highest passer rating in first career start minimum 20 attempts

29 quarterbacks are tied for the best passer rating by a quarterback as a starter in a game with 20+ passing attempts, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Y.A. Tittle on November 10, 1963, Johnny Unitas on November 12, 1967 and Ken Anderson on November 3, 1974.

Interpreted as:
highest passer rating by a player in first career start minimum 20 passing attempts in a game
NAME RTG ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 Jeff Blake
J. Blake
158.3
22
10/19/1995
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
18
81.8
275
12.5
3
0
13.6
0.0
0
0
8 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
158.3
21
10/3/1999
STL STL
@
CIN CIN
17
81.0
310
14.8
3
0
14.3
0.0
2
11
9 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
158.3
30
10/1/2000
STL STL
vs
SD SD
24
80.0
390
13.0
4
0
13.3
0.0
2
14
10 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
20
10/22/2000
IND IND
vs
NE NE
16
80.0
268
13.4
3
0
15.0
0.0
0
0
11 Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
158.3
25
12/23/2000
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
20
80.0
366
14.6
3
0
12.0
0.0
0
0
12 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
23
11/10/2002
IND IND
@
PHI PHI
18
78.3
319
13.9
3
0
13.0
0.0
0
0
13 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
158.3
29
12/22/2002
NYG NYG
@
IND IND
23
79.3
366
12.6
4
0
13.8
0.0
0
0
14 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
25
9/28/2003
IND IND
@
NO NO
20
80.0
314
12.6
6
0
24.0
0.0
1
9
15 Trent Green
T. Green
158.3
25
12/14/2003
KC KC
vs
DET DET
20
80.0
341
13.6
3
0
12.0
0.0
0
0
16 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
26
1/4/2004
IND IND
vs
DEN DEN
22
84.6
377
14.5
5
0
19.2
0.0
0
0
17 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
158.3
26
9/23/2007
PHI PHI
vs
DET DET
21
80.8
381
14.7
4
0
15.4
0.0
1
5
18 Tom Brady
T. Brady
158.3
25
10/21/2007
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
21
84.0
354
14.2
6
0
24.0
0.0
1
10
19 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
158.3
20
12/20/2007
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
16
80.0
261
13.1
3
0
15.0
0.0
4
34
20 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
158.3
24
9/14/2008
ARI ARI
vs
MIA MIA
19
79.2
361
15.0
3
0
12.5
0.0
2
12
21 Drew Brees
D. Brees
158.3
23
11/30/2009
NO NO
vs
NE NE
18
78.3
371
16.1
5
0
21.7
0.0
1
4
22 Tom Brady
T. Brady
158.3
27
11/25/2010
NE NE
@
DET DET
21
77.8
341
12.6
4
0
14.8
0.0
1
3
23 Nick Foles
N. Foles
158.3
28
11/3/2013
PHI PHI
@
OAK OAK
22
78.6
406
14.5
7
0
25.0
0.0
1
1
24 Alex Smith
A. Smith
158.3
20
12/15/2013
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
17
85.0
287
14.4
5
0
25.0
0.0
2
12
25 Geno Smith
G. Smith
158.3
25
12/28/2014
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
20
80.0
358
14.3
3
0
12.0
0.0
1
6
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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14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
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.706
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10
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Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
KC KC
@
NYG NYG
8:20 PM
Sun
9/28
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@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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10/5
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@
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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
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3
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.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
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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
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2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
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6
0
.647

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
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Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
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Sat
10/12
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@
CAR CAR
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Sat
10/12
DET DET
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DAL DAL
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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