highest passer rating in first career start minimum 10 attempts

40 quarterbacks are tied for the highest passer rating by a quarterback as a starter in a game with 10+ passing attempts, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Otto Graham on October 10, 1954, Y.A. Tittle on November 10, 1963 and Frank Ryan on December 12, 1964.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player in first career start minimum 10 passing attempts in a game
NAME RTG ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Otto Graham
O. Graham
158.3
18
10/10/1954
CLE CLE
vs
CHC CHC
14
77.8
266
14.8
3
0
16.7
0.0
2 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
158.3
20
11/10/1963
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
16
80.0
261
13.1
3
0
15.0
0.0
3 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
158.3
13
12/12/1964
CLE CLE
@
NYG NYG
12
92.3
202
15.5
5
0
38.5
0.0
4 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
158.3
14
10/24/1965
WAS WAS
@
STL STL
12
85.7
195
13.9
3
0
21.4
0.0
5 Joe Namath
J. Namath
158.3
15
10/22/1967
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
13
86.7
199
13.3
2
0
13.3
0.0
6 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
158.3
20
11/12/1967
BAL BAL
@
ATL ATL
17
85.0
370
18.5
4
0
20.0
0.0
7 Don Meredith
D. Meredith
158.3
13
12/24/1967
DAL DAL
vs
CLE CLE
11
84.6
212
16.3
2
0
15.4
0.0
1
2
8 Craig Morton
C. Morton
158.3
18
10/5/1969
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
14
77.8
261
14.5
3
0
16.7
0.0
9 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
158.3
18
10/25/1970
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
15
83.3
280
15.6
5
0
27.8
0.0
10 Dick Shiner
D. Shiner
158.3
15
9/16/1973
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
13
86.7
227
15.1
3
0
20.0
0.0
11 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
158.3
21
11/3/1974
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
17
81.0
297
14.1
3
0
14.3
0.0
12 Jim Hart
J. Hart
158.3
13
11/23/1975
STL STL
@
NYJ NYJ
11
84.6
242
18.6
2
0
15.4
0.0
13 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
158.3
18
12/19/1976
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
14
77.8
264
14.7
3
0
16.7
0.0
1
7
14 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
158.3
15
10/29/1978
CLE CLE
vs
BUF BUF
12
80.0
217
14.5
3
0
20.0
0.0
15 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
158.3
19
10/29/1978
NE NE
vs
NYJ NYJ
15
78.9
281
14.8
4
0
21.1
0.0
16 Craig Morton
C. Morton
158.3
18
9/27/1981
DEN DEN
vs
SD SD
17
94.4
308
17.1
4
0
22.2
0.0
2
17
17 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
158.3
13
12/24/1983
SEA SEA
vs
DEN DEN
12
92.3
200
15.4
3
0
23.1
0.0
2
21
18 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
158.3
13
9/23/1984
ATL ATL
vs
HOU HOU
11
84.6
195
15.0
3
0
23.1
0.0
2
10
19 Joe Montana
J. Montana
158.3
19
11/12/1989
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
16
84.2
270
14.2
3
0
15.8
0.0
2
6
20 Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
158.3
12
12/23/1990
NYJ NYJ
vs
NE NE
11
91.7
210
17.5
2
0
16.7
0.0
0
0
21 Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
158.3
10
10/15/1992
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
8
80.0
146
14.6
2
0
20.0
0.0
2
4
22 Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
158.3
11
12/26/1993
NE NE
vs
IND IND
9
81.8
143
13.0
2
0
18.2
0.0
0
0
23 Craig Erickson
C. Erickson
158.3
24
9/11/1994
TB TB
vs
IND IND
19
79.2
313
13.0
3
0
12.5
0.0
0
0
24 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
158.3
25
11/24/1994
DET DET
vs
BUF BUF
20
80.0
351
14.0
3
0
12.0
0.0
2
10
25 Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
158.3
26
9/24/1995
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
23
88.5
352
13.5
4
0
15.4
0.0
1
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
Bengals Bengals
9
8
0
.529
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14
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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
9/14
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
GB GB
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM