best passing rating by a quarterback by a rookie ever with less than 10 interceptions

Kerwin Bell, Bob Waters and Bernie Masterson are tied for the highest passer rating by a rookie quarterback with fewer than 10 intercepted passes, with a 158.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
best passing rating by a quarterback by a rookie ever with less than 10 passing interceptions
NAMERTGINTSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
158.3
0
1996
1
5
5
100.0
75
15.0
75.0
1
20.0
0.0
0
0
2Bob Waters
B. Waters
158.3
0
1960
8
2
2
100.0
61
30.5
7.6
1
50.0
0.0
3Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
158.3
0
1934
9
3
3
100.0
39
13.0
4.3
1
33.3
0.0
4Carlos Brown
C. Brown
156.3
0
1975
13
3
4
75.0
63
15.8
4.8
1
25.0
0.0
0
0
5Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
149.1
0
1974
9
9
11
81.8
145
13.2
16.1
1
9.1
0.0
2
11
6Cary Conklin
C. Conklin
139.6
0
1992
1
2
2
100.0
16
8.0
16.0
1
50.0
0.0
0
0
7Clint Stoerner
C. Stoerner
135.8
0
2000
1
3
5
60.0
53
10.6
53.0
1
20.0
0.0
2
21
8Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
135.4
0
1987
2
2
4
50.0
52
13.0
26.0
1
25.0
0.0
0
0
9Bill Musgrave
B. Musgrave
133.8
0
1991
1
4
5
80.0
33
6.6
33.0
1
20.0
0.0
0
0
10Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
127.1
0
2000
1
2
5
40.0
67
13.4
67.0
1
20.0
0.0
1
4
11Shane Matthews
S. Matthews
124.1
0
1996
2
13
17
76.5
158
9.3
79.0
1
5.9
0.0
1
3
12Clint Longley
C. Longley
122.9
0
1974
2
12
21
57.1
209
10.0
104.5
2
9.5
0.0
2
18
13Quinn Gray
Q. Gray
119.0
0
2005
1
8
14
57.1
100
7.1
100.0
2
14.3
0.0
1
7
14Sean Clifford
S. Clifford
118.8
0
2023
2
1
1
100.0
37
37.0
18.5
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
15Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
118.8
0
2011
3
1
1
100.0
18
18.0
6.0
0
0.0
0.0
2
3
16Matt Gutierrez
M. Gutierrez
118.8
0
2007
5
1
1
100.0
15
15.0
3.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
17Jay Walker
J. Walker
118.8
0
1996
1
2
2
100.0
31
15.5
31.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
18Jeff Francis
J. Francis
118.8
0
1990
1
2
2
100.0
26
13.0
26.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
19Frank Reich
F. Reich
118.8
0
1985
1
1
1
100.0
19
19.0
19.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Dean May
D. May
118.8
0
1984
2
1
1
100.0
33
33.0
16.5
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Billy Donckers
B. Donckers
118.8
0
1976
1
1
1
100.0
16
16.0
16.0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
22Neil Graff
N. Graff
118.8
0
1974
14
1
1
100.0
20
20.0
1.4
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
23Dennis Claridge
D. Claridge
118.8
0
1965
1
1
1
100.0
13
13.0
13.0
0
0.0
0.0
24Tanner McKee
T. McKee
117.2
0
2024
2
30
45
66.7
323
7.2
161.5
4
8.9
0.0
2
17
25Ryan Nassib
R. Nassib
116.7
0
2014
4
4
5
80.0
60
12.0
15.0
0
0.0
0.0
2
11
StatMuse has season-level data for intercepted passes and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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7
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9
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9
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9
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5
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