lowest passer rating in a season, minimum 200 attempts

Bud Schwenk has the worst passer rating with 200+ passing attempts in a season, with a 25.5 rating in his rookie season in 1942.

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating by a player in a season, minimum 200 passing attempts
NAME RTG ATT SEASON TM GP CMP PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
25.5
295
1942
CHC CHC
11
126
42.7
1,360
4.6
123.6
6
27
2.0
9.2
2 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.7
224
1950
GB GB
12
83
37.1
1,231
5.5
102.6
7
24
3.1
10.7
3 George Herring
G. Herring
30.0
211
1961
DEN DEN
14
93
44.1
1,160
5.5
82.9
5
22
2.4
10.4
4 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
30.4
218
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
38.1
1,410
6.5
108.5
6
24
2.8
11.0
25
242
5 Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
230
1966
MIA MIA
14
83
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
6 Gary Marangi
G. Marangi
30.8
232
1976
BUF BUF
11
82
35.3
998
4.3
90.7
7
16
3.0
6.9
22
166
7 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
32.4
255
1954
CHC CHC
12
105
41.2
1,475
5.8
122.9
6
22
2.4
8.6
8 Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
32.6
219
1970
BOS BOS
11
98
44.7
1,104
5.0
100.4
3
17
1.4
7.8
27
231
9 Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
215
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
10 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
34.8
207
1955
CHC CHC
12
78
37.7
1,085
5.2
90.4
11
19
5.3
9.2
11 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
321
1962
TOT
14
119
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
12 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
37.0
225
1971
CHI CHI
12
91
40.4
1,164
5.2
97.0
5
15
2.2
6.7
30
235
13 Ryan Leaf
R. Leaf
39.0
245
1998
SD SD
10
111
45.3
1,289
5.3
128.9
2
15
0.8
6.1
22
140
14 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39.2
221
1947
LA LA
12
96
43.4
1,210
5.5
100.8
8
18
3.6
8.1
15 Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
39.2
277
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
44.8
1,290
4.7
117.3
5
17
1.8
6.1
16 Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.9
230
1976
NYJ NYJ
11
114
49.6
1,090
4.7
99.1
4
16
1.7
7.0
16
150
17 Steve 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
18 Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
40.9
283
1960
DET DET
11
134
47.3
1,599
5.7
145.4
2
18
0.7
6.4
19 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
41.0
254
1950
CHB CHB
12
121
47.6
1,731
6.8
144.3
4
21
1.6
8.3
20 Joe Pisarcik
J. Pisarcik
42.3
241
1977
NYG NYG
13
103
42.7
1,346
5.6
103.5
4
14
1.7
5.8
32
262
21 Paul Christman
P. Christman
42.6
219
1945
CHC CHC
8
89
40.6
1,147
5.2
143.4
5
12
2.3
5.5
22 John Hadl
J. Hadl
43.3
260
1962
SD SD
14
107
41.2
1,632
6.3
116.6
15
24
5.8
9.2
23 John McCormick
J. McCormick
43.5
253
1965
DEN DEN
14
103
40.7
1,292
5.1
92.3
7
14
2.8
5.5
24 Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
43.8
270
1971
HOU HOU
14
127
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
7
21
2.6
7.8
20
152
25 Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
43.8
231
1967
TOT
11
94
40.7
1,114
4.8
101.3
9
14
3.9
6.1
StatMuse has season-level data for passer rating and passing attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Rams Rams
4
2
0
.667
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
4
0
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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
GB GB
@
ARI ARI
4:25 PM
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
Last Game
IND Colts

5 - 1 - 0

31

Final

27

ARI Cardinals

2 - 4 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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
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NE NE
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM