Passing Efficiency Rating Year-by-Year Leaders and Records

Minimum 325 pass completions.
An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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Leaders

  • Since 1956
  • Minimum 14 pass attempts per school game.
Leaders Table
Year Player Rate School
2023Jayden Daniels*208Louisiana State
2022C.J. Stroud*177.7Ohio State
2021Grayson McCall*207.6Coastal Carolina
2020Mac Jones*203.1Alabama
2019Joe Burrow*202Louisiana State
2018Tua Tagovailoa*199.4Alabama
2017Baker Mayfield*198.9Oklahoma
2016Baker Mayfield*196.4Oklahoma
2015Vernon Adams*179.1Oregon
2014Marcus Mariota*181.7Oregon
2013Jameis Winston*184.8Florida State
2012A.J. McCarron*175.3Alabama
2011Russell Wilson*191.8Wisconsin
2010Kellen Moore*182.6Boise State
2009Tim Tebow*164.2Florida
2008Sam Bradford*180.8Oklahoma
2007Sam Bradford*176.5Oklahoma
2006Colt Brennan*186Hawaii
2005Rudy Carpenter*175Arizona State
2004Stefan Lefors*181.7Louisville
2003Philip Rivers*170.5North Carolina State
2002Brad Banks*157.1Iowa
2001Rex Grossman170.8Florida
2000Bart Hendricks170.6Boise State
1999Joe Hamilton175Georgia Tech
1998Shaun King183.3Tulane
1997Cade McNown168.6UCLA
1996Steve Sarkisian173.6Brigham Young
1995Danny Wuerffel178.4Florida
1994Kerry Collins172.9Penn State
1993Trent Dilfer173.1Fresno State
1992Marvin Graves149.2Syracuse
1991Elvis Grbac169Michigan
1990Shawn Moore160.7Virginia
1989Ty Detmer175.6Brigham Young
1988Timm Rosenbach162Washington State
1987Don McPherson164.3Syracuse
1986Vinny Testaverde165.8Miami (FL)
1985Jim Harbaugh163.7Michigan
1984Doug Flutie152.9Boston College
1983Steve Young168.5Brigham Young
1982Tom Ramsey153.5UCLA
1981Jim McMahon155Brigham Young
1980Jim McMahon176.9Brigham Young
1979Turk Schonert163.2Stanford
1978David Henderson152.5Furman
1977Dave Wilson164.2Ball State
1976Steve Haynes146.9Louisiana Tech
1975Jim Kubacki147.6Harvard
1974Steve Joachim150.1Temple
1973Danny White157.4Arizona State
1972John Hufnagel148Penn State
1971Jerry Tagge150.9Nebraska
1970Pat Sullivan148.2Auburn
1969Dennis Shaw162.2San Diego State
1968Brian Dowling165.8Yale
1967Bill Andrejko140.6Villanova
1966Dewey Warren142.2Tennessee
1965Steve Sloan153.8Alabama
1964Jerry Rhome172.6Tulsa
1963Bob Berry164Oregon
1962Terry Baker146.5Oregon State
1961Eddie Wilson134.2Arizona
1960Charley Johnson134.1New Mexico State
1959Dick Soergel131.5Oklahoma State
1958Randy Duncan135.1Iowa
1957Bob Newman126.5Washington State
1956Bob Reinhart121.3San Jose State