highest career passer rating in first 20 games

17 players are tied for the highest passer rating in their first 20 games, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Tom Kennedy, Antonio Andrews and Ace Sanders.

Interpreted as:
highest career passer rating by a player in first 20 games
NAMERTGGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
75
75.0
3.8
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
2Antonio Andrews
A. Andrews
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
41
41.0
2.1
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
3Ace Sanders
A. Sanders
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
21
21.0
1.1
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
4Mohamed Sanu
M. Sanu
158.3
20
2
2
100.0
98
49.0
4.9
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
5Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
25
25.0
1.3
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
6Arthur Marshall
A. Marshall
158.3
20
2
2
100.0
111
55.5
5.6
2
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
7Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
33
33.0
1.7
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
8Mike Guman
M. Guman
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
31
31.0
1.6
1
0
100.0
0.0
9Bubba Bean
B. Bean
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
49
49.0
2.5
1
0
100.0
0.0
10Archie Griffin
A. Griffin
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
18
18.0
0.9
1
0
100.0
0.0
11Willie Miller
W. Miller
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
26
26.0
1.3
1
0
100.0
0.0
12Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
158.3
20
11
13
84.6
186
14.3
9.3
2
0
15.4
0.0
13Cotton Speyrer
C. Speyrer
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
54
54.0
2.7
1
0
100.0
0.0
14Larry Walton
L. Walton
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
43
43.0
2.2
1
0
100.0
0.0
15Les Josephson
L. Josephson
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
15
15.0
0.8
1
0
100.0
0.0
16Mike Lind
M. Lind
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
69
69.0
3.5
1
0
100.0
0.0
17Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
158.3
20
1
1
100.0
27
27.0
1.4
1
0
100.0
0.0
18Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
156.3
20
3
4
75.0
100
25.0
5.0
2
0
50.0
0.0
19Cedrick Wilson Jr.
C. Wilson Jr.
154.2
20
2
2
100.0
23
11.5
1.2
1
0
50.0
0.0
0
0
20Spencer Lanning
S. Lanning
152.1
20
1
1
100.0
11
11.0
0.6
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
21Gerry McDougall
G. McDougall
152.1
20
1
1
100.0
11
11.0
0.6
1
0
100.0
0.0
22Joe Washington
J. Washington
149.3
20
2
3
66.7
86
28.7
4.3
2
0
66.7
0.0
23Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
149.3
20
2
3
66.7
115
38.3
5.8
2
0
66.7
0.0
24Johnny Hekker
J. Hekker
147.9
20
3
4
75.0
42
10.5
2.1
1
0
25.0
0.0
0
0
25Willard Harrell
W. Harrell
141.4
20
4
7
57.1
101
14.4
5.1
4
0
57.1
0.0
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.559
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14
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11
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14
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0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
0
.176