worst passer rating in a season with at least 300 passing attempts

Cotton Davidson has the worst passer rating with 300+ passing attempts in a season, with a 36.1 rating in 1962.

Interpreted as:
worst passer rating by a player in a season with at least 300 passing attempts
NAMERTGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
321
1962
TOT
14
119
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
2Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
40.0
302
1978
SF SF
12
137
45.4
1,570
5.2
130.8
8
22
2.6
7.3
17
156
3Archie Manning
A. Manning
44.3
338
1975
NO NO
13
159
47.0
1,683
5.0
129.5
7
20
2.1
5.9
49
390
4Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
44.9
303
1953
NYG NYG
12
143
47.2
1,711
5.6
142.6
13
25
4.3
8.3
5Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
45.7
355
1972
NE NE
14
169
47.6
2,196
6.2
156.9
8
25
2.3
7.0
39
385
6Mark Malone
M. Malone
46.7
336
1987
PIT PIT
12
156
46.4
1,896
5.6
158.0
6
19
1.8
5.7
18
151
7Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
47.3
344
1961
DEN DEN
14
167
48.5
1,690
4.9
120.7
10
21
2.9
6.1
8Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
47.5
313
1975
CLE CLE
14
162
51.8
1,749
5.6
124.9
4
19
1.3
6.1
28
261
9Jim Finks
J. Finks
47.7
344
1955
PIT PIT
12
165
48.0
2,270
6.6
189.2
10
26
2.9
7.6
10George Blanda
G. Blanda
47.9
442
1965
HOU HOU
14
186
42.1
2,542
5.8
181.6
20
30
4.5
6.8
11Craig Whelihan
C. Whelihan
48.0
320
1998
SD SD
10
149
46.6
1,803
5.6
180.3
8
19
2.5
5.9
15
111
12Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
48.8
466
1988
TB TB
15
222
47.6
3,240
7.0
216.0
13
35
2.8
7.5
33
292
13Rusty Hilger
R. Hilger
48.9
306
1988
DET DET
11
126
41.2
1,558
5.1
141.6
7
12
2.3
3.9
31
251
14Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
49.3
309
1966
CHI CHI
14
147
47.6
1,858
6.0
132.7
10
21
3.2
6.8
15Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
49.5
439
1976
SEA SEA
14
208
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
2.7
6.2
25
196
16Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
50.0
426
1965
BOS BOS
14
173
40.6
2,597
6.1
185.5
18
26
4.2
6.1
17Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
50.0
369
1967
BUF BUF
14
161
43.6
2,503
6.8
178.8
14
26
3.8
7.0
18Al Dorow
A. Dorow
50.7
438
1961
NYT NYT
14
197
45.0
2,651
6.1
189.4
19
30
4.3
6.8
19Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
50.8
381
1999
ARI ARI
12
201
52.8
2,111
5.5
175.9
9
24
2.4
6.3
27
152
20Joe Namath
J. Namath
51.0
326
1975
NYJ NYJ
14
157
48.2
2,286
7.0
163.3
15
28
4.6
8.6
27
253
21Vince Evans
V. Evans
51.1
436
1981
CHI CHI
16
195
44.7
2,354
5.4
147.1
11
20
2.5
4.6
23
173
22Milt Plum
M. Plum
51.2
308
1965
DET DET
14
143
46.4
1,710
5.6
122.1
12
19
3.9
6.2
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
51.3
418
1962
HOU HOU
14
197
47.1
2,810
6.7
200.7
27
42
6.5
10.0
24Norm Snead
N. Snead
51.6
375
1961
WAS WAS
14
172
45.9
2,337
6.2
166.9
11
22
2.9
5.9
25Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
52.1
337
1963
BOS BOS
14
153
45.4
2,345
7.0
167.5
13
24
3.9
7.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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