lowest passer rating by a rookie quarterback since 1990

Since 1990, Ryan Leaf has the worst passer rating by a rookie quarterback, with a 39.0 rating in 1998.

Interpreted as:

lowest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a rookie quarterback since 1990

	NAME	RTG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	39.0	1998	SD	10	111	245	45.3	1,289	5.3	128.9	2	15	0.8	6.1	22	140
2	Andrew Walter A. Walter	55.8	2006	OAK	12	147	276	53.3	1,677	6.1	139.8	3	13	1.1	4.7	46	256
3	Craig Whelihan C. Whelihan	58.3	1997	SD	9	118	237	49.8	1,357	5.7	150.8	6	10	2.5	4.2	21	168
4	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	58.4	2010	CAR	13	157	299	52.5	1,558	5.2	119.8	3	9	1.0	3.0	33	223
5	Heath Shuler H. Shuler	59.6	1994	WAS	11	120	265	45.3	1,658	6.3	150.7	10	12	3.8	4.5	12	83
6	Kyle Orton K. Orton	59.7	2005	CHI	15	190	368	51.6	1,869	5.1	124.6	9	13	2.4	3.5	30	190
7	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	59.8	2009	TB	10	158	290	54.5	1,855	6.4	185.5	10	18	3.4	6.2	20	102
8	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	59.9	2002	DET	14	215	429	50.1	2,294	5.3	163.9	12	16	2.8	3.7	8	75
9	DeShone Kizer D. Kizer	60.5	2017	CLE	15	255	476	53.6	2,894	6.1	192.9	11	22	2.3	4.6	38	226
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	61.0	2009	DET	10	201	377	53.3	2,267	6.0	226.7	13	20	3.4	5.3	24	169
11	Kerry Collins K. Collins	61.9	1995	CAR	15	214	433	49.4	2,717	6.3	181.1	14	19	3.2	4.4	24	150
12	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	62.0	2001	CAR	15	293	540	54.3	2,931	5.4	195.4	11	19	2.0	3.5	26	177
13	Kyle Boller K. Boller	62.4	2003	BAL	11	116	224	51.8	1,260	5.6	114.5	7	9	3.1	4.0	17	92
14	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	62.4	2004	SF	8	123	226	54.4	1,231	5.4	153.9	6	9	2.7	4.0	13	94
15	David Carr D. Carr	62.8	2002	HOU	16	233	444	52.5	2,592	5.8	162.0	9	15	2.0	3.4	76	411
16	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	63.0	2009	NYJ	15	196	364	53.8	2,444	6.7	162.9	12	20	3.3	5.5	26	195
17	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	65.0	1993	NE	13	214	429	49.9	2,494	5.8	191.8	15	15	3.5	3.5	16	99
18	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	65.4	2011	JAX	15	210	413	50.8	2,214	5.4	147.6	12	11	2.9	2.7	40	293
19	Bruce Gradkowski B. Gradkowski	65.9	2006	TB	13	177	328	54.0	1,661	5.1	127.8	9	9	2.7	2.7	25	146
20	Chad Hutchinson C. Hutchinson	66.3	2002	DAL	9	127	250	50.8	1,555	6.2	172.8	7	8	2.8	3.2	34	265
21	Geno Smith G. Smith	66.5	2013	NYJ	16	247	443	55.8	3,046	6.9	190.4	12	21	2.7	4.7	43	315
22	Cade McNown C. McNown	66.7	1999	CHI	15	127	235	54.0	1,465	6.2	97.7	8	10	3.4	4.3	18	94
23	Vince Young V. Young	66.7	2006	TEN	15	184	357	51.5	2,199	6.2	146.6	12	13	3.4	3.6	25	129
24	Josh Rosen J. Rosen	66.7	2018	ARI	14	217	393	55.2	2,278	5.8	162.7	11	14	2.8	3.6	45	320
25	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	67.0	1993	SEA	16	274	486	56.4	2,833	5.8	177.1	12	17	2.5	3.5	47	235

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Ravens	7	8	0	.467
Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
Browns - e	3	12	0	.200
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