highest passer rating rookie season by #1 overall pick

Clint Longley has the best passer rating by a rookie #1 overall pick, with a 122.9 rating in 1974.

NAMERTGSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Clint Longley
C. Longley
122.9
1974
DAL DAL
2
12
21
57.1
209
10.0
104.5
2
0
9.5
0.0
2
18
2Bob Fenimore
B. Fenimore
95.1
1947
CHB CHB
10
2
3
66.7
27
9.0
2.7
0
0
0.0
0.0
3Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
93.7
2018
CLE CLE
14
310
486
63.8
3,725
7.7
266.1
27
14
5.6
2.9
25
173
4Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
89.8
2020
CIN CIN
10
264
404
65.3
2,688
6.7
268.8
13
5
3.2
1.2
32
231
5Caleb Williams
C. Williams
87.8
2024
CHI CHI
17
351
562
62.5
3,541
6.3
208.3
20
6
3.6
1.1
68
466
6Harry Gilmer
H. Gilmer
87.5
1948
WAS WAS
1
2
5
40.0
69
13.8
69.0
0
0
0.0
0.0
7Kyler Murray
K. Murray
87.4
2019
ARI ARI
16
349
542
64.4
3,722
6.9
232.6
20
12
3.7
2.2
48
309
8Billy Wade
B. Wade
86.1
1954
LA LA
10
31
59
52.5
509
8.6
50.9
2
1
3.4
1.7
9Cam Newton
C. Newton
84.5
2011
CAR CAR
16
310
517
60.0
4,051
7.8
253.2
21
17
4.1
3.3
35
260
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
84.2
2015
TB TB
16
312
535
58.3
4,042
7.6
252.6
22
15
4.1
2.8
27
190
11Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
77.3
2004
CIN CIN
13
263
432
60.9
2,897
6.7
222.8
18
18
4.2
4.2
25
178
12Andrew Luck
A. Luck
76.5
2012
IND IND
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
18
3.7
2.9
41
246
13Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
76.5
2010
STL STL
16
354
590
60.0
3,512
6.0
219.5
18
15
3.1
2.5
34
244
14Cam Ward
C. Ward
74.9
2025
TEN TEN
13
260
440
59.1
2,468
5.6
189.8
9
7
2.0
1.6
49
371
15Jeff George
J. George
73.8
1990
IND IND
13
181
334
54.2
2,152
6.4
165.5
16
13
4.8
3.9
37
320
16Bryce Young
B. Young
73.7
2023
CAR CAR
16
315
527
59.8
2,877
5.5
179.8
11
10
2.1
1.9
62
477
17Tim Couch
T. Couch
73.2
1999
CLE CLE
15
223
399
55.9
2,447
6.1
163.1
15
13
3.8
3.3
56
359
18Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
71.9
2021
JAX JAX
17
359
602
59.6
3,641
6.0
214.2
12
17
2.0
2.8
32
238
19Peyton Manning
P. Manning
71.2
1998
IND IND
16
326
575
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
26
28
4.5
4.9
22
109
20Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
69.3
1985
CLE CLE
12
124
248
50.0
1,578
6.4
131.5
8
7
3.2
2.8
19
121
21Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
68.6
1971
NE NE
14
158
328
48.2
2,158
6.6
154.1
19
16
5.8
4.9
36
319
22Sam Francis
S. Francis
67.4
1937
CHB CHB
8
3
6
50.0
34
5.7
4.3
1
2
16.7
33.3
23Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
65.0
1993
NE NE
13
214
429
49.9
2,494
5.8
191.8
15
15
3.5
3.5
16
99
24Jared Goff
J. Goff
63.6
2016
LA LA
7
112
205
54.6
1,089
5.3
155.6
5
7
2.4
3.4
26
222
25David Carr
D. Carr
62.8
2002
HOU HOU
16
233
444
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
9
15
2.0
3.4
76
411
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