lowest passer rating in one season all-time

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

Interpreted as:
lowest passer rating with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game by a player in one season all-time
NAME RTG SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bud 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
2 Tobin 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
3 Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
27.9
1948
GB GB
12
82
184
44.6
848
4.6
70.7
5
21
2.7
11.4
4 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
28.3
1952
TOT
12
91
186
48.9
809
4.3
67.4
3
17
1.6
9.1
5 George 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
6 Terry 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
7 Parker Hall
P. Hall
30.5
1941
CLE CLE
10
84
190
44.2
863
4.5
86.3
7
19
3.7
10.0
8 Dick Wood
D. Wood
30.6
1966
MIA MIA
14
83
230
36.1
993
4.3
70.9
4
14
1.7
6.1
9 Gary 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
10 Jug Girard
J. Girard
31.6
1949
GB GB
12
62
175
35.4
881
5.0
73.4
4
12
2.3
6.9
11 Tobin 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
12 Lamar 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
13 Joe 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
14 Dan Darragh
D. Darragh
33.0
1968
BUF BUF
11
92
215
42.8
917
4.3
83.4
3
14
1.4
6.5
15 Lamar 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
16 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
36.1
1962
TOT
14
119
321
37.1
1,977
6.2
141.2
7
23
2.2
7.2
17 Bobby 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
18 Parker 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
19 Ryan 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
20 Bob 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
21 Davey 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
22 Joe 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
23 Steve 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
24 Ace Parker
A. Parker
40.2
1939
BKN
11
72
157
45.9
977
6.2
88.8
4
13
2.5
8.3
25 Zeke 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

21.7

20th

OPP PPG

21.2

13th

RUSH YDS/G

113.2

17th

PASS YDS/G

213.7

20th

2025 Division Standings
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
.333
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

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
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
2
0
.600
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
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
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
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
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