minimum 25 attempts highest passer rating in a game

21 quarterbacks are tied for the best passer rating in a game with 25+ passing attempts, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Jared Goff on November 17 and on September 27, 2018, Baker Mayfield on December 17, 2023 and Brock Purdy on November 19, 2023.

Interpreted as:
minimum 25 passing attempts highest passer rating by a player in a regular-season game
NAME RTG ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS AVG TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Jared Goff
J. Goff
158.3
29
11/17/2024
DET DET
vs
JAX JAX
24
82.8
412
14.2
4
0
13.8
0.0
0
0
2 Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
158.3
28
12/17/2023
TB TB
@
GB GB
22
78.6
381
13.6
4
0
14.3
0.0
5
28
3 Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
158.3
25
11/19/2023
SF SF
vs
TB TB
21
84.0
333
13.3
3
0
12.0
0.0
4
28
4 Josh Allen
J. Allen
158.3
25
10/1/2023
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
21
84.0
320
12.8
4
0
16.0
0.0
2
10
5 Tom Brady
T. Brady
158.3
27
12/26/2020
TB TB
@
DET DET
22
81.5
348
12.9
4
0
14.8
0.0
1
7
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
158.3
31
10/20/2019
GB GB
vs
OAK OAK
25
80.6
429
13.8
5
0
16.1
0.0
1
8
7 Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
158.3
33
10/6/2019
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
28
84.8
426
12.9
5
0
15.2
0.0
0
0
8 Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
158.3
32
9/8/2019
DAL DAL
vs
NYG NYG
25
78.1
405
12.7
4
0
12.5
0.0
0
0
9 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
158.3
25
11/8/2018
PIT PIT
vs
CAR CAR
22
88.0
328
13.1
5
0
20.0
0.0
1
6
10 Jared Goff
J. Goff
158.3
33
9/27/2018
LAR LAR
vs
MIN MIN
26
78.8
465
14.1
5
0
15.2
0.0
1
9
11 Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
158.3
25
11/15/2015
WAS WAS
vs
NO NO
20
80.0
324
13.0
4
0
16.0
0.0
3
23
12 Geno Smith
G. Smith
158.3
25
12/28/2014
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
20
80.0
358
14.3
3
0
12.0
0.0
1
6
13 Nick Foles
N. Foles
158.3
28
11/3/2013
PHI PHI
@
OAK OAK
22
78.6
406
14.5
7
0
25.0
0.0
1
1
14 Tom Brady
T. Brady
158.3
27
11/25/2010
NE NE
@
DET DET
21
77.8
341
12.6
4
0
14.8
0.0
1
3
15 Tom Brady
T. Brady
158.3
25
10/21/2007
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
21
84.0
354
14.2
6
0
24.0
0.0
1
10
16 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
158.3
26
9/23/2007
PHI PHI
vs
DET DET
21
80.8
381
14.7
4
0
15.4
0.0
1
5
17 Trent Green
T. Green
158.3
25
12/14/2003
KC KC
vs
DET DET
20
80.0
341
13.6
3
0
12.0
0.0
0
0
18 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
158.3
25
9/28/2003
IND IND
@
NO NO
20
80.0
314
12.6
6
0
24.0
0.0
1
9
19 Kerry Collins
K. Collins
158.3
29
12/22/2002
NYG NYG
@
IND IND
23
79.3
366
12.6
4
0
13.8
0.0
0
0
20 Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
158.3
25
12/23/2000
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
20
80.0
366
14.6
3
0
12.0
0.0
0
0
21 Kurt Warner
K. Warner
158.3
30
10/1/2000
STL STL
vs
SD SD
24
80.0
390
13.0
4
0
13.3
0.0
2
14
22 Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
158.3
26
9/24/1995
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
23
88.5
352
13.5
4
0
15.4
0.0
1
2
23 Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
158.3
25
11/24/1994
DET DET
vs
BUF BUF
20
80.0
351
14.0
3
0
12.0
0.0
2
10
24 Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
158.3
32
11/2/1986
NYJ NYJ
@
SEA SEA
26
81.3
431
13.5
4
0
12.5
0.0
2
12
25 Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
157.9
28
12/8/2024
MIN MIN
vs
ATL ATL
22
78.6
347
12.4
5
0
17.9
0.0
4
29
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1950 season.

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34.8

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22.4

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238.0

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

2 - 3 - 0

24

Final

37

DET Lions

4 - 1 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM