best passer rating in heisman winning quarterbacks

Jayden Daniels has the highest passer rating by a Heisman Trophy winner and by a quarterback in a season in a win, with a 223.9 rating in 2023.

	NAME	RTG	HEISMAN	W	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	223.9	1	9	2023	LSU	9	172	230	74.8	2,833	12.3	314.8	33	2	14.3	0.9	14	51
2	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	207.0	1	12	2017	OKLA	12	238	336	70.8	4,034	12.0	336.2	39	5	11.6	1.5	19	126
3	Kyler Murray K. Murray	205.0	1	12	2018	OKLA	12	222	314	70.7	3,749	11.9	312.4	36	6	11.5	1.9	13	72
4	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	202.0	1	15	2019	LSU	15	402	527	76.3	5,671	10.8	378.1	60	6	11.4	1.1	34	206
5	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	197.6	1	10	2011	BAY	10	207	281	73.7	3,092	11.0	309.2	28	2	10.0	0.7
6	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	189.5	1	9	2007	FLA	9	171	242	70.7	2,537	10.5	281.9	25	4	10.3	1.7
7	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	186.8	1	13	2014	ORE	13	260	376	69.1	3,845	10.2	295.8	38	3	10.1	0.8	24	159
8	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	186.2	1	12	2008	OKLA	12	274	403	68.0	4,077	10.1	339.8	43	4	10.7	1.0
9	Jameis Winston J. Winston	184.8	1	14	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	4,057	10.6	289.8	40	10	10.4	2.6	27	188
10	Fernando Mendoza F. Mendoza	182.9	1	16	2025	IND	16	273	379	72.0	3,535	9.3	220.9	41	6	10.8	1.6	25	164
11	Cam Newton C. Newton	182.0	1	14	2010	AUB	14	185	280	66.1	2,854	10.2	203.9	30	7	10.7	2.5
12	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	178.4	1	10	1996	FLA	10	163	281	58.0	2,984	10.6	298.4	32	9	11.4	3.2
13	Jason White J. White	177.9	1	12	2003	OKLA	12	238	364	65.4	3,446	9.5	287.2	40	6	11.0	1.6
14	Bryce Young B. Young	177.4	1	13	2021	ALA	13	303	442	68.6	4,134	9.4	318.0	43	4	9.7	0.9	31	208
15	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	169.7	1	11	2012	TAMU	11	243	348	69.8	3,257	9.4	296.1	26	6	7.5	1.7
16	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	167.9	1	11	2000	FSU	11	237	373	63.5	3,671	9.8	333.7	30	9	8.0	2.4
17	Troy Smith T. Smith	167.9	1	12	2006	OSU	12	199	297	67.0	2,507	8.4	208.9	30	5	10.1	1.7
18	Caleb Williams C. Williams	167.8	1	11	2022	USC	11	243	365	66.6	3,331	9.1	302.8	29	3	7.9	0.8	18	137
19	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	167.2	1	9	2016	LOU	9	157	270	58.1	2,603	9.6	289.2	26	5	9.6	1.9	18	116
20	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	158.7	1	11	2002	USC	11	259	393	65.9	3,375	8.6	306.8	30	9	7.6	2.3
21	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	156.5	1	13	2004	USC	13	269	412	65.3	3,322	8.1	255.5	33	6	8.0	1.5
22	Eric Crouch E. Crouch	130.0	1	11	2001	NEB	11	92	161	57.1	1,312	8.1	119.3	7	8	4.3	5.0

StatMuse has game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1995 season.

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PASS

574

Leavitt

RUSH

179

Jones

REC

162

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Team Rankings

PPG

48.0

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OPP PPG

12.0

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RUSH YDS/G

228.0

29th

PASS YDS/G

358.0

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2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Florida	0-0	2-0
4	Georgia	0-0	2-0
5	LSU	0-0	2-0
6	Mississippi State	0-0	2-0
7	Missouri	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	LSU	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	TXAM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	7:45 PM
Sat 10/10	LSU	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	1:00 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

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Pass TD Leaders

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5

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Rec TD Leaders

5

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5

Dixon

5

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QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

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4.0

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4.0

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PPG Rankings

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55.0

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4.5

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5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

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Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

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396.5

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12.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333