nfl players best qb rating during first 40 games

39 players were tied for the highest passer rating in their first 40 games, with a 158.3 rating. The first three are Cedrick Wilson Jr., Jakobi Meyers and Kevin Byard III.

	NAME	RTG	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cedrick Wilson Jr. C. Wilson Jr.	158.3	40	5	5	100.0	111	22.2	2.8	1	0	20.0	0.0	0	0
2	Jakobi Meyers J. Meyers	158.3	40	4	4	100.0	88	22.0	2.2	2	0	50.0	0.0	0	0
3	Kevin Byard III K. Byard III	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	66	66.0	1.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
4	Willie Snead W. Snead	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	50	50.0	1.3	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
5	Marqise Lee M. Lee	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	20	20.0	0.5	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
6	Mohamed Sanu M. Sanu	158.3	40	5	5	100.0	177	35.4	4.4	2	0	40.0	0.0	1	6
7	Brandon Banks B. Banks	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	49	49.0	1.2	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
8	Golden Tate G. Tate	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
9	Tim Masthay T. Masthay	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	27	27.0	0.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
10	Mohamed Massaquoi M. Massaquoi	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	29	29.0	0.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
11	Fred Jackson F. Jackson	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	27	27.0	0.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
12	Mark Bradley M. Bradley	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	37	37.0	0.9	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
13	Clinton Portis C. Portis	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	15	15.0	0.4	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
14	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	25	25.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	1	4
15	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	21	21.0	0.5	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
16	Bubba Franks B. Franks	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	31	31.0	0.8	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
17	Randy Moss R. Moss	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	27	27.0	0.7	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
18	Tyrone Wheatley T. Wheatley	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	24	24.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Curtis Conway C. Conway	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
20	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	158.3	40	2	2	100.0	55	27.5	1.4	2	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
21	Arthur Marshall A. Marshall	158.3	40	2	2	100.0	111	55.5	2.8	2	0	100.0	0.0	1	8
22	Blair Thomas B. Thomas	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	0.4	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
23	Keith Henderson K. Henderson	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	36	36.0	0.9	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
24	D.J. Dozier	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	19	19.0	0.5	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0
25	Roger Ruzek R. Ruzek	158.3	40	1	1	100.0	22	22.0	0.6	1	0	100.0	0.0	0	0

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