worst passer rating in a qb season nfl

Tobin Rote has the worst passer rating by a quarterback in a season, with a 26.7 rating in his rookie season in 1950.

Interpreted as:
worst passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game in a qb season NFL
NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
1950
12
83
224
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
2Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
27.9
1948
12
82
184
44.6
848
4.6
70.7
5
21
2.7
11.4
3Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
28.3
1952
TOT
12
91
186
48.9
809
4.3
67.4
3
17
1.6
9.1
4Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
1970
13
83
218
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
5Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
1966
14
83
230
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
6Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
30.8
1976
11
82
232
35.3
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
3.0
6.9
22
166
7Jug Girard
J. Girard
31.6
1949
12
62
175
35.4
881
5.0
73.4
4
12
2.3
6.9
8Tobin Rote
T. Rote
32.4
1953
12
72
185
38.9
1,005
5.4
83.8
5
15
2.7
8.1
9Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
1954
12
105
255
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
10Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
1970
11
98
219
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
11Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
1968
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
12Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.8
1955
12
78
207
37.7
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
5.3
9.2
13Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
1962
TOT
14
119
321
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
14Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
1971
12
91
225
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
15Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
1998
10
111
245
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
16Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39.2
1947
12
96
221
43.4
1,210
5.5
100.8
8
18
3.6
8.1
17Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
1940
11
124
277
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
18Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.9
1976
11
114
230
49.6
1,090
4.7
99.1
4
16
1.7
7.0
16
150
19Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
1978
12
137
302
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
20Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
40.4
1960
11
87
175
49.7
1,051
6.0
95.5
6
21
3.4
12.0
21Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
40.5
1952
11
84
181
46.4
890
4.9
80.9
5
13
2.8
7.2
22Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
40.9
1960
11
134
283
47.3
1,599
5.7
145.4
2
18
0.7
6.4
23Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
41.0
1950
12
121
254
47.6
1,731
6.8
144.3
4
21
1.6
8.3
24Fred Enke
F. Enke
41.9
1953
8
71
169
42.0
1,054
6.2
131.8
8
15
4.7
8.9
25Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
42.3
1977
13
103
241
42.7
1,346
5.6
103.5
4
14
1.7
5.8
32
262
StatMuse has season-level data for pass attempts per team game and passer rating going back to the 1932 season.

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