lowest career passer rating nfl history by a player

Frank Tripucka has the lowest career passer rating, with a 52.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
lowest career passer rating with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts NFL history by a player
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
52.2
1,745
75
879
50.4
10,282
5.9
137.1
69
124
4.0
7.1
2Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
52.6
1,799
119
886
49.2
10,506
5.8
88.3
55
108
3.1
6.0
172
1,514
3Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
54.9
1,752
111
770
43.9
11,760
6.7
105.9
73
108
4.2
6.2
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
56.8
2,907
149
1,329
45.7
18,850
6.5
126.5
148
191
5.1
6.6
5Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
57.3
3,073
122
1,436
46.7
21,218
6.9
173.9
114
183
3.7
6.0
21
187
6Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
59.1
3,055
140
1,556
50.9
18,515
6.1
132.3
103
161
3.4
5.3
246
2,229
7Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
59.6
3,330
189
1,552
46.6
22,681
6.8
120.0
178
220
5.3
6.6
0
0
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
60.6
4,007
340
1,911
47.7
26,920
6.7
79.2
236
277
5.9
6.9
12
94
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
61.4
1,796
134
898
50.0
13,399
7.5
100.0
104
141
5.8
7.9
10Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
61.6
1,617
91
814
50.3
11,849
7.3
130.2
97
128
6.0
7.9
11Mark Malone
M. Malone
61.9
1,648
73
839
50.9
10,175
6.2
139.4
60
81
3.6
4.9
86
671
12Ed Brown
E. Brown
62.8
1,987
154
949
47.8
15,600
7.9
101.3
102
138
5.1
6.9
13Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
63.3
1,509
132
756
50.1
9,414
6.2
71.3
49
63
3.2
4.2
115
837
14Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
63.3
1,751
91
912
52.1
11,295
6.5
124.1
56
83
3.2
4.7
152
1,392
15Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
63.3
1,644
67
873
53.1
10,243
6.2
152.9
42
69
2.6
4.2
103
717
16Bobby Layne
B. Layne
63.4
3,700
175
1,814
49.0
26,768
7.2
153.0
196
243
5.3
6.6
17Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
63.5
2,043
80
1,088
53.3
11,969
5.9
149.6
50
76
2.4
3.7
199
1,038
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
65.5
3,762
140
1,886
50.1
27,663
7.4
197.6
173
220
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
19Norm Snead
N. Snead
65.5
4,353
178
2,276
52.3
30,797
7.1
173.0
196
257
4.5
5.9
94
744
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
66.6
5,076
201
2,593
51.1
34,665
6.8
172.5
209
247
4.1
4.9
243
1,936
21Archie Manning
A. Manning
67.1
3,642
151
2,011
55.2
23,911
6.6
158.4
125
173
3.4
4.8
396
3,092
22Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
67.3
3,149
140
1,669
53.0
21,115
6.7
150.8
111
141
3.5
4.5
213
1,585
23John Hadl
J. Hadl
67.4
4,687
224
2,363
50.4
33,503
7.1
149.6
244
268
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
24Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
67.5
3,701
157
1,943
52.5
25,882
7.0
164.9
164
198
4.4
5.3
380
3,279
25Richard Todd
R. Todd
67.6
2,967
119
1,610
54.3
20,610
6.9
173.2
124
161
4.2
5.4
264
2,127
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