lowest passer rating nfl history quarterback

Frank Tripucka has the worst career passer rating by a quarterback, with a 52.2 rating.

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating with a minimum of 1500 passing attempts NFL history quarterback
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
59.8
3,153
177
1,475
46.8
21,265
6.7
120.1
165
203
5.2
6.4
0
0
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
60.8
3,653
180
1,750
47.9
24,622
6.7
136.8
208
248
5.7
6.8
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
61.4
1,796
134
898
50.0
13,399
7.5
100.0
104
141
5.8
7.9
10Ed Brown
E. Brown
61.6
1,886
128
896
47.5
14,591
7.7
114.0
94
131
5.0
6.9
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
12Mike 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
13Mike 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
14Jack 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
15Bobby Layne
B. Layne
63.4
3,700
175
1,814
49.0
26,768
7.2
153.0
196
243
5.3
6.6
16Rick 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
17Joe 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
18Norm 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
19Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
66.4
2,534
149
1,256
49.6
17,313
6.8
116.2
151
154
6.0
6.1
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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