highest qb rating rookie quarterback first game minimum 19 completions

Bo Nix had a passer rating of 152.4 with 19+ completions in his rookie season versus the Chiefs on January 5, 2025.

NAMERTGCMPDATETMOPPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bo Nix
B. Nix
152.4
26
1/5/2025
vs
29
89.7
321
11.1
4
0
13.8
0.0
0
0
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
147.8
30
11/5/2023
vs
42
71.4
470
11.2
5
0
11.9
0.0
3
27
3Bo Nix
B. Nix
145.0
28
11/17/2024
vs
33
84.8
307
9.3
4
0
12.1
0.0
1
12
4Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
143.9
19
11/25/2018
@
26
73.1
258
9.9
4
0
15.4
0.0
0
0
5Tyler Shough
T. Shough
142.7
22
12/28/2025
@
27
81.5
333
12.3
2
0
7.4
0.0
2
13
6Mac Jones
M. Jones
142.1
19
11/14/2021
vs
23
82.6
198
8.6
3
0
13.0
0.0
2
15
7Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
141.8
21
11/6/2016
@
27
77.8
247
9.1
3
0
11.1
0.0
0
0
8Davis Mills
D. Mills
141.7
21
10/10/2021
vs
29
72.4
312
10.8
3
0
10.3
0.0
3
19
9Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
141.7
21
9/23/2024
@
23
91.3
254
11.0
2
0
8.7
0.0
2
6
10Derek Carr
D. Carr
140.2
22
12/7/2014
vs
28
78.6
254
9.1
3
0
10.7
0.0
1
9
11Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
139.9
19
9/9/2012
@
26
73.1
320
12.3
2
0
7.7
0.0
2
14
12Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
137.9
20
10/4/2020
@
25
80.0
290
11.6
3
1
12.0
4.0
2
12
13Mike Glennon
M. Glennon
137.5
20
11/17/2013
vs
23
87.0
231
10.0
2
0
8.7
0.0
2
7
14Drew Lock
D. Lock
136.0
22
12/8/2019
@
27
81.5
309
11.4
3
1
11.1
3.7
1
8
15Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
135.7
28
11/8/2015
@
39
71.8
371
9.5
4
0
10.3
0.0
0
0
16C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
134.1
20
1/6/2024
@
26
76.9
264
10.2
2
0
7.7
0.0
2
18
17Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
134.1
22
1/3/2021
@
31
71.0
302
9.7
3
0
9.7
0.0
3
21
18Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
132.6
19
12/19/2010
@
25
76.0
243
9.7
2
0
8.0
0.0
4
24
19Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
132.4
19
10/5/2003
vs
28
67.9
336
12.0
2
0
7.1
0.0
3
23
20Daniel Jones
D. Jones
132.1
28
12/22/2019
@
42
66.7
352
8.4
5
0
11.9
0.0
1
6
21Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
131.8
19
11/22/2012
@
27
70.4
304
11.3
4
1
14.8
3.7
3
16
22Scott Tinsley
S. Tinsley
131.7
24
10/11/1987
@
34
70.6
338
9.9
3
0
8.8
0.0
4
37
23Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
131.7
36
11/10/2002
vs
48
75.0
453
9.4
4
0
8.3
0.0
0
0
24Jameis Winston
J. Winston
131.6
19
11/22/2015
@
29
65.5
246
8.5
5
0
17.2
0.0
1
8
25Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
131.5
21
12/9/2001
vs
31
67.7
348
11.2
4
1
12.9
3.2
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for completions and passer rating going back to the 1950 season.

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.471
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