best qbr rookie qb 2000 to 2010

Between the 2000 and 2010 seasons, Ben Roethlisberger had the best passer rating by a rookie quarterback, with a 98.1 rating in 2004.

Interpreted as:
best qbr with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game rookie qb 2000 to 2010
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
98.1
2004
14
196
295
66.4
2,621
8.9
187.2
17
11
5.8
3.7
30
213
2Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
87.7
2008
16
265
434
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
16
11
3.7
2.5
17
104
3Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
80.3
2008
16
257
428
60.0
2,971
6.9
185.7
14
12
3.3
2.8
32
276
4Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
77.3
2004
13
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
222.8
18
18
4.2
4.2
25
178
5Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
76.5
2010
16
354
590
60.0
3,512
6.0
219.5
18
15
3.1
2.5
34
244
6Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
74.0
2006
12
214
377
56.8
2,547
6.8
212.3
11
12
2.9
3.2
21
158
7Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
73.0
2003
15
239
418
57.2
2,819
6.7
187.9
14
16
3.3
3.8
19
90
8Patrick Ramsey
P. Ramsey
71.8
2002
9
117
227
51.5
1,539
6.8
171.0
9
8
4.0
3.5
18
132
9Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
70.4
2007
10
151
269
56.1
1,630
6.1
163.0
7
8
2.6
3.0
12
105
10Vince Young
V. Young
66.7
2006
15
184
357
51.5
2,199
6.2
146.6
12
13
3.4
3.6
25
129
11Chad Hutchinson
C. Hutchinson
66.3
2002
9
127
250
50.8
1,555
6.2
172.8
7
8
2.8
3.2
34
265
12Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
65.9
2006
13
177
328
54.0
1,661
5.1
127.8
9
9
2.7
2.7
25
146
13Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
63.0
2009
15
196
364
53.8
2,444
6.7
162.9
12
20
3.3
5.5
26
195
14David Carr
D. Carr
62.8
2002
16
233
444
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
9
15
2.0
3.4
76
411
15Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
62.4
2004
8
123
226
54.4
1,231
5.4
153.9
6
9
2.7
4.0
13
94
16Kyle Boller
K. Boller
62.4
2003
11
116
224
51.8
1,260
5.6
114.5
7
9
3.1
4.0
17
92
17Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
62.0
2001
15
293
540
54.3
2,931
5.4
195.4
11
19
2.0
3.5
26
177
18Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
61.0
2009
10
201
377
53.3
2,267
6.0
226.7
13
20
3.4
5.3
24
169
19Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
59.9
2002
14
215
429
50.1
2,294
5.3
163.9
12
16
2.8
3.7
8
75
20Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
59.8
2009
10
158
290
54.5
1,855
6.4
185.5
10
18
3.4
6.2
20
102
21Kyle Orton
K. Orton
59.7
2005
15
190
368
51.6
1,869
5.1
124.6
9
13
2.4
3.5
30
190
22Jimmy Clausen
J. Clausen
58.4
2010
13
157
299
52.5
1,558
5.2
119.8
3
9
1.0
3.0
33
223
23Andrew Walter
A. Walter
55.8
2006
12
147
276
53.3
1,677
6.1
139.8
3
13
1.1
4.7
46
256
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