most interceptions thrown through the first 8 games in nfl history

Kim McQuilken and Jim Hardy are tied for the most interceptions in their first 8 games, with 18 interceptions.

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Data note: Intercepted Passes: player game data complete from 1950

	NAME	INT	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Kim McQuilken K. McQuilken	18	8	54	140	38.6	626	4.5	78.3	1	15.7	0.7	12.9
2	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	18	8	70	164	42.7	1,007	6.1	125.9	13	50.1	7.9	11.0
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	17	8	101	191	52.9	1,483	7.8	185.4	8	55.4	4.2	8.9
4	Peyton Manning P. Manning	16	8	161	292	55.1	1,873	6.4	234.1	11	64.5	3.8	5.5	12	64
5	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	16	8	98	231	42.4	1,094	4.7	136.8	7	38.4	3.0	6.9
6	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	16	8	115	250	46.0	1,480	5.9	185.0	6	46.4	2.4	6.4
7	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	16	8	91	177	51.4	1,233	7.0	154.1	2	40.1	1.1	9.0
8	Chris Miller C. Miller	15	8	114	232	49.1	1,467	6.3	183.4	6	51.1	2.6	6.5	17	135
9	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	15	8	66	147	44.9	902	6.1	112.8	3	32.3	2.0	10.2
10	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	15	8	65	158	41.1	972	6.2	121.5	3	28.8	1.9	9.5
11	Norm Snead N. Snead	15	8	89	211	42.2	1,232	5.8	154.0	6	41.4	2.8	7.1
12	Frankie Albert F. Albert	15	8	105	201	52.2	1,164	5.8	145.5	10	55.2	5.0	7.5
13	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	14	8	176	278	63.3	1,921	6.9	240.1	8	72.2	2.9	5.0	23	138
14	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	14	8	122	228	53.5	1,412	6.2	176.5	9	60.1	3.9	6.1	16	88
15	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	14	8	170	308	55.2	1,911	6.2	238.9	11	66.9	3.6	4.5	19	128
16	Y.A. Tittle	14	8	100	193	51.8	1,226	6.4	153.3	2	45.0	1.0	7.3
17	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	14	8	71	160	44.4	1,148	7.2	143.5	9	51.3	5.6	8.8
18	Geno Smith G. Smith	13	8	150	253	59.3	1,882	7.4	235.3	8	71.6	3.2	5.1	28	218
19	Trent Dilfer T. Dilfer	13	8	80	164	48.8	1,052	6.4	131.5	3	42.5	1.8	7.9	18	107
20	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	13	8	109	213	51.2	1,388	6.5	173.5	8	59.0	3.8	6.1	10	84
21	Oliver Luck O. Luck	13	8	128	221	57.9	1,445	6.5	180.6	9	66.7	4.1	5.9	16	138
22	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	13	8	84	158	53.2	1,107	7.0	138.4	3	47.6	1.9	8.2	18	175
23	Tom Owen T. Owen	13	8	68	145	46.9	1,091	7.5	136.4	9	55.8	6.2	9.0
24	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	13	8	52	126	41.3	716	5.7	89.5	8	41.7	6.3	10.3
25	Bob Griese B. Griese	13	8	104	203	51.2	1,204	5.9	150.5	7	54.3	3.4	6.4

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