lowest quarterback rating with 500 attempts in a career since 1979

Since 1979, Ryan Leaf has the worst passer rating when throwing 500+ pass attempts, with a 50.0 rating.

Interpreted as:
lowest quarterback rating by a player with 500 or more passing attempts in a career since 1979
NAMERTGATTGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
50.0
655
25
317
48.4
3,666
5.6
146.6
14
36
2.1
5.5
65
377
2Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
51.7
611
30
293
48.0
3,741
6.1
124.7
21
40
3.4
6.5
53
464
3Craig Whelihan
C. Whelihan
52.4
557
19
267
47.9
3,160
5.7
166.3
14
29
2.5
5.2
36
279
4Heath Shuler
H. Shuler
54.3
593
29
292
49.2
3,691
6.2
127.3
15
33
2.5
5.6
46
291
5Mike McMahon
M. McMahon
55.1
515
29
229
44.5
2,867
5.6
98.9
15
21
2.9
4.1
55
338
6Scott Brunner
S. Brunner
56.3
1,046
73
512
48.9
6,457
6.2
88.5
29
54
2.8
5.2
71
518
7Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
58.3
684
66
359
52.5
4,506
6.6
68.3
23
43
3.4
6.3
76
494
8DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
58.9
518
18
275
53.1
3,081
5.9
171.2
11
24
2.1
4.6
42
264
9Todd Blackledge
T. Blackledge
60.2
881
46
424
48.1
5,286
6.0
114.9
29
38
3.3
4.3
73
583
10Tom Tupa
T. Tupa
60.5
504
220
259
51.4
3,430
6.8
15.6
12
25
2.4
5.0
47
372
11Josh Rosen
J. Rosen
61.1
513
24
277
54.0
2,864
5.6
119.3
12
21
2.3
4.1
61
413
12Randy Wright
R. Wright
61.4
1,119
46
602
53.8
7,106
6.4
154.5
31
57
2.8
5.1
85
603
13Jeff Rutledge
J. Rutledge
61.4
526
117
274
52.1
3,628
6.9
31.0
16
29
3.0
5.5
52
404
14Mark 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
15David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
61.9
547
31
286
52.3
3,478
6.4
112.2
17
27
3.1
4.9
54
412
16David Archer
D. Archer
61.9
661
55
336
50.8
4,337
6.6
78.9
18
30
2.7
4.5
89
642
17Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
62.2
709
29
386
54.4
3,904
5.5
134.6
15
26
2.1
3.7
47
298
18Doug Pederson
D. Pederson
62.3
522
100
286
54.8
2,762
5.3
27.6
12
19
2.3
3.6
40
244
19John Skelton
J. Skelton
63.0
602
20
320
53.2
3,707
6.2
185.4
15
25
2.5
4.2
47
325
20Pat Haden
P. Haden
63.1
598
27
320
53.5
3,854
6.4
142.7
20
31
3.3
5.2
53
435
21Danny Kanell
D. Kanell
63.2
956
43
491
51.4
5,129
5.4
119.3
31
34
3.2
3.6
63
512
22Mike 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
23Vince Evans
V. Evans
63.3
1,387
90
703
50.7
9,447
6.8
105.0
52
73
3.7
5.3
116
870
24Jack 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
25Jack Thompson
J. Thompson
63.4
845
51
449
53.1
5,315
6.3
104.2
33
45
3.9
5.3
85
695
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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11
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12
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
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14
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@
8:00 PM