Top 20 Passers
Fourteen of the NFL’s top 20 all-time leaders based on passer rating are active quarterbacks. The list includes a trio of 5th-year passers, who in 2005, reached the minimum number of 1,500 career attempts to qualify for the Hall’s Top 20 list and now rank among the game’s most proficient passers. The San Diego Chargers’ Drew Brees (No. 14) reached the Top 20 in Week 7 followed four weeks later by Marc Bulger (No. 6) of the St. Louis Rams. Jake Delhomme (No. 17) of the Carolina Panthers made the list during the final week of the 2005 regular season.
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Matt Hasselbeck
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Peyton Manning, the third ranked passer of all-time, won his second straight passing title as he completed 305 of 453 passes for 3,747 yards and threw 28 TDs to finish with a 104.1 passer rating in 2005. It also marked the second consecutive season in which he eclipsed a 100 passer rating. Matt Hasselbeck, who led the Seattle Seahawks to their first Super Bowl berth, topped the NFC in passing in 2005. By doing so, he climbed nine spots on the all-time chart, from 18th to 9th place and now has a career rating of 86.6.
The other quarterbacks in the Top 20 who took snaps during the 2005 NFL season include: Kurt Warner (No. 2), Daunte Culpepper (No. 5), Tom Brady (No. 7), Trent Green (No. 8), Brett Favre (No. 12), Jeff Garcia (No. 13), Brian Griese (No. 15), Brad Johnson (No. 19), and Donovan McNabb (No. 20).
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Top 20 - Leading Lifetime Passers
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Minimum 1500 Attempts
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(At the Start of the 2006 NFL Season)
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| Rank | Player | League |
Yrs.
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Att.
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Comp.
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Yards
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TD
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Int.
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Rating
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| 1 | (1) | Steve Young * | NFL |
15
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4,149
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2,667
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33,124
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232
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107
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96.8
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| 2 | (2) | KURT WARNER | NFL |
8
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2,340
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1,537
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19,214
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119
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78
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94.1
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| 3 | (4) | PEYTON MANNING | NFL |
8
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4,333
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2,769
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33,189
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244
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130
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93.5
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| 4 | (5) | Joe Montana * | NFL |
15
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5,391
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3,409
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40,551
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273
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139
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92.3
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| 5 | (3) | DAUNTE CULPEPPER | NFL |
7
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2,607
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1,678
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20,162
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135
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86
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91.5
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| 6 | (–) | MARC BULGER | NFL |
5
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1,518
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987
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11,932
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71
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51
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90.6
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| 7 | (7) | TOM BRADY | NFL |
6
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2,548
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1,577
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18,035
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123
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66
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88.5
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| 8 | (6) | TRENT GREEN | NFL |
8
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3,329
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2,022
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25,621
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150
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92
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88.3
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| 9 | (18) | MATT HASSELBECK | NFL |
7
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2,205
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1,342
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15,925
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96
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57
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86.64
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| 10 | (10) | Otto Graham * | AAFC-NFL |
10
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2,626
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1,464
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23,584
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174
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135
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86.63
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| 11 | (11) | Dan Marino * | NFL |
17
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8,358
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4,967
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61,361
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420
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252
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86.4
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| 12 | (8) | BRETT FAVRE | NFL |
15
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7,610
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4,678
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53,615
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396
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255
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86.0
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| 13 | (9) | JEFF GARCIA | NFL |
7
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2,785
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1,695
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19,076
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126
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71
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85.8
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| 14 | (–) | DREW BREES | NFL |
5
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1,809
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1,125
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12,348
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80
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53
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84.9
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| 15 | (12) | BRIAN GRIESE | NFL |
8
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2,318
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1,463
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16,344
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103
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78
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84.8
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| 16 | (13) | Rich Gannon | NFL |
16
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4,206
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2,533
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28,743
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180
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104
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84.7
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| 17 | (–) | JAKE DELHOMME | NFL |
5
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1,503
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888
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11,160
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75
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52
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84.5
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| 18 | (14) | Jim Kelly * | NFL |
11
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4,779
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2,874
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35,467
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237
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175
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84.39
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| 19 | (15) | BRAD JOHNSON | NFL |
14
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3,798
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2,350
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25,798
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155
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102
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84.36
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| 20 | (16) | DONOVAN McNABB | NFL |
7
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2,943
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1,718
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19,433
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134
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66
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84.1
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| 2005 Notes | ||||||||||
| DREW BREES entered the Top 20 in Week 7; MARC BULGER in Week 11, and JAKE DELHOMME in Week 17. STEVE McNAIR (82.4), Roger Staubach * (83.4), and MARK BRUNELL (84.07) were displaced from the Top 20. Note: Donovan McNabb edges Brunell out of the Top 20 with an 84.08 rating. | ||||||||||
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| Players active in 2005 who rank the closest to a Top 20 ranking: BRUNELL (84.07) and STEVE McNAIR (83.3). | ||||||||||
| ACTIVE IN 2005 | ||||||||||
| * Pro Football Hall of Fame member | ||||||||||
| ( ) - indicates rank at the start of the 2005 season | ||||||||||
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