NFL Single-Season Passer Rating Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NFL single-season passer rating record is 122.5, set by Aaron Rodgers in 2011. It has stood for 14 years. The mark has been raised 9 times since 1936.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Record Holders

10 marks since 1936

Year	Player	RTG	Stood for
2011	Aaron Rodgers	122.5	still standing
2004	Peyton Manning	121.1	7 years
1994	Steve Young	112.8	10 years
1989	Joe Montana	112.4	5 years
1960	Milt Plum	110.4	29 years
1945	Sammy Baugh	109.9	15 years
1943	Sid Luckman	107.6	2 years
1942	Cecil Isbell	87.0	1 year
1940	Sammy Baugh	85.6	2 years
1936	Arnie Herber	58.9	4 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

89 seasons

Year	Leader	RTG
2025	Drake Maye	113.5
2024	Lamar Jackson	119.6
2023	Brock Purdy	113.0
2022	Tua Tagovailoa	105.5
2021	Aaron Rodgers	111.9
2020	Aaron Rodgers	121.5
2019	Ryan Tannehill	117.5
2018	Drew Brees	115.7
2017	Alex Smith	104.7
2016	Matt Ryan	117.1
2015	Russell Wilson	110.1
2014	Tony Romo	113.2
2013	Nick Foles	119.2
2012	Aaron Rodgers	108.0
2011	Aaron Rodgers	122.5	new record
2010	Tom Brady	111.0
2009	Drew Brees	109.6
2008	Philip Rivers	105.5
2007	Tom Brady	117.2
2006	Peyton Manning	101.0
2005	Peyton Manning	104.1
2004	Peyton Manning	121.1	new record
2003	Steve McNair	100.7
2002	Chad Pennington	104.2
2001	Kurt Warner	101.4
2000	Brian Griese	102.9
1999	Kurt Warner	111.3
1998	Randall Cunningham	106.0
1997	Steve Young	104.7
1996	Steve Young	97.2
1995	Jim Harbaugh	100.7
1994	Steve Young	112.8	new record
1993	Steve Young	101.5
1992	Steve Young	107.0
1991	Steve Young	101.8
1990	Jim Kelly	101.2
1989	Joe Montana	112.4	new record
1988	Boomer Esiason	97.4
1987	Joe Montana	102.1
1986	Tommy Kramer	92.6
1985	Ken O'Brien	96.2
1984	Dan Marino	108.9
1983	Steve Bartkowski	97.6
1982	Ken Anderson	95.3
1981	Ken Anderson	98.4
1980	Brian Sipe	91.4
1979	Roger Staubach	92.3
1978	Roger Staubach	84.9
1977	Bob Griese	87.8
1976	Ken Stabler	103.4
1975	Ken Anderson	93.9
1974	Ken Anderson	95.7
1973	Roger Staubach	94.6
1972	Billy Kilmer	84.8
1971	Roger Staubach	104.8
1970	John Brodie	93.8
1969	Fran Tarkenton	87.2
1968	Earl Morrall	93.2
1967	Sonny Jurgensen	87.3
1966	Bart Starr	105.0
1965	Johnny Unitas	97.4
1964	Bart Starr	97.1
1963	Y.A. Tittle	104.8
1962	Bart Starr	90.7
1961	Billy Wade	93.7
1960	Milt Plum	110.4	new record
1959	Charlie Conerly	102.7
1958	Johnny Unitas	90.0
1957	Johnny Unitas	88.1
1956	Ed Brown	83.1
1955	Otto Graham	94.0
1954	Adrian Burk	80.4
1953	Otto Graham	99.7
1952	Norm Van Brocklin	71.5
1951	Bob Waterfield	81.8
1950	Norm Van Brocklin	85.1
1949	Tommy Thompson	84.4
1948	Tommy Thompson	98.4
1947	Sammy Baugh	92.0
1946	Sid Luckman	71.0
1945	Sammy Baugh	109.9	new record
1944	Frank Filchock	86.0
1943	Sid Luckman	107.6	new record
1942	Cecil Isbell	87.0	new record
1941	Cecil Isbell	81.4
1940	Sammy Baugh	85.6	new record
1939	Parker Hall	57.5
1937	Sammy Baugh	50.5
1936	Arnie Herber	58.9	new record