best qb rating as a rookie in a game

47 players are tied for the highest passer rating by a rookie in a game, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Tarik Cohen on October 15, 2017, Marcus Mariota on September 13, 2015 and Ace Sanders on December 5, 2013.

Interpreted as:
best qb rating as a rookie in a regular-season game
NAMERTGDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
158.3
10/15/2017
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1
1
100.0
21
21.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
2Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
158.3
9/13/2015
TEN TEN
@
TB TB
13
15
86.7
209
13.9
4
0
26.7
0.0
2
24
3Ace Sanders
A. Sanders
158.3
12/5/2013
JAX JAX
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
21
21.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
4Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
158.3
12/9/2012
WAS WAS
vs
BAL BAL
2
2
100.0
26
13.0
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
5Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
158.3
11/18/2012
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
14
15
93.3
200
13.3
4
0
26.7
0.0
2
8
6Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
158.3
9/23/2012
CIN CIN
@
WAS WAS
1
1
100.0
73
73.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
7Henry Burris
H. Burris
158.3
12/1/2002
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1
1
100.0
45
45.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
8Jabar Gaffney
J. Gaffney
158.3
10/20/2002
HOU HOU
@
CLE CLE
1
1
100.0
39
39.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
9Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
158.3
9/22/2002
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
25
25.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
10Michael Bishop
M. Bishop
158.3
10/8/2000
NE NE
vs
IND IND
1
1
100.0
44
44.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
11Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
158.3
12/5/1996
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
5
5
100.0
75
15.0
1
0
20.0
0.0
0
0
12Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
158.3
12/26/1993
NE NE
vs
IND IND
9
11
81.8
143
13.0
2
0
18.2
0.0
0
0
13T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
158.3
11/21/1993
RAM RAM
vs
WAS WAS
5
6
83.3
112
18.7
1
0
16.7
0.0
1
8
14Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
158.3
12/6/1992
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
1
1
100.0
81
81.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
15Jon Vaughn
J. Vaughn
158.3
9/22/1991
NE NE
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
13
13.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
16Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
158.3
12/16/1989
DEN DEN
@
PHX PHX
1
1
100.0
17
17.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
17Erik Wilhelm
E. Wilhelm
158.3
10/29/1989
CIN CIN
vs
TB TB
5
6
83.3
98
16.3
1
0
16.7
0.0
0
0
18Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
158.3
10/29/1989
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
1
1
100.0
32
32.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
19Harry Sydney
H. Sydney
158.3
11/15/1987
SF SF
vs
NO NO
1
1
100.0
50
50.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
20Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
158.3
10/5/1987
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
2
2
100.0
52
26.0
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
21Chuck Long
C. Long
158.3
11/23/1986
DET DET
@
TB TB
1
1
100.0
34
34.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
22Keith Byars
K. Byars
158.3
9/28/1986
PHI PHI
vs
RAM RAM
1
1
100.0
55
55.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
23Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
158.3
9/21/1986
NO NO
@
SF SF
1
1
100.0
29
29.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
24Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
158.3
11/17/1985
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
1
1
100.0
38
38.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
25Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
158.3
9/9/1984
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
1
1
100.0
20
20.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passer rating going back to the 1950 season.

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3
1
.731
Bears Bears
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5
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CHI CHI
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
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4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
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7
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Chargers Chargers
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4
0
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NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
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5
0
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Cowboys Cowboys
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6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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7
0
.500
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Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
0
.769

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
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9/6
DET DET
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GB GB
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
IND IND
@
SEA SEA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
TEN TEN
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
GB GB
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM