highest passer rating through a quarterbacks first 8 playoff games

5 quarterbacks had a passer rating of 158.3. The first three are Don Meredith on December 24, 1967, Terry Bradshaw on December 19, 1976 and Dave Krieg on December 24, 1983 and on January 8, 1994.

NAMERTGDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Don Meredith
D. Meredith
158.3
12/24/1967
NFL Divisional
vs
11
13
84.6
212
16.3
2
0
15.4
0.0
1
2
2Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
158.3
12/19/1976
AFC Divisional
@
14
18
77.8
264
14.7
3
0
16.7
0.0
1
7
3Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
158.3
12/24/1983
AFC Wild Card
vs
12
13
92.3
200
15.4
3
0
23.1
0.0
2
21
4Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
158.3
1/8/1994
AFC Wild Card
vs
1
1
100.0
23
23.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
5Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
1/4/2004
AFC Wild Card
vs
22
26
84.6
377
14.5
5
0
19.2
0.0
0
0
6Jameis Winston
J. Winston
158.3
1/17/2021
NFC Divisional
vs
1
1
100.0
56
56.0
1
0
100.0
0.0
0
0
7Josh Allen
J. Allen
157.6
1/15/2022
AFC Wild Card
vs
21
25
84.0
308
12.3
5
0
20.0
0.0
0
0
8C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
157.2
1/13/2024
AFC Wild Card
vs
16
21
76.2
274
13.0
3
0
14.3
0.0
0
0
9Jordan Love
J. Love
157.2
1/14/2024
NFC Wild Card
@
16
21
76.2
272
13.0
3
0
14.3
0.0
0
0
10Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
156.3
12/8/1940
NFL Championship
@
3
4
75.0
88
22.0
1
0
25.0
0.0
0
0
11Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
155.8
1/11/1981
AFC Championship
@
14
18
77.8
261
14.5
2
0
11.1
0.0
6
37
12Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
154.5
1/17/2022
NFC Wild Card
vs
13
17
76.5
202
11.9
2
0
11.8
0.0
1
7
13Kurt Warner
K. Warner
154.1
1/10/2010
NFC Wild Card
vs
29
33
87.9
379
11.5
5
0
15.2
0.0
1
4
14David Woodley
D. Woodley
153.8
1/8/1983
AFC Wild Card
vs
16
19
84.2
246
12.9
2
0
10.5
0.0
2
12
15Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
152.2
1/12/1992
NFC Championship
vs
12
17
70.6
228
13.4
2
0
11.8
0.0
0
0
16Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
152.1
12/30/1956
NFL Championship
vs
7
10
70.0
195
19.5
2
0
20.0
0.0
17Phil Simms
P. Simms
150.9
1/25/1987
Super Bowl
vs
22
25
88.0
268
10.7
3
0
12.0
0.0
1
5
18Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
150.8
1/9/1994
AFC Wild Card
vs
13
19
68.4
294
15.5
3
0
15.8
0.0
2
3
19Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
150.4
1/8/1983
NFC Wild Card
vs
17
23
73.9
260
11.3
4
0
17.4
0.0
0
0
20Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
149.3
12/23/1951
NFL Championship
vs
4
6
66.7
128
21.3
1
0
16.7
0.0
0
0
21Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
149.2
1/10/2015
NFC Divisional
vs
15
22
68.2
268
12.2
3
0
13.6
0.0
2
20
22Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
149.1
1/8/1983
NFC Wild Card
vs
14
19
73.7
210
11.1
3
0
15.8
0.0
2
19
23Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
148.7
1/8/2006
AFC Wild Card
@
14
19
73.7
208
10.9
3
0
15.8
0.0
1
6
24Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
148.6
12/31/1972
NFC Championship
vs
14
18
77.8
194
10.8
2
0
11.1
0.0
0
0
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
147.7
1/1/1984
NFC Divisional
vs
18
23
78.3
302
13.1
2
0
8.7
0.0
0
0

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Cowboys Cowboys
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30

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