highest passer rating by a qb in there first 16 games

Joe Theismann had the highest passer rating by a quarterback in his first 16 games, with a 158.3 rating.

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Data note: Passer Rating: player game data complete from 1950

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	158.3	16	10	12	83.3	175	14.6	10.9	2	0	16.7	0.0
2	Bob Lee B. Lee	115.3	16	7	11	63.6	79	7.2	4.9	1	0	9.1	0.0
3	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	111.8	16	391	591	66.2	5,100	8.6	318.8	48	12	8.1	2.0	28	186
4	Dan Manucci D. Manucci	111.1	16	5	6	83.3	64	10.7	4.0	0	0	0.0	0.0
5	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	110.3	16	236	345	68.4	2,962	8.6	185.1	21	4	6.1	1.2	22	146
6	Kurt Warner K. Warner	110.2	16	317	486	65.2	4,251	8.7	265.7	39	11	8.0	2.3	27	186
7	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	108.5	16	62	91	68.1	684	7.5	42.8	5	0	5.5	0.0	8	51
8	Matt Cavanaugh M. Cavanaugh	108.3	16	1	1	100.0	10	10.0	0.6	0	0	0.0	0.0
9	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	104.9	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	229.2	23	4	5.0	0.9	25	143
10	C.J. Stroud	103.5	16	335	520	64.4	4,382	8.4	273.9	26	5	5.0	1.0	38	331
11	Steve Dils S. Dils	102.7	16	32	51	62.7	352	6.9	22.0	3	0	5.9	0.0
12	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	101.7	16	311	489	63.6	4,088	8.4	255.5	36	15	7.4	3.1	49	265
13	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	101.2	16	268	412	65.0	3,284	8.0	205.3	22	6	5.3	1.5	32	233
14	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	101.2	16	325	468	69.4	3,530	7.5	220.6	25	9	5.3	1.9	43	220
15	Dan Marino D. Marino	100.8	16	265	440	60.2	3,501	8.0	218.8	34	11	7.7	2.5	10	80
16	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	100.0	16	252	393	64.1	3,118	7.9	194.9	26	10	6.6	2.5	33	203
17	Rob Johnson R. Johnson	99.4	16	92	142	64.8	1,278	9.0	79.9	10	6	7.0	4.2	36	205
18	Doug Pederson D. Pederson	99.4	16	14	25	56.0	144	5.8	9.0	2	0	8.0	0.0	1	4
19	Jamie Martin J. Martin	98.9	16	72	112	64.3	903	8.1	56.4	7	3	6.3	2.7	6	44
20	Nick Foles N. Foles	98.7	16	285	461	61.8	3,490	7.6	218.1	25	5	5.4	1.1	37	233
21	Todd Bouman T. Bouman	98.6	16	61	108	56.5	961	8.9	60.1	9	4	8.3	3.7	8	57
22	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	98.6	16	247	367	67.3	2,798	7.6	174.9	17	6	4.6	1.6	23	145
23	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	97.9	16	139	223	62.3	1,849	8.3	115.6	10	3	4.5	1.3	16	112
24	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	97.3	16	427	642	66.5	4,673	7.3	292.1	32	11	5.0	1.7	34	221
25	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	97.3	16	290	464	62.5	3,840	8.3	240.0	32	16	6.9	3.4	34	181

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,499

Daniels

RUSH

280

Daniels

REC

386

Diggs

Team Rankings

PPG

21.8

21st

OPP PPG

24.8

20th

RUSH YDS/G

116.8

14th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

22nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/23	CIN	@	WAS	8:15 PM
Sun 11/29	WAS	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 12/6	WAS	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	HOU	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Sun 12/20	ATL	@	WAS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Commanders

3 - 5 - 1

Final

Giants

5 - 3 - 1

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

Love

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Likely

7

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Rousseau

8.0

Young

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.0

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

14.5

15.1

17.9

18.0

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

101.5

Likely

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Bowers

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McBride

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Shrader

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McLaughlin

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3-6

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000