim Harbaugh 77.60 NoN
59 Joe Theismann 77.37 NoN
60 Bob Griese 77.14 YesY
61 Jay Fiedler 77.13 NoN
62 Drew Bledsoe 77.06 NoN
63 Bill Kenney 76.98 NoN
64 Erik Kramer 76.64 NoN
65 Gary Danielson 76.58 NoN
66 Doug Flutie 76.34 NoN
67 Jon Kitna 76.08 NoN
68 Stan Humphries 75.83 NoN
69 Michael Vick 75.75 NoN
70 Wade Wilson 75.57 NoN
71 David Carr 75.50 NoN
72 Steve Bartkowski 75.44 NoN
73-Tied Ken Stabler 75.31 NoN
73-Tied Gus Frerotte 75.31 NoN
75 Scott Mitchell 75.28 NoN
76 Steve Bono 75.27 NoN
77 Vinny Testaverde 75.24 NoN
78 Tim Couch 75.14 NoN
79 Norm Van Brocklin 75.07 YesY
80 Sid Luckman 75.01 YesY
81 Chris Miller 74.93 NoN
82 Don Meredith 74.84 NoN
83 Brian Sipe 74.79 NoN
84 Jake Plummer 74.61 NoN
85 Roman Gabriel 74.29 NoN
86 Steve DeBerg 74.24 NoN
87 Earl Morrall 74.09 NoN
88 Y. A. Tittle 73.65 YesY
89 Craig Morton 73.52 NoN
90 Rodney Peete 73.30 NoN
91 Kerry Collins 73.19 NoN
92 Don Majkowski 72.95 NoN
93-Tied Daryle Lamonica 72.94 NoN
93-Tied Greg Landry 72.94 NoN
95 Ron Jaworski 72.78 NoN
96 Tommy Kramer 72.77 NoN
97 Tony Banks 72.36 NoN
98 Bubby Brister 72.28 NoN
99 John Brodie 72.27 NoN
100 Milt Plum 72.22 NoN
101 Sammy Baugh 72.21 YesY
102 Billy Wade 72.19 NoN
103 Jay Schroeder 71.68 NoN
104 Billy Kilmer 71.56 NoN
105 Bill Munson 71.49 NoN
106 Trent Dilfer 71.30 NoN
107 Lynn Dickey 70.94 NoN
108 Terry Bradshaw 70.92 YesY
109 Kordell Stewart 70.69 NoN
110 Bill Nelsen 70.25 NoN
111 Vince Ferragamo 70.08 NoN
112 Steve Grogan 69.61 NoN
113 Joey Harrington 69.5 NoN
114 Doug Williams 69.39 NoN
115 Charley Johnson 69.21 NoN
116 Mike Tomczak 68.91 NoN
117 Eric Hipple 68.68 NoN
118 Joe Ferguson 68.45 NoN
119 Charlie Conerly 68.25 NoN
120 Dave Brown 67.89 NoN
121 Billy Joe Tolliver 67.74 NoN
122 Marc Wilson 67.70 NoN
123 Tom Flores 67.58 NoN
124 Richard Todd 67.57 NoN
125 Jim Plunkett 67.45 NoN
126 John Hadl 67.41 NoN
127 Jim Zorn 67.28 NoN
128 Archie Manning 67.10 NoN
129 Jim Hart 66.56 NoN
130 Norm Snead 65.54 NoN
131 Joe Namath 65.46 YesY
132 Rick Mirer 63.53 NoN
133 Bobby Layne 63.38 YesY
134 Jack Trudeau 63.32 NoN
135 Mike Livingston 63.27 NoN
136 Mike Pagel 63.26 NoN
137 Ed Brown 62.77 NoN
138 Mark Malone 61.89 NoN
139 Bob Waterfield 61.58 YesY
140 Eddie LeBaron 61.43 NoN
141 George Blanda 60.65 YesY
142 Babe Parilli 59.59 NoN
143 Dan Pastorini 59.06 NoN
144 Jack Kemp 57.35 NoN
145 Tobin Rote 56.79 NoN
146 Cotton Davidson 54.88 NoN
147 Mike Phipps 52.63 NoN
148 Frank Tripucka 52.18 NoN

Players in bold are currently active in the NFL.