list of highest passer ratings in a qbs first 8 playoff games

Peyton Manning and Dave Krieg were tied for the best passer rating by a quarterback in a playoff game in their first 8 games, with a 158.3 rating.

NAMERTGDATEROUNDTMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton 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
2Dave 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
3Josh 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
4Jim 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
5Matthew 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
6Mark 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
7Phil 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
8Russell 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
9Joe 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
10Ben 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
11Joe 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
12Peyton Manning
P. Manning
145.7
1/9/2005
AFC Wild Card
vs
27
33
81.8
458
13.9
4
1
12.1
3.0
1
4
13Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
145.0
1/25/1981
Super Bowl
@
13
21
61.9
261
12.4
3
0
14.3
0.0
1
1
14Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
144.7
1/23/1994
NFC Championship
vs
14
18
77.8
177
9.8
2
0
11.1
0.0
1
7
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
144.1
2/5/2017
Super Bowl
vs
17
23
73.9
284
12.3
2
0
8.7
0.0
5
44
16Bart Starr
B. Starr
143.5
1/1/1967
NFL Championship
@
19
28
67.9
304
10.9
4
0
14.3
0.0
5
39
17Kurt Warner
K. Warner
143.0
1/16/2000
NFC Divisional
vs
27
33
81.8
391
11.8
5
1
15.2
3.0
2
17
18Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
142.9
12/28/1969
NFL Divisional
vs
4
5
80.0
44
8.8
1
0
20.0
0.0
0
0
19Bob Lee
B. Lee
141.2
1/9/1977
Super Bowl
vs
7
9
77.8
81
9.0
1
0
11.1
0.0
0
0
20Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
140.7
1/31/1993
Super Bowl
vs
22
30
73.3
273
9.1
4
0
13.3
0.0
1
2
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
139.4
1/22/2017
NFC Championship
vs
27
38
71.1
392
10.3
4
0
10.5
0.0
0
0
22Peyton Manning
P. Manning
138.8
1/11/2004
AFC Divisional
@
22
30
73.3
304
10.1
3
0
10.0
0.0
1
12
23Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
136.8
1/15/2011
NFC Divisional
@
31
36
86.1
366
10.2
3
0
8.3
0.0
2
20
24Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
136.6
1/15/2000
AFC Divisional
vs
5
9
55.6
105
11.7
2
0
22.2
0.0
2
14
25Josh Allen
J. Allen
136.0
1/23/2022
AFC Divisional
@
27
37
73.0
329
8.9
4
0
10.8
0.0
2
16

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PASS

3,101

Jones

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RUSH

1,585

Taylor

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REC

1,003

Pierce

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PPG

27.4

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OPP PPG

24.2

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RUSH YDS/G

118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

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TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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IND Colts

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30

Final

38

HOU Texans

12 - 5

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
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10/12
@
18-27

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/27
@
4:25 PM