the worst quarterback rating in a season

Bud Schwenk has the worst passer rating in a season, with a 25.5 rating in his rookie season in 1942.

Interpreted as:
the worst quarterback rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player in a season
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
25.5
1942
CHC CHC
11
126
295
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
2.0
9.2
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
1950
GB GB
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
3Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
27.9
1948
GB GB
12
82
184
44.6
848
4.6
70.7
5
21
2.7
11.4
4Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
28.3
1952
TOT
12
91
186
48.9
809
4.3
67.4
3
17
1.6
9.1
5George Herring
G. Herring
30.0
1961
DEN DEN
14
93
211
44.1
1,160
5.5
82.9
5
22
2.4
10.4
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
7Parker Hall
P. Hall
30.5
1941
CLE CLE
10
84
190
44.2
863
4.5
86.3
7
19
3.7
10.0
8Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
1966
MIA MIA
14
83
230
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
9Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
30.8
1976
BUF BUF
11
82
232
35.3
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
3.0
6.9
22
166
10Jug Girard
J. Girard
31.6
1949
GB GB
12
62
175
35.4
881
5.0
73.4
4
12
2.3
6.9
11Tobin Rote
T. Rote
32.4
1953
GB GB
12
72
185
38.9
1,005
5.4
83.8
5
15
2.7
8.1
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
13Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
1970
BOS BOS
11
98
219
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
14Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
15Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.8
1955
CHC CHC
12
78
207
37.7
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
5.3
9.2
16Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
1962
TOT
14
119
321
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
17Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
225
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
18Parker Hall
P. Hall
38.7
1940
CLE CLE
11
77
183
42.1
1,108
6.1
100.7
7
16
3.8
8.7
19Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
1998
SD SD
10
111
245
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
20Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39.2
1947
LA LA
12
96
221
43.4
1,210
5.5
100.8
8
18
3.6
8.1
21Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
22Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.9
1976
NYJ NYJ
11
114
230
49.6
1,090
4.7
99.1
4
16
1.7
7.0
16
150
23Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
1978
SF SF
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
24Ace Parker
A. Parker
40.2
1939
BKN
11
72
157
45.9
977
6.2
88.8
4
13
2.5
8.3
25Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
40.4
1960
CHI CHI
11
87
175
49.7
1,051
6.0
95.5
6
21
3.4
12.0
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

21.9

19th

OPP PPG

22.0

13th

RUSH YDS/G

110.4

20th

PASS YDS/G

223.0

19th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
ARI ARI
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

4 - 1 - 1

27

Final

23

ARI Cardinals

2 - 5 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM