lowest passer rating in a season minimum 200 passes

Bud Schwenk has the worst passer rating with 200+ passing attempts in a season, with a 25.5 rating in his rookie season in 1942.

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating by a player in a season minimum 200 passes
NAMERTGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
25.5
295
1942
CHC CHC
11
126
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
2.0
9.2
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
224
1950
GB GB
12
83
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
3George Herring
G. Herring
30.0
211
1961
DEN DEN
14
93
44.1
1,160
5.5
82.9
5
22
2.4
10.4
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
218
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
5Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
230
1966
MIA MIA
14
83
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
6Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
30.8
232
1976
BUF BUF
11
82
35.3
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
3.0
6.9
22
166
7Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
255
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
8Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
219
1970
BOS BOS
11
98
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
9Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
215
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
10Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.8
207
1955
CHC CHC
12
78
37.7
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
5.3
9.2
11Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
321
1962
TOT
14
119
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
12Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
225
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
13Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
245
1998
SD SD
10
111
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
14Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39.2
221
1947
LA LA
12
96
43.4
1,210
5.5
100.8
8
18
3.6
8.1
15Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
277
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
16Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.9
230
1976
NYJ NYJ
11
114
49.6
1,090
4.7
99.1
4
16
1.7
7.0
16
150
17Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
302
1978
SF SF
12
137
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
18Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
40.9
283
1960
DET DET
11
134
47.3
1,599
5.7
145.4
2
18
0.7
6.4
19Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
41.0
254
1950
CHB CHB
12
121
47.6
1,731
6.8
144.3
4
21
1.6
8.3
20Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
42.3
241
1977
NYG NYG
13
103
42.7
1,346
5.6
103.5
4
14
1.7
5.8
32
262
21Paul Christman
P. Christman
42.6
219
1945
CHC CHC
8
89
40.6
1,147
5.2
143.4
5
12
2.3
5.5
22John Hadl
J. Hadl
43.3
260
1962
SD SD
14
107
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
5.8
9.2
23John McCormick
J. McCormick
43.5
253
1965
DEN DEN
14
103
40.7
1,292
5.1
92.3
7
14
2.8
5.5
24Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
43.8
270
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
2.6
7.8
20
152
25Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
43.8
231
1967
TOT
11
94
40.7
1,114
4.8
101.3
9
14
3.9
6.1
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